§ Mr. Nicholas Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, by speciality, the number of people awaiting non-emergency operations and treatment in the Pembrokeshire health district together with average waiting time in each specialty; and how these figures compare with the average for (a) Wales and (b) England.
§ Mr. GristThe number of persons waiting for in-patient or day-care admission to hospitals of the Pembrokeshire Health Authority at 31 March 1987 were as follows:
In-Patients Day-Cases General Surgery 1,534 230 Ear, Nose and Throat — 48 Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery 789 470 Opthalmology — 9 Dental Surgery — 99 Orthodontics — 48 Gynaecology 187 94
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Developer Site Date of Decision Decision Dyfed NCB Garnant Farm, Amman Valley 22 July 1986 allowed I. N. Magnascan Honeyscroft Farm, Jeffreston 22 December 1986 dismissed Information on median waiting times is derived only for a limited range of spcialties which have relatively large numbers of patients admitted to hospital from waiting lists. The latest available information, which is provisional for 1986, is as follows:
Median waiting time (days) for in-patients and day-cases admitted from waiting lists during 1986 Pembrokeshire Wales General Surgery (including Urology) 61 36 Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery 70 66 Gynaecology 37 38 Information relating to waiting times in England is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Services.