§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish details of waiting lists for treatment at National Health Service hospitals in Scotland and by health board area in each year since 1983, including waiting lists for day care centres in each figure.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation relating to day care centres is not available centrally. The numbers on hospital waiting lists at 31 March in each year since 1983 are as follows:
1983 1984 1985 19861 Scotland 96,921 85,471 79,413 81,250 Argyll and Clyde 7,694 7,544 7,490 7,053 Ayrshire and Arran 5,138 4,731 5,147 5,258 Borders 345 317 306 400 Dumfries and Galloway 3,244 2,757 2,602 2,906 Fife 7,266 6,422 5,773 5,313 Forth Valley 3,790 3,327 2,777 2,746 Grampian 11,296 9,444 9,269 9,431 Greater Glasgow 22,997 18,536 16,781 17,641 Highland 1,785 1,988 2,040 2,984 Lanarkshire 9,052 8,151 6,716 6,474 Lothian 16,271 13,862 13,474 14,094 Orkney 48 57 55 53 Shetland 164 107 155 146 Tayside 7,724 8,164 6,749 6,658 Western Isles 107 64 79 93 1 1986 data are provisional. Note: All data exclude joint user and contractual hospitals.