§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will list the average waiting times for the following operations at each of the district general hospitals in Wales(a) hip and knee replacements, (b) hernias, (c) cataracts, (d) ear, nose and throat and (e) varicose veins.
§ Mr. GristInformation is not available for patients currently on waiting lists. The average waiting times given in the table relate to patients admitted on waiting list and booked or planned cases, and discharged during 1987. Information is given for each of the main general acute hospitals and each of the teaching hospitals in Wales.
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Average Waiting Time (days) Hip or Knee replacements Hernias1 Cataracts Ear, Nose and Throat Varicose Veins Ysbyty Glan Clwyd 2 83 — 154 — Maelor General 110 122 121 144 284 Bronglais 129 98 2 50 2 West Wales General 267 85 53 112 92 Nevill Hall 156 178 — 2 2 Royal Gwent/St. Woolos 355 112 179 110 194 Ysbyty Gwynedd 139 65 105 102 96 Princess of Wales 54 78 2 2 84 East Glamorgan 2 109 — 212 227 Prince Charles 2 209 88 220 254 Morriston 186 96 — 2 2 Singleton — 72 228 106 250 Neath General 2 2 — 2 2 Withybush 2 209 2 147 464 University Hospital of Wales 274 129 131 124 501 Cardiff Royal Infirmary — 48 — 2 2 Llandough — 120 — 2 242 1 Includes inguinal and femoral hernias, abdomial operations on diaphragmatic hernias, abdomial hernias and secondary repairs 2 Average waiting times have not been calculated for hospitals with less than 50 cases