HC Deb 31 January 1984 vol 53 c135W
59. Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients are waiting for heart operations (a) on Mersey side and (b) in the north west; how many of these are urgent cases; and how many patients died on the waiting list in the last year.

Mr. John Patten

Waiting list information is available centrally by the specialty of treatment and not by operation. The hon. Member may wish to write to the chairmen of the Mersey and North Western regional health authorities who may be able to let him have the required information.