HC Deb 01 May 1996 vol 276 cc515-6W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were waiting for operations at St. George's hospital, Tooting, as of 14 April. [26584]

Mr. Malone

The latest published information for St. George's Healthcare National Health Service trust is that 6,404 people were waiting for in-patient or day case treatment on 30 September 1995. Of these, the vast majority—5,373—had waited less than six months and there were no patients waiting over 18 months.