HC Deb 26 February 1991 vol 186 c449W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients in Northern Ireland are on current waiting lists for cardiac surgery at the Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast.

Mr. Hanley

At 30 September 1990 there were 833.

Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients have been removed from lists of those awaiting cardiac surgery as a result of death during the waiting period in the last three years.

Mr. Hanley

A total of 67.