§ Mr. PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown for each of the years from 1979 until the latest year for which figures are available, by specialty, of the waiting lists for operations
Number of patients on in-patient waiting list in Sheffield District Health Authority—surgical specialties–31st December—NHS hospitals. Hospital/specialty 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Northern General Hospital General surgery 472 710 594 789 685 706 762 733 ENT — — 70 191 202 207 254 265 Trau and orth 709 829 1,562 1,828 1,668 1,388 1,303 1,176 Urology — — — — — — — 10 Plastic surgery — — — — — — — 1,363 Thoracic surgery 188 213 144 223 194 162 212 174 Oral surgery 73 88 119 206 156 106 117 188 Gynaecology 225 248 180 267 187 205 147 202 The Royal Hallamshire Hospital General surgery 1,508 1,244 1,272 1,854 1,783 2,196 1,636 1,122 ENT 174 167 264 516 489 316 336 281 Trau and orth 1,788 1,701 1,051 1,533 1,553 1,609 1,423 1,072 Ophthalmology 639 551 653 909 651 534 582 633 Urology 653 712 753 874 773 596 604 607 Plastic surgery — — — — — — 34 45 Thoracic surgery 55 28 17 23 21 15 54 65 Oral surgery 207 209 124 246 182 144 131 123 Neurosurgery 168 133 115 175 145 134 157 166 Fulwood Hospital Plastic surgery 1,883 2,091 2,401 1,812 1,589 1,479 1,333 0 Oral surgery 63 38 66 79 86 56 61 0 Childrens Hospital ENT 187 158 203 297 183 74 93 65 Trau and orth 344 168 148 151 194 173 168 154 Urology 17 4 3 2 2 — — — Plastic surgery 87 26 136 182 150 162 204 369 Thoracic surgery 20 22 10 — — — — — Oral surgery 43 12 22 57 20 13 19 18 Paediatric surgery 46 24 14 18 46 48 46 49 The Jessop Hospital for women Gynaecology 686 853 697 1,215 923 997 925 911 Weston Park Hospital Radiotherapy 27 23 29 4 13 52 41 22 Lodge Moor Hospital General surgery 87 106 87 — — — — — Urology — — — 127 126 161 160 175 Paediatric surgery 10 18 12 10 25 14 3 15 King Edward VII Hospital Trau and orth 201 131 121 221 359 339 319 486 Nether Edge Hospital Gynaecology 76 65 73 253 124 91 92 97 Royal Infirmary ENT 43 — — — — — — —