§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by specialty the numbers of people presently awaiting operations within Fife health board's area.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation is not collected in precisely the form requested. The number of persons waiting for in-patient hospital treatment (including 517W operations) in each specialty is published in table 6.5 of "Scottish Health Service Statistics 1986/87", copies of which are held in the Library.
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many operations were performed in National Health Service hospitals in Fife in the last five years for which information is available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe numbers of inpatient cases operated on in National Health Service hospitals in Fife for the years 1981–1985 are as follows:
Year Number 1981 13,131 1982 10,552 1983 13,583 1984 14,086 1985 14,063
Consultants by specialty in Fife health board at September 1983 to 871 1983 1984 1985 1986 11987 Total All Specialties 78 81 81 81 82 Surgical Specialties ENT surgery 2 2 2 2 2 General surgery 6 6 6 6 6 Ophthalmology 3 3 3 3 2 Orthopaedic surgery 4 4 4 4 4 Urology 1 2 2 2 2 Accident and Emergency 1 1 1 1 1 Anaesthetics 11 13 12 12 12 Communicable diseases 1 1 1 1 2 Dermatology 1 1 1 1 1 General medicine 6 6 6 6 6 Geriatric medicine 3 3 3 4 4 Medical paediatrics 3 3 3 3 3 Respiratory medicine 2 2 2 2 2 Dental Specialties Orthodontics and paediatric dentistry — 1 1 1 1 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 6 6 6 6 6 Psychiatric Specialties Child and adolescent Psychiatry 2 1 1 2 2 Mental handicap 1 1 1 2 2 Mental illness 12 12 12 10 11 Laboratory and Support Specialties Haematology 1 1 2 2 2 Microbiology 2 2 2 1 1 Pathology 3 3 3 3 3 Radiodiagnosis 7 7 7 7 7 1 Provisional data.