§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average waiting time for a hip replacement operation for the elderly in each National Health Service region; and what were the corresponding figures in 1979.
808Wclaiming supplementary benefit and supplementary pension and his estimate of i he numbers dependent on these claims.
§ Mr. Lyell[pursuant to his replies, 2 December 1986, c. 615 and 5 December 1986, c. 819]: The information requested is in the table.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 9 December 1986, c. 126]: The information requested for 1984, the latest year for which data are available centrally, and 1979, is given in the table.
809W
Patients aged 65 and over undergoing total hip replacement and other arthroplasty of hip operations. NHS Non-psychiatric
Hospitals, England, 1979 and 1984
Estimated median interval in weeks between the date a patient was
placed on the wailing list and the date of admission
Regional Health Authority 1979 1984 Northern 26 18 Yorkshire 32 21 Trent 29 32 East Anglian 21 30 North West Thames 22 15 North East Thames 26 24 South East Thames 30 22 South West Thames 15 21 Wessex 24 28
Regional Health Authority 1979 1984 Oxford 16 18 South Western 32 27 West Midlands 26 21 Mersey 12 12 North Western 28 19 England (including Special Health Authorities) 25 23
Mental handicap hospital approved for complete closure since 1981 Region/District Hospital Date Closure Approved 1981 Trent Lincolnshire Tuxford Hostel August 1981 Sheffield St. Josephs September 1981 Mersey Cheshire Wrenbury Hostel December 1981 Tadley Hostel December 1981 1982 Trent Doncaster St. Catherines October 1982 1983 Trent Southern Derbyshire Retreat Hostel March 1983 North East Thames North East Essex Essex Hall July 1983 Wessex Portsmouth and South East Hants Sandy Point November 1983 West Dorset Elsadene Holiday Home October 1983 South Western Frenchay Leigh Court June 1983 1984 Trent Sheffield Scott Road and Commonside Hostels October 1984 Rotherham Aughton Court September 1984 East Anglian Norwich Blofield House September 1984 North West Thames North West Herts Hounswood Annex at Harperbury Hospital March 1984 South West Thames North West Surrey Murray House, Ottershaw April 1984 Wessex Winchester Tichbourne Down House April 1984 Bath Winsley Centre November 1984 1985 Wessex Isle of Wight Longford April 1985 West Midlands Kidderminster and District Lea November 1985 North Warwickshire Colchester Holiday Home September 1985 1986 (to August) North Derbyshire Ridgeway April 1986 Moorfield April 1986 Notes:
(1) Partial closures are not included.
(2) Tempory closures are not included.
(3) Dates on which closures are implemented are not recorded.