HC Deb 15 June 1994 vol 244 c590W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) pursuant to her answer of 11 May,Official Report, column 157, what is the total cost of reducing the waiting list so that (a) no one waits more than three months for hospital treatment and (b) the average waiting time is reduced to two months;

(2) pursuant to her answer of 21 April, Official Report, column 668, what is the total cost of providing an out-patient appointment to all patients within (a) six weeks and (b) three months on referral by a general practitioner.

Dr. Mawhinney

This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.