HC Deb 15 May 1989 vol 153 c44W
Mr. Roy Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest available figures for waiting lists in(a) Gwent and (b) Newport for (i) trauma, (ii) orthopaedic, (iii) general surgery and (iv) eye, ear and throat operations also in comparison with the other counties in Wales and in comparison with 1979.

Mr. Grist

Available information on in-patient and day case waiting lists is given in the table:

including Gwent, to discuss the establishment of treatment centres as envisaged in the Welsh chapter of the White Paper "Working For Patients".