§ Sir John Farrasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many patients were on hospital waiting lists at the latest available date, for each of the areas within the Trent region; and how that position compares with 12 months previously.
§ Mr. John PattenThe requested information is given in the table.
In general, 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.
Region—Trent RHA District Health Authority Numbers of persons on inpatient waiting lists in NHS hospitals on 30 September 1982 1983 North Derbyshire 3,511 3,426 South Derbyshire 6,322 6,892 Leicestershire 7,177 6,725 North Lincolnshire 4,129 3,619 South Lincolnshire 4,428 4,247 Bassetlaw 1,185 953 Central Nottinghamshire 7,154 7,358 Nottingham 10,988 10,230 Barnsley 3,934 2,977 Doncaster 6,132 5,032 Rotherham 3,871 4,208 Sheffield 14,678 13,489 TOTAL 73,509 69,156