§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of patients on waiting lists for (a) urgent treatment and (b) non-urgent treatment on a health board basis for 1979 and each subsequent year.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation distinguishing urgent and non-urgent cases is not held centrally. The numbers on waiting lists at 30 September in the years in question were as follows:
patients who no longer need treatment. Lists exclude altogether the significant numbers of patients who are admitted directly into hospitals without being at any stage included in waiting lists, that is, emergency cases.
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§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report, the average waiting time for (a) urgent treatment and (b) non-urgent treatment for each health authority for 1979 and each subsequent year.
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Argyll and Clyde 89 98 93 77 103 95 Ayrshire and Arran 85 92 86 95 108 107 Borders 87 75 88 59 60 54 Dumfries and Galloway 95 126 98 95 147 128 Fife 89 85 97 71 138 123 Forth Valley 106 95 90 72 92 81 Grampian 90 89 90 73 138 111 Greater Glasgow 74 65 63 59 105 81 Highland 48 46 49 55 58 63 Lanarkshire 76 73 67 67 79 57 Lothian 80 69 62 60 83 72 Orkney 21 25 19 24 19 22 Sheland 89 94 115 66 59 46 Tayside 70 70 77 71 97 94 Western Isles 45 49 46 48 57 43 Scotland 79 75 73 67 98 85 The general increase in 1983 reflects the effect of industrial action in 1982.