HC Deb 05 April 1990 vol 170 cc771-2W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) which hospital in Wales has the longest waiting list for arthritic hip joint surgery; which has the lowest waiting period for arthritic hip joint surgery; and if he will specify the number of waiting days for each;

(2) which hospital in Wales has the longest waiting period for varicose veins surgery; which has the lowest waiting period for varicose veins surgery; and if he will specify the number of waiting days for each.

Mr. Grist

Information about numbers of patients on waiting lists for individual operations is not collected centrally.

Hospital waiting list statistics, analysed by specialty, are published in the Welsh hospital waiting list bulletin 1990: No. 1, a copy of which is in the Library.