HC Deb 07 December 1987 vol 124 cc29-30W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each district health authority(a) the total numbers of people waiting for treatment in September 1982, (b) the total numbers of people waiting for treatment in March 1987 and (c) the percentage change represented by (b) over (a), ordering the list so that a district with the biggest increase is first and that the largest decrease is last.

Mr. Grist

[holding answer 3 December 1987]: The information is given in the following table:

Health authority 1Waiting list 2Waiting list Percentage change
Waiting for in-patient admission
Pembrokeshire 1,828 2,510 + 37.3
West Glamorgan 4,294 5,521 + 28.6
South Glamorgan 6,184 7,876 + 27.4
East Dyfed 1,965 2,335 + 18.8
Clwyd 4,429 4,959 +12.0
Gwynedd 1,802 1,971 +9.4
Gwent 7,542 7,705 + 2.2
Mid Glamorgan 10,483 8,483 -19.1
Powys 100 36 -64.0
Wailing for first out-patient consultation
Powys 279 640 +129.4
Clwyd 5,967 8,352 +40.0
Gwent 8,475 11,749 + 38.6
Pembrokeshire 1,724 2,291 +32.9
Gwynedd 3,257 4,309 +32.3
East Dyfed 4,110 5,189 +26.3
Mid Glamorgan 15,797 16,911 +7.1
West Glamorgan 14,631 14,142 -3.3
South Glamorgan 15,490 14,381 -7.2
1 As at 30 September 1982.
2 As at 31 March 1987.

I am, however, pleased to say that the number of cases treated by the NHS in Wales has increased significantly over the same period as the following tables shows.

In-patient cases 1982 1986 Percentage change
Clwyd 51,512 57,519 +11.7
East Dyfed 28,110 31,405 +11.7
Gwent 55,099 65,991 +19.8
Gwynedd 31,227 34,867 +11.7
Mid Glamorgan 64,489 80,119 +24.2
Pembrokeshire 11,513 13,186 +14.5
Powys 5,847 6,842 +17.0
South Glamorgan 69,852 81,891 +17.2

In-patient cases 1982 1986 Percentage change
West Glamorgan 52,583 62,050 +18.0
Wales 370,232 433,870 +17.2
New Out-Patient attendances
Clwyd 63,908 70,506 +10.3
East Dyfed 35,137 40,368 +14.9
Gwent 62,254 75,651 +21.5
Gwynedd 34,483 37,556 +8.9
Mid Glamorgan 74,440 80,587 +8.3
Pembrokeshire 12,614 14,217 +12.7
Powys 7,815 7,492 -4.1
South Glamorgan 100,020 109,412 +9.4
West Glamorgan 57,615 68,971 +19.7
Wales 448,286 504,760 +12.6

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