§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list by regions the current waiting list for treatment of all kinds for the latest month for which figures are available and the comparative figures for 1979 and 1983.
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§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 30 April 1986, c. 436.] The information requested is given in the table.
Numbers of persons on inpatient waiting lists at 30 September for admission to National Health Service Hospitals. Region 1979 1983 1985 Northern 42,288 44,478 36,154 Yorkshire 47,223 49,363 45,763 Trent 66,498 69,156 62,190 East Anglian 27,971 33,080 27,388 North West Thames *43,595 41,015 40,265 North East Thames *53,146 58,911 66,406 South East Thames *49,920 51,627 50,087 South West Thames *37,244 37,470 36,752 Wessex 40,222 46,879 42,003 Oxford 36,180 36,082 33,309 South Western 45,876 47,534 43,639 West Midlands 87,693 83,598 80,974 Mersey 38,572 34,274 30,141 North Western 71,948 62,525 58,465 Special Health Authorities 7,350 7,763 7,713 England 695,726 703,755 661,249 * Figures for the Thames regions for 1979 are not strictly comparable with those for 1983 and 1985 because of changes made in the National Health Service reorganisation of 1982.