HC Deb 17 January 1991 vol 183 c584W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his current estimate of people in the London borough of Newham waiting for hospital treatment.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The information requested is provided in the following table:

March March Decrease
1989 1990 Number Per cent.
Total number of list 1,122 871 251 -22
Number waiting over one year 345 136 209 -60

Note: Excludes self-deferred cases.