Ear, Nose and Throat Operations

HC Deb 18 February 1992 vol 204 c106W

13. Sir John Farr

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in reducing the waiting time for ear, nose and throat operations in the past 12 months.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The latest information shows that in the year to March 1991 the number of patients waiting over two years for ENT treatments fell by 50 per cent. and the number waiting over one year by 24 per cent.