§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total number of people on National Health Service waiting lists in each specialty and in each health board in Scotland for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. RifkindI refer the hon. Member to section 6 of the 1979–85 editions of "Scottish Health Statistics", copies of which are available in the Library. Estimated data for Shetland health board for the years 1979 to 1983 (which were not included in the published tables) are shown in table I. Information relating to 1986 is shown in table II. The increases in 1982 and 1983 reflect the effect of industrial action. Lists tend to overstate the numbers of patients waiting for treatment since they include duplicated entries and patients who no longer need treatment.
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Table I Shetland Health Board All Specialties General Surgery Geriatric Long Stay 1979 277 230 47 1980 207 172 35
TABLE II Waiting List: by specially and Health board at 30 September 1986 (Provisional) Number Specialty Scotland Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles All Specialties 80,732 6,527 4,862 325 3,205 5,468 2,558 9,969 17,866 3,040 6,249 14,189 50 142 6,214 68 Acute Specialties 71,848 6,490 4,643 295 3,189 5,122 2,299 9,232 14,588 2,790 5,736 11,647 — 101 5,648 68 General surgery 20,351 3,358 831 95 1,612 1,778 824 1,133 2,869 605 2,906 2,425 — 101 1,801 9 Orthopaed surgery 13,120 811 1,563 178 258 941 697 1,249 2,248 728 853 2,137 — — 1,437 — E.N.T. surgery 14,786 1,004 948 — 497 1,392 145 2,943 2,445 495 856 2,734 — — 1,327 10 Ophthalmolgy 5,102 651 160 — 50 173 100 965 1,166 207 65 1,311 — — 254 — Urology 5,740 — 382 — — 307 169 550 2,817 — 514 757 — — 244 — Orthodontics — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Oral surgery 1,926 — 152 — 192 — — 264 325 126 93 595 — — 178 1 Rest Dent — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — General Medical 1,273 40 8 9 11 13 11 307 587 44 — 164 — — 77 2 Dermatology 125 5 3 — — — — 25 61 18 — 4 — — 9 — Rehabilitat Med 12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 12 — Convalescence — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Respiratory Med 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — Paediatric Surgery 1,303 — — — — 48 22 184 674 — — 277 — — 98 — Paediatric Med 311 — 14 — — 12 — 22 53 197 — 12 — — 1 — Gynaecology 7,751 621 582 13 569 458 331 1,574 1.343 375 446 1,207 — — 204 24 G. P. Acute 13 — — — — — — 4 — 1 3 — — — 5 — Acute Mixed 22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 22 Other 12 — — — — — — 12 — — — — — — — — Sup-Area Specs 5,554 — — — — — — 271 2,588 189 74 1,973 — — 459 — Neurosurgery 222 — — — — — — 44 56 — — 64 — — 58 — Cardiothor Surg 568 — — — — — — 22 400 — 74 72 — — — — Plastic Surg 4,497 — — — — — — 167 1,965 173 — 1,803 — — 389 — Neurology 160 — — — — — — 16 101 — — 34 — — 9 — Radiothcraphy 107 — — — — — — 22 66 16 — — — — 3 — Spinal Paral — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Obstet Specs — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Special Obstets — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — G.P. Obstetrics — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — L-Stay Specs 1,555 37 78 30 16 111 57 233 163 59 189 403 50 41 88 — Geriatric Asses 981 23 — 5 16 102 57 233 163 4 189 148 — — 41 — Geriatric L.S 527 14 78 25 — — — — — 17 — 255 50 41 47 — Young Chro Sick. 47 — — — — 9 — — — 38 — — — — — — Psyc. Specs 1,698 — 141 — — 230 154 233 527 — 250 144 — — 19 — Mental Illness 733 — — — — 6 154 1 218 — 250 104 — — — — Psyche-geriatric 931 — 141 — — 211 — 228 309 — — 23 — — 19 — Child Psyc 33 — — — — 12 — 4 — — — 17 — — — — Adolescent Psyc 1 — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — Mental Handicap 77 — — — — 5 48 — — 2 — 22 — — — — Special Cats. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Communic Dis — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — S.C.B.U. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — I.T.U. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — A and E — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Clinic Genetics — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Source: Information Services Division.
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§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing (a) the total average waiting time for National Health Service in-patient treatment in each specialty in Scotland in each year since 1979 and (b) the average waiting time for all specialties in Scotland in each year since 1979.
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Year of Discharge Specialty 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 General Surgery 74 69 65 56 88 73 66 Orthopaedic Surgery 118 111 120 114 146 129 123 ENT Surgery 112 113 108 102 138 131 118
All Specialties General Surgery Geriatric Long Stay 1981 204 169 35 1982 186 154 32 1983 125 104 21
§ Mr. RifkindThe mean waiting times (in days) for all in-patient treatment up to 1985 (the latest year for which statistics are available) were as follows:
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Year of Discharge Specialty 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Ophthalmology 97 94 90 96 129 111 97 Urology 89 69 67 63 79 70 67 Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine 74 62 58 72 107 110 78 General Medicine 22 19 21 21 20 19 19 Dermatology 26 20 21 27 35 28 23 Rehabilitation Medicine 13 16 9 10 10 10 9 Respiratory Medicine 7 5 8 7 6 7 7 Paediatric Surgery 101 87 80 90 135 108 96 Paediatric Medicine 48 37 38 42 49 36 30 Gynaecology 68 56 50 47 76 54 47 GP 93 73 69 82 79 71 59 Neurosurgery 54 51 38 49 54 35 37 Cardiothoracic Surgery 77 69 63 54 44 52 33 Plastic Surgery 182 177 165 133 177 130 139 Neurology 32 25 28 33 31 29 24 Radiotherapy 21 21 19 18 18 17 14 Geriatric Assessment 28 25 26 24 24 20 20 Geriatric Long Stay 44 39 38 40 40 40 32 Young Chronic Sick 36 44 46 45 86 45 169 All Specialties 80 73 71 65 95 80 72