HC Deb 10 July 1996 vol 281 cc235-6W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the waiting times for(a) non-urgent operations and (b) urgent operations for hospitals in the Cheshire health authority for each of the last five years; and what is the national average figure. [36458]

Mr. Horam

Such information as is available on waiting times at hospitals in Cheshire is contained in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics, England" copies of which are available in the Library. On 31 March 1996, hospitals in Cheshire reported no one waiting more than one year for admission. Nationally, the average time waited by people still on a waiting list is 3.7 months compared with 7.6 months five years ago.