HC Deb 16 January 1984 vol 52 cc146-7W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of urgent and non-urgent patients on hospital waiting lists in each health district; how many urgent cases have been on each list for more than a month; and how many non-urgent cases on each list for more than a year.

Number of persons on in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1983
Urgent Non-urgent
All cases Cases on list for more than one month All cases Cases on list for more than one year Total cases
Bristol and Weston DHA 554 339 6,791 1,260 7,345
South Western RHA 3,040 1,804 45,392 15,370 48,432
England 49,135 32,095 677,051 198,546 726,186