HC Deb 25 June 1981 vol 7 cc172-5W
Mr. David Young

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the waiting list for each specialty for each area hospital authority in the North-West and how this compares with the national position.

Specialty England Lancashire Bolton Bury Manchester Oldham
General Medicine 2,315 6 15 105 3
Paediatrics 1,300 19 178 4
Chest Diseases 247 2
Dermatology 578 52
Neurology 1,812 40 68
Cardiology 3,672 81 128
Rehabilitation 543
Genito Urinary Medicine 78
Rheumatology 1,349 70 63
Geriatrics 4,900 184 2 138 11
Younger Disabled 289 19
General Surgery 166,554 4,547 1,190 121 2,846 1,022
Ear, Nose and Throat 98,074 5,106 844 212 1,986 276
Trauma and Orthopaedic 126,917 4,332 673 217 2,529 387
Ophthalmology 39,645 1,403 439 1,552 748
Radiotherapy 953 116
Urology 25,294 945 2,305 115
Plastic Surgery 41,842 1,273 92 1,332
Thoracic Surgery 4,146 40 450
Dental Surgery 29,739 830 147 51 1,138 71
Orthodontics 106
Neurosurgery 2,736 99 235
Gynaecology 101,279 4,463 484 501 1,743 708
Children Psychiatry 160 10 2
Mental Handicap 2,411 211
Mental Illness 2,620 118 9
Adolescent Psychiatry 94
GP Other 1,674
GP Dental 163
Other Specialist Units 3,449 24 33
Totals 664,919 23,855 3,884 1,104 16,975 3,345

Specialty Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Trafford Wigan
General Medicine 1 5 57
Paediatrics 7 8 1
Chest Diseases
Dermatology 28
Neurology 31
Cardiology 72
Rehabilitation 47
Genito Urinary Medicine
Rheumatology 4 15
Geriatrics 22 63 12 4 7
Younger Disabled
General Surgery 787 721 2,062 1,434 238 830
Ear, Nose and Throat 163 746 746 30 705 562
Trauma and Orthopaedic 240 817 518 496 105 524
Ophthalmology 551 92 506 47 817
Radiotherapy
Urology 310 80 51
Plastic Surgery 270 62
Thoracic Surgery 4
Dental Surgery 180 21 349 19 87
Orthodontics
Neurosurgery 4
Gynaecology 621 1,293 819 274 275 934
Children Psychiatry
Mental Handicap 35
Mental Illness 3 10
Adolescent Psychiatry
GP Other
GP Dental

Sir George Young

The waiting lists for each specialty for each area health authority in the North-Western regional health authority and the total for England at March 1980 were as follows:

Specialty Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Trafford Wigan
Other Specialist Units
Totals 2,813 4,171 5,160 2,301 1,437 3,931

The following table shows the total numbers of patients on waiting-lists per thousand resident population for each of these Area Health Authorities and for England:
England 14.3
Lancashire 17.4
Bolton 14.9
Bury 6.2
Manchester 35.8
Oldham 15.0
Rochdale 13.5
Salford 16.7
Stockport 17.8
Tameside 9.3
Trafford 6.4
Wigan 12.7