§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been waiting more than two years for initial appointments with consultants at the Ulster hospital; in what specialties; and what is the longest waiting time currently outstanding. [36663]
§ Mr. Moss[holding answer 22 July 1996]: Information is not held centrally for waiting times at individual hospitals. The figure given shows the total for the Ulster 474W North Down and Ards health and social services trust of out-patients who are waiting 24 months and over for their first out-patient appointment at the end of March 1996:
Plastic Surgery—1Information held centrally relates only to those people waiting 24 months and over. The longest waiting time currently outstanding is not therefore readily available.