§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of the numbers waiting for (a) hip joint and (b) knee joint operations in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayThis information is not available centrally.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the average waiting time for knee and hip joint replacement operations; and what are the authorities which have the longest waiting times.
§ Mr. John MacKayThis information is not available in precisely the form requested. The table gives the mean waiting time (in days) for those who received treatment in 1985 for knee and hip joint replacement after admission from the waiting list and were discharged in that year.
Mean Wait (days) Health board Knee replacement Hip replacement Argyll and Clyde 200 206 Ayrshire and Arran 221 166 Borders 83 114 Dumfries and Galloway 176 191 Fife 144 213 Forth Valley 189 275 Grampian 158 303 Greater Glasgow 135 128 Highland 400 323 Lanarkshire 154 144 Lothian 379 203 Orkney — — Shetland — — Tayside 317 283 Western Isles — — Scotland 219 202