§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of patients awaiting(a) urgent and (b) non-urgent operations in (i) the Tayside health board area and (ii) the Dundee district authority area, on the latest available figures; and if he will give the corresponding figures for the previous six and 12 months, respectively.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythEmergency cases are dealt with immediately and information is not available for local authority areas. The numbers of people on waiting lists for in-patient hospital treatment in Tayside health board were as follows:
Number 31 March 1986 6,658 30 September 1986 6,214 31 March 1987 5,653