§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients, in each of the health board areas, have been waiting for cardiac surgery for more than(a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years.
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§ Mr. HanleyThe information is not available in the precise form requested. The numbers waiting for cardiac surgery as recorded by board of residence at the end of February 1993 are as follows:
Board Number 18–23 months Number 24 months + Total Eastern 37 183 220 Northern 12 43 55 Southern 9 23 32 Western 3 24 27
§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients were offered cardiac surgery outside the Province in 1992; and of those offered, how many refused.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, I can say that some 230 patients have been treated in Great Britain during the last 18 months.
§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 8 December, to the hon. Member for Londonderry, East (Mr. Ross)Official Report, column 601–02, how much additional money will be made available for heart operations in the financial year 1993–94; and how it will be allocated between the four health boards.
§ Mr. HanleyA total of £1.62 million additional money will be made available for cardiac surgery-in 1993–94. This will be divided among the four health and social security boards as follows:
- Eastern—£1,011,348
- Northern—£283,458
- Southern—£189,318
- Western—£ 135,876