§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are awaiting admission for each speciality at each hospital in Wandsworth; and what were the comparable figures in 1982, 1981 and 1980.
§ Mr. John PattenNumbers of persons awaiting admission to those hospitals with waiting lists in the Wandsworth health authority at the latest available date, together with comparative information for 1980 and 1981, are given in the table.
Numbers of persons on the in-patient waiting list in the Wandsworth district health authority at 31 December Hospital and speciality 1980 1981 *1982 St. George's hospital, Tooting Grove General medicine 9 4 9 Dermatology 4 3 5 Rehabilitation 3 1 — Geriatrics 8 6 2 General surgery 289 254 249 Ear, nose and throat 128 265 521 Traumatic and Orthopaedic 300 402 330 Ophthalmology 177 114 129 Urology — 38 24 Plastic surgery 38 57 24 Gynaecology 269 113 85 Cardiac surgery 101 146 127 Total all specialties 1,326 1,403 1,505 Atkinson Morley hospital Neurology 32 20 43 Rehabilitation 47 69 53 Neurosurgery 65 56 91 Mental illness 14 13 13 Total all specialties 158 158 200 Springfield hospital Mental illness 24 13 25 Total all specialties 24 13 25 St. James' hospital General medicine — 20 19 Dermatology 4 3 — General surgery 271 325 299 Ear, nose and throat 50 47 60 Traumatic and Orthopaedic 94 83 131 Urology 34 20 31 Plastic surgery 12 223 236 Oral surgery 52 541 546 Gynaecology 23 36 32 Restorative dentistry — 18 26 Total all specialties 540 1,316 1,380 South London hospital for women arid children General medicine — 1 — General surgery 28 19 22 Gynaecology 102 73 94 Total all specialties 130 93 116 * Provisional.