§ Mr. Robert Banksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out the number on the waiting lists for surgery in (a) the Yorkshire regional health authority and (b) the Harrogate health authority now and at approximately the same date in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. WhitneyI am sorry I cannot give my hon. Friend precisely the information he seeks. The latest available information is given in the table. The number of surgical in-patient cases treated in Harrogate district health authority increased from 8,455 to 8,605 between 1982 and 1984.
Number of cases on in-patient waiting list for admission to surgical beds in NHS hospitals at 30 September 1982 1983 1984 1985 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 51,670 48,055 46,158 44,934 Harrogate District Health Authority 1,155 1,180 1,335 1,446