HC Deb 04 March 1982 vol 19 cc226-7W
Mr. Pawsey

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the average length of time that patients had to wait before admission to a National Health Service hospital in March 1979 and at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The most recent information available for England, based on a 10 per cent. sample, is for 1978 when the mean waiting time for patients admitted from waiting lists of all specialties was 15.3 weeks.