§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the numbers waiting for varicose vein operations in each Welsh health district and the average waiting time for such operations in each district.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerInformation on the numbers currently waiting for varicose vein operations is not available centrally.
Available information on waiting times for patients admitted from the waiting list for such operations in 1988 is shown in the table:
Median waiting time (days)1 Clwyd 119 East Dyfed 52 Pembrokeshire 173 Gwent 119 Gwynedd 80 Mid Glamorgan 47 Powys 41 South Glamorgan 119 West Glamorgan 166 1 Estimates are based on clinical information provided by hospitals, which in some cases is incomplete.