HC Deb 27 April 1984 vol 58 cc613-4W
Mr. Corrie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the average waiting time for inpatients and outpatients in each of the health boards in Scotland.

Mr. Younger

Average waiting times for outpatients are not collected centrally. From 1982, the latest year for which it is available, the information for inpatients is as follows:

Health Board Average wait* in days during 1982
Argyll and Clyde 77
Ayrshire and Arran 95
Borders 59

Health Board Average wait* in days during 1982
Dumfries and Galloway 95
Fife 71
Forth Valley 72
Grampian 73
Greater Glasgow 59
Highland 55
Lanarkshire 67
Lothian 60
Orkney 24
Shetland 66
Tayside 71
Western Isles 48
Scotland 67
* The time for which patients admitted from the waiting list and discharged from hospital in that year awaited admission.