§ Mrs. Clwydasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of patients on orthopaedic waiting lists have to wait for over 12 months for the appropriate inpatient surgical treatment in each of the health authorities in England.
§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 11 November 1985, c. 90–93]: I regret that figures for West Midlands and Mersey regional health authorities were erroneously omitted from the reply. They are as follows:
Orthopaedic in-patient waiting lists on 31 March 1985, NHS hospitals, England Regional and District Health Authority Per centage of non-urgent cases on the list for more than one year West Midlands RHA—RHA Total 38.4 Bromsgrove & Redditch 18.5 Herefordshire 25.5 Kidderminster & District 6.1 Worcester & District 15.9 Shropshire 20.9 Mid Staffordshire 9.4 North Staffordshire 56.8 South East Staffordshire 22.9 Rugby 0.0 North Warwickshire 6.0 South Warwickshire 51.6 Central Birmingham 30.2 East Birmingham 59.2 North Birmingham 37.3 South Birmingham 34.5 West Birmingham 42.8 Coventry 57.4 Dudley 11.5 Sandwell * Solihull 60.8 Walsall 16.8 Wolverhampton 17.7 Mersey RHA—RHA Total 33.4 Chester 20.2 Crewe 4.5 Halton * Macclesfield 47.7 Warrington 45.4 Liverpool 31.3 St. Helens & Knowsley 20.9 Southport & Formby 0.0 South Sefton 53.3 Wirral 12.1 *No orthopaedic waiting list.