Patients (Waiting Times)

HC Deb 30 March 1983 vol 40 cc152-3W

Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales, further to the answer of 4 March 1982, Official Report, c. 189–92, if he will update the information on the total number of patients awaiting treatment in each of the eight area health authorities in Wales.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information is given in the table:

	Clwyd	East	Pembs	Gwent	Gwynedd	Mid	Powys	South	West
		Dyfed				Glamorgan		Glamorgan	Glamorgan
In-patients
Urgent cases waiting more than one month	—	2	64	9	23	161	—	144	19
Non-urgent cases waiting more than twelve months	68	5	442	419	148	759	—	61	192
Total cases	1.025	431	968	1,570	632	2,931	—	906	1,071
Out-patients
Cases waiting more than three months	99	478	63	241	24	989	—	161	1,036
Total cases	889	914	239	1,386	613	2,131	29	1,234	1,871
* Includes 482 cases where the waiting times are not known.