HC Deb 07 February 1989 vol 146 cc588-9W
Mr. John Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the current in-patient waiting lists for(a) West Glamorgan and (b) Neath and Port Talbot for (i) urgent and (ii) non-urgent cases.

Mr. Grist

Waiting list information is collected on the basis of the number of people waiting for admission to a particular hospital. Information on waiting lists as at 31 March 1988, the latest available, is given in the following table:

In-patient Waiting List
Urgent Non-Urgent
West Glamorgan 172 5,151
Neath and Port Talbot Hospitals 43 1,344

Mr. John Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the current waiting lists for first time out-patient appointments, specialty by specialty, in(a) West Glamorgan, and (b) Neath and Port Talbot; and what are the average waiting periods for each specialty.

Mr. Grist

Waiting list information is collected on the basis of the number of people waiting for a first time

West Glamorgan Neath and Port Talbot Hospitals
Waiting list Notional waiting time1 (days) Waiting list Notional waiting time1 (days)
General Medicine 266 20 100 27
Paediatrics 156 30 73 44
Chest Diseases 29 25 10 46
Dermatology 1,578 133 445 126
Neurology 476 115 82 146
Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation 29 26
Rheumatology 392 145 101 171
General Surgery 1,679 73 399 37
Ear, Nose and Throat 2,969 187 1,430 287
Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery 1,871 58 709 59
Ophthalmology 1,766 125 462 171
Radiotherapy 4 1
Urology 1,153 481
Dental Surgery 52 6 49 40
Orthodontics 114 36
Neurosurgery 37 35
Gynaecology 653 43 62 14
Psychiatric Children 23 23
Mental Illness 45 13
Haematology 16 4
1 The notional time to clear a waiting list (given in days) is obtained by dividing the total waiting list at 31 March by the average daily number of new out-patients seen during the previous twelve months.

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