Hip Replacement Operations

HC Deb 27 October 1987 vol 121 cc208-9W

Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the progress of hip replacement operations under the National Health Service in Wales.

Mr. Grist

Between 1979 and 1986 the number of hip replacement operations performed by the National Health Service in Wales rose from 1,541 to 1,908—an increase of some 24 per cent.