HC Deb 07 December 1983 vol 50 cc187-9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons are awaiting admission for each specialty for each hospital on Merseyside; and how many in each case are urgent cases.

Mr. John Patten

The number of persons awaiting admission to each specialty at each of the hospitals in the Liverpool, St. Helen's and Knowsley, North Sefton, South Sefton and Wirral district health authorities is as follows. Information on the numbers of urgent cases at individual hospitals is not available centrally.

Number of persons on inpatient waiting lists on 31 December 1982 District Health Authority and Hospital and Specialty
Total cases
LIVERPOOL DHA
Saint Pauls Eye Hospital, Liverpool
Ophthalmology 275
Total 275
Women's Hospital, Liverpool
Gynaecology 651
Total 651
Royal Liverpool Hospital
General Surgery 1,158
ENT 380
Trau and Orth 1,070
Total cases
Urology 145
Plastic Surgery 44
Oral Surgery 173
Gynaecology 394
Mental Illness 2
Pathology 22
Total 3,388
Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool
Cardiology 351
General Surgery 749
Trau and Orth 109
Ophthalmology 29
Urology 106
Thoracic Surgery 29
Oral Surgery 290
Cardiac Surgery 66
Total 1,729
Newsham General Hospital, Liverpool
Dermatology 3
Geriatrics 29
Trau and Orth 498
Total 530
Mill Road Maternity Hospital, Liverpool
Gynaecology 236
Total 236
Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
ENT 471
Trau and Orth 77
Ophthalmology 133
Urology 58
Plastic Surgery 168
Oral Surgery 155
Psychiatry Children 9
Paediatric Surgery 277
Total 1,348
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Myrtle Street, Liverpool
Cardiology 106
Trau and Orth 12
Oral Surgery 6
Paediatric Surgery 50
Total 174
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Heswall, Liverpool
Plastic Surgery 109
Oral Surgery 19
Orthodontics 54
Psychiatry Children 18
Total 200
ST. HELENS AND KNOWSLEY DHA
Whiston Hospital, Prescot
General Surgery 253
ENT 418
Trau and Orth 516
Plastic Surgery 972
Gynaecology 676
Total 2,835
St. Helens Hospital
General Surgery 188
Trau and Orth 123
Ophthalmology 184
Total 495
Total cases
NORTH SEFTON DHA
Southport General Infirmary
General Surgery 349
Ophthalmology 128
Gynaecology 389
Total 866
Southport Promenade Hospital
Geriatrics 23
ENT 289
Trau and Orth 284
Spinal Injuries Unit 23
Total 619
Greaves Hall Hospital, Southport
Mental Handicap 3
Psychogeriatric 4
Total 7
SOUTH SEFTON DHA
Walton Hospital, Liverpool
Neurology 78
General Surgery 1,253
ENT 1,935
Trau and Orth 780
Ophthalmology 39
Urology 207
Oral Surgery 463
Neurosurgery 180
Gynaecology 210
Anaesthetics 74
Gastroenterology 129
Total 5,348
Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool
Geriatrics 28
General Surgery 499
Trau and Orth 1,127
Gynaecology 180
Total 1,834
WIRRAL DHA
Arrowe Park District General Hospital, Birkenhead
Rheumatology 10
General Surgery 428
ENT 1,079
Trau and Orth 59
Ophthalmology 490
Gynaecology 773
Total 2,839
Clatterbridge Hospital, Bebington
Geriatrics 39
General Surgery 632
Trau and Orth 793
Radiotheraphy 178
Oral Surgery 135
Total 1,777