HC Deb 20 July 1990 vol 176 c774W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of patients in each health board area currently awaiting coronary artery bypass operations.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 15 July 1990]: At March 1990 the numbers were:

Health board of residence Number of patients
Argyll and Clyde 50
Ayrshire and Arran 56
Borders 23
Dumfries and Galloway 23
Fife 45
Forth Valley 31
Grampian 114
Greater Glasgow 223
Highland 33
Lanarkshire 89
Lothian 105
Orkney 2
Shetland 2
Tayside 91
Western Isles 3
TOTAL 890