HC Deb 30 November 1990 vol 181 cc510-2W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he intends to establish a regional specialist centre for cataract eye surgery at Morriston hospital, Swansea.

Mr. Grist

My right hon. Friend has no such plans at present.

Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will specify the target date by which the University hospital of Wales will be performing 800 open heart operations per year.

Mr. Grist

South Glamorgan health authority is expected to complete as soon as practicable the developments which will enable 800 open heart operations to be performed yearly at the University hospital of Wales. Work is presently in hand to enhance cardiac catheter laboratories and intensive care facilities and progress is being regularly monitored.

Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he intends to announce the location of the second cardiac surgery unit in Wales.

Mr. Grist

Consideration is currently being given to the most appropriate arrangements for a further cardiac facility and we hope to be able to reach a decision in the near future.

Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information his Department holds on the number of patients from Wales who receive open heart surgery outside the Principality.

Mr. Grist

Comprehensive information on the number of patients from Wales who receive open heart surgery outside the Principality is not held centrally. However, central funds have been made available to South Glamorgan health authority, which manages the regional cardiac services in Wales, and to Clwyd health authority to enable them to secure additional open heart surgery for

Number of persons exempt from paying the personal community charge1
Category of exemption2>
Local authority C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 Total
Alyn and Deeside 5 0 169 102 32 25 26 463 0 0 0 0 822
Colwyn 6 0 217 97 9 10 0 1,224 2 0 0 0 1,565
Delyn 5 0 213 150 40 50 16 591 0 0 3 1 1,069
Glyndwr 4 0 110 170 67 24 149 820 12 0 0 0 1,356
Rhuddlan 0 0 191 26 0 12 4 823 1 0 0 0 1,057
Wrexham Maelor 41 0 320 454 262 29 38 1,108 2 0 30 150 2,434
Carmarthen 2 0 168 190 76 6 254 533 0 0 11 0 1,240
Ceredigion 1 0 163 122 72 14 52 523 2 0 0 1 950
Dinefwr 1 0 146 75 254 0 2 415 48 0 0 0 941
Llanelli 50 0 246 73 13 6 82 548 0 0 13 0 1,031
Preseli Pembrokeshire 6 354 199 11 301 21 19 425 0 0 0 0 1,336
South Pembrokeshire 8 76 125 12 323 26 11 466 0 0 0 24 1,071
Blaenau Gwent 7 0 228 117 123 0 20 471 0 0 0 3 969
Islwyn 6 0 197 79 21 4 33 269 1 0 0 0 610
Monmouth 2 16 163 324 90 11 383 733 1 0 0 0 1,723
Newport 48 0 549 571 127 38 287 1,256 0 0 57 48 2,981
Torfaen 6 0 302 111 16 51 32 893 0 0 0 0 1,411
Aberconwy 23 0 175 80 87 41 244 961 6 0 0 0 1,617
Arfon 4 0 193 40 35 4 6 78 0 0 0 1 361
Dwyfor 1 0 71 36 15 7 9 378 1 0 0 0 518
Meirionydd 2 0 151 93 38 21 57 286 1 0 0 0 649
Ynys Môn 10 2 187 200 27 8 8 609 1 0 0 0 1,052
Cynon Valley 5 0 209 206 80 0 1 266 0 0 0 0 767
Merthyr Tydfil 15 0 195 90 15 5 43 364 0 0 0 0 727
Ogwr 27 0 615 607 141 27 619 956 0 0 0 0 2,992
Rhondda 12 3 350 89 28 0 176 321 3 0 0 0 982
Rhymney Valley 6 0 351 26 13 5 68 361 0 0 0 18 848
Taff Ely 6 0 226 120 40 2 63 308 1 0 0 0 766
Brecknock 2 2 95 115 5 15 252 478 0 0 0 0 964
Montgomeryshire 4 0 171 39 12 10 128 342 0 0 0 0 706
Radnorshire 2 0 36 30 18 9 25 234 5 0 0 0 359
Cardiff 448 62 749 151 351 79 48 2,196 18 0 192 0 4,294
Vale of Glamorgan 22 0 297 254 180 4 383 1,096 5 0 0 0 2,241
Port Talbot 13 0 221 43 54 8 41 294 0 0 0 0 674
Lliw Valley 6 0 196 130 42 21 63 434 0 0 0 0 892

patients. I understand that between 1 April and 31 October this year 92 patients have been referred to centres outside Wales under these arrangements.

Back to