§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the current waiting list at (a) Park hospital, (b) Mossley Hill hospital, (c) Walton General hospital, (d) Sefton General hospital, (e) Rathbone hospital, (f) Olive Mount hospital, (g) Newsham General hospital and (h) Fazakerley hospital, Liverpool; and what were the figures for each hospital for July 1979;
(2) what is the current waiting list at (a) the Women's hospital, Liverpool, (b) Liverpool Dental hospital, (c) Princess Park hospital, Liverpool, (d) Broadgreen General hospital, Liverpool, (e) Royal Liverpool Teaching hospital, (f) St. Paul's Eye hospital, Liverpool and (g) Alder Hey children's hospital, Liverpool; and what were the figures for each hospital for July 1979;
(3) what is the current waiting list at Clatterbridge hospital; and what were the figures for July 1979.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is not available in precisely the form requested. The available information is given in the table.
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Number of Persons on In-patient Waiting Lists on 31 December NHS hospital 1979 *1983 Park nil nil Mossley Hill nil nil Walton General 4,027 4,305 Sefton General 707 *nil
NHS hospital 1979 *1983 Rathbone nil nil Olive Mount nil nil Newsham General 250 559 Fazakerley 1,518 1,447 Women's hospital, Liverpool 887 563 Liverpool Dental nil nil Princess Park nil nil Broadgreen General 1,341 †l,758 Royal Liverpool Teaching 4,571 2,941 St. Paul's Eye 663 397 Alder Hey Children's 841 1,452 Clatterbridge 2,457 1,306 * Provisional. † Cardiology department transferred to Broadgreen General 6 December 1982. Figures on waiting lists are believed to include a significant proportion of duplicated entries and patients who no longer require treatment. The amount of overstatement cannot be readily estimated but is thought to exceed 10 per cent. nationally and could be considerably more.