§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give the average waiting period for an adult consultative out-patient appointment in (a) the North Staffordshire health district, (b) the West Midland region and (c) England, for all the main specialties;
(2) if he will give the number of consultants working in the North Staffordshire health district for which the waiting period for an adult consultative out-patient appointment is (a) double and (b) treble the average waiting period for all consultants in the district; if he will categorise the consultants according to specialty; and if he will indicate whether or not they are working full time for the National Health Service.
§ Dr. VaughanInformation on waiting times for out-patient appointments is not centrally available. The right hon. Gentleman may care to make inquiries of the relevant health authorities.