HC Deb 08 December 1983 vol 50 c245W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients suffering from diabetic retinopathy were treated in each of the health authorities in Wales in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he is satisfied that the treatment available at such centres in the Principality is as good as that available at London and English provincial centres.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The numbers of spells of inpatient care for which the principal diagnosis was diabetic retinopathy are as follows for the year endng 31 December 1982:

Number
Clwyd 25
Dyfed 26
Gwent 16
Gwynedd 60
Mid Glamorgan 30
Powys 0
South Glamorgan 12
West Glamorgan 5
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I have no reason to suppose that the treatment available at centres in Wales is inferior to that in England.

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