§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the total number of (a) men, (b) women, and (c) children currently awaiting (i) investigatory operations and (ii) open heart surgery in each regional health authority at the latest available date;
439W(2) what is the total number of (a) men, (b) women and (c) children awaiting general surgery in each regional health authority; and how many are considered urgent and how many non-urgent;
(3) how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) children have been awaiting (i) urgent operations for more than a month and (ii) non-urgent operations for more than a year in each regional health authority.
Number of patients on in-patient waiting list at 30 September 1982—England Region Specialty All cases Urgent Non-Urgent Total Cases on list for more than one month Total Cases on list for more than one year Northern General Surgery 12,895 422 273 12,473 2,170 All surgical specialties 48,083 2,896 2,387 45,187 10,241 Yorkshire General Surgery 11,278 390 193 10,888 1,888 All surgical specialties 51,670 1,897 1,314 49,773 10,135 Trent General Surgery 16,790 1,459 1,074 15,331 5,091 All surgical specialties 71,561 4,576 3,368 66,985 23,255 East Anglia General Surgery 6,730 455 239 6,275 1,364 All surgical specialties 31,958 2,955 2,040 29,003 7,432 North West Thames General Surgery 10,236 626 391 9,610 1,670 All surgical specialties 39,275 2,119 1,436 37,156 9,355 North East Thames General Surgery 11,818 974 476 10,844 1,853 All surgical specialties 55,624 4,552 2,745 51,072 12,193 South East Thames General Surgery 11,515 538 234 10,977 1,989 All surgical specialties 49,832 3,865 2,709 45,967 10,947 South West Thames General Surgery 8,351 348 215 8,003 2,202 All surgical specialties 35,217 4,103 2,943 31,114 8,355 Wessex General Surgery 9,833 514 269 9,319 3,109 All surgical specialties 43,690 4,413 3,443 39,277 11,571 Oxford General Surgery 8,627 379 233 8,248 2,818 All surgical specialties 34,563 1,794 1,362 32,769 10,801 South Western General Surgery 10,262 578 297 9,684 3,083 All surgical specialties 45,819 2,720 1,763 43,099 14,161 West Midlands General Surgery 22,606 1,158 682 21,448 7,492 All surgical specialties 84,233 4,631 3,113 79,602 28,974 Mersey General Surgery 11,111 519 395 10,592 4,256 All surgical specialties 35,836 1,872 1,311 33,964 11,323 North Western General Surgery 16,068 892 535 15,176 4,659 All surgical specialties 67,248 3,625 2,285 63,623 20,082 Special health authorities General Surgery 471 22 5 449 94 and Boards of Governors All surgical specialties 4,818 387 252 4,431 532 England General Surgery 168,591 9,274 5.511 159,317 43,738 All surgical specialties 699,427 46,405 32.471 653,022 189,357
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of (a) men, (b) women, and (c) children who are (i) currently receiving kidney dialysis and (ii) awaiting renal surgery in each regional health authority.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe following table shows the number of patients in each region being treated by all forms of renal dialysis on 31 December 1981, the most recent date for which information is available.
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Region Number of Patients Northern 308 Yorkshire 242 Trent 467 East Anglia 156 North West Thames 248 North East Thames 476 South East Thames 376 South West Thames 76 Wessex 140 Oxford 183
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe latest available information on the numbers of patients awaiting admission to the specialty of general surgery and to all surgical specialties is given in the following table. Information on the sex and age of the patients and the type of operation awaited is not available centrally.
Region Number of Patients South Western 214 West Midlands 279 Mersey 165 North Western 238 Source: European Dialysis and Transplant Association.
A breakdown of the regional figures by sex and age of patients is not available. The number of patients awaiting a kidney transplant in England was 1,954 on 31 December 1982, but patients' areas of residence are not recorded centrally. No information is collected on the total numbers awaiting renal surgery.