§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients receiving(a) hip replacement, (b) cataract extraction, (c) kidney transplant and (d) hernia operations carried out by the NHS in Wales had to wait
Percentage of cases1 admitted in 1995–96 who waited Operation More than 6 months More than 9 months More than 12 months More than 15 months More than 18 months Hip replacements 27.9 16.0 8.0 3.3 0.8 Cataract extraction 30.2 19.1 10.3 3.8 1.5 Hernia operations 16.4 8.3 3.7 1.4 0.8 1 Based on data available for 1,529 hip replacements, 8,551 cataract extractions and 3,502 hernia operations.