§ Mr. Aitkenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current waiting list in the hospitals in Thanet for each category of operations.
§ Dr. VaughanThe information is not available centrally in the form requested. Numbers on in-patient waiting lists in surgical specialties at 31 March 1980 in the Canterbury and Thanet health district were as follows:
Number on list General Surgery 759 Ear, Nose and Throat 473 Traumatic and Orthopaedic 835 Ophthalmology 677 Urology 290 Dental Surgery 304 Gynaecology 1,059