HC Deb 04 March 1982 vol 19 cc189-91W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of patients awaiting treatment in each of the eight area health authorities; and if he will give the number waiting for more than (a) one, (b) three, (c)

Waiting Lists: 30 September 1981
Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
All Specialties
Total in-patient waiting list 4,117 3,609 6,689 1,993 7,758 53 4,182 3,630
Total out-patient waiting list 4,437 4,825 8,264 2,735 12,641 250 11,747 13,698
Obstetrics In-patients
Urgent cases waiting more than one month
Non-urgent cases waiting more than twelve months
Total cases
Out-patients
Cases waiting more than three months
Total cases 298 43 3
Paediatrics In-patients
Urgent cases waiting more than one month 1
Non-urgent cases waiting more than twelve months 7
Total cases 1 39
Out-patients
Cases waiting more than three months 3 5 5
Total cases 81 43 138 45 158 10 114 70
E.N.T. In-patients
Urgent cases waiting more than one month 1 16 176 43 9
Non-urgent cases waiting more than twelve months 69 16 544 1,294 600 167
Total cases 649 574 1,561 170 2,734* 1,455 500
Out-patients
Cases waiting more than three months 1 359 463 53 1,092 37 1,100 2,823
Total cases 313 958 1,375 344 2,152 91 2,270 3,894
* Includes 387 cases where the waiting times and urgent/non-urgent classifications are not known.

Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
Geriatrics
In-patients
Urgent cases waiting more than one month 29 3
Non-urgent cases waiting more than three months 7 4

six, and (d) 12 months in the following specialties (i) obstetrics, (ii) paediatrics, (iii) ear, nose and throat, (iv) geriatrics, and (v) general surgery.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The latest available information on waiting lists, which is not in precisely the form requested, is given in the following table:

Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
Total cases 33 2 38 39 16 3 2 61
Out-patients
Cases waiting more than three months 4
Total cases 6 17 6 37 31
General Surgery
In-patients
Urgent cases waiting more than one month 50 14 77 16 6 139
Non-urgent cases waiting more than twelve months 100 472 325 290 566 39 306
Total cases 1,031 1,399 1,490 881 *1,862 †461 1,293
Out-patients
Cases waiting more than three months 4 491 203 29 645 86 1,352
Total cases 572 1,086 962 508 1,559 38 692 2,197
* Includes 71 cases where the waiting times and urgent/non-urgent classifications are not known.
† Includes 102 cases where the waiting times and urgent/non-urgent classifications are not known.

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