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Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current waiting time for operations in each of the main surgical specialities in the Stockport area hospital; and how
| URGENT WAITING LIST | ||||||
| Waiting up to one month | Waiting over one month | |||||
| Speciality | 30th September 1975 | 31st March 1976 | 30th September 1976 | 30th September 1975 | 31st March 1976 | 30th September 1976 |
| General surgery | 27 | 45 | 23 | 302 | 174 | 84 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 3 | 13 | 29 | 24 | 92 | 41 |
| Traumatic and orthopaedic | 2 | 11 | 10 | 76 | 70 | 63 |
| Ophthalmology | 1 | 8 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| Dental surgery | — | 2 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Gynaecology | 31 | 53 | 26 | 206 | 243 | 111 |
| NON-URGENT WAITING LIST | ||||||
| Waiting up to one month | Waiting over one month | |||||
| Speciality | 30th September 1975 | 31st March 1976 | 30th September 1976 | 30th September 1975 | 31st March 1976 | 30th September 1976 |
| General surgery | 808 | 1,042 | 715 | 1,408 | 1,983 | 1,889 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 493 | 455 | 441 | 573 | 549 | 257 |
| Traumatic and orthopaedic | 242 | 279 | 332 | 195 | 222 | 141 |
| Ophthalmology | 178 | 153 | 186 | 41 | 71 | 22 |
| Dental surgery | 157 | 209 | 203 | 30 | 21 | 28 |
| Gynaecology | 331 | 325 | 254 | 1,146 | 1,145 | 920 |