§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the change in waiting lists in all specialties of health care in each of the last three years.
Wailing lists: changes in the number of patients waiting over two years—March 1990-March 1991 Regional health authority General surgery Urology Trauma and orthopaedics ENT Opthalmology Oral surgery Plastic surgery Obs and gyn (gynaecology) Other All specialties Northern -433 -129 -262 -32 -79 -123 -507 -19 -14 -1,598 Yorkshire 223 -257 -123 -18 125 -110 -480 -117 60 -697 Trent -391 -228 -685 -167 -112 -208 -912 -180 -73 -2,956 East Anglia -2 98 -180 -49 7 -206 -455 -222 -62 -1,071 North West Thames -98 159 -8 0 57 264 -1,772 6 -24 -1,416 North East Thames -795 -33 -1,259 -1,068 -44 -1,805 -1,191 -152 -209 -6,556 South East Thames -1,184 342 -1,219 -569 -58 -158 -12 -134 -130 -3,122 South West Thames -718 -218 -811 -436 -485 -132 -266 -364 -47 -3,477 Wessex -344 -136 -454 -10 -1 -120 96 181 30 -758 Oxford -183 -64 -250 -137 9 6 -324 -98 1 -1,040 South Western -423 44 -304 -106 -11 -200 -62 26 -7 -1,043 West Midlands -679 -420 -109 -594 -113 -286 -327 -212 -226 -2,966 Mersey n/1 n/1 n/1 n/1 n/1 n/1 17 n/1 n/1 -17 North Western -657 -278 -325 -504 -285 -249 -627 -83 -214 -3,222 Notes:
Based on KH07 returns at 31 March 1990 and 31 March 1991.
Includes ordinary admissions and day case waiting lists.
n/1 denotes no one waiting over two years at March 1990 and March 1991.
Positive values indicate an increase from March 1990 to March 1991.
Negative values indicate a decrease from March 1990 to March 1991.