HC Deb 10 November 1988 vol 140 c284W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what percentage in-patient waiting lists fell between 1978 and the latest available year in(a) England and (b) the Mersey regional health authority.

Mr. Mellor

The requested information is given in the table.

Cases on in-patient waiting list, Mersey RHA and England, 1978, 1988
Mersey England
December 1978 38,110 682,444
March1 1988 31,031 678,777
Change 1978–1988 -7,079 -3,667
Percentage Change 1978–1988 -18.6 -0.5
1 Total less self deferred cases.