§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has on the average waiting period in each regional health authority for cataract operations.
§ Mr. NewtonIn 1985, the latest year for which information is available centrally, the estimated median interval between the times a patient was placed on the waiting list and admission to an NHS non-psychiatric hospital was as follows:
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Region of Treatment Operations on eye lens1 Median Wailing Time (weeks) England 16 Northern 13 Yorkshire 21 Trent 16 East Anglia 15 North West Thames 17 North East Thames 11 South East Thames 16 South West Thames 14 Wessex 18
Region of Treatment Operations on eye lens1 Median Waiting Time (weeks) Oxford 24 South Western 21 West Midlands 27 Mersey 11 North Western 16 Special Health Authorities 10 1 OPCS Classification of Surgical Operations (CSO) codes 170–179.