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Waiting Lists

Volume 113: debated on Monday 23 March 1987

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asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out region by region, district health authority inpatient waiting lists, the total population living in each district, the percentage which the former represents of the latter and their national ranking by that percentage.

The latest available information relates to 30 September 1986, and is given in the following table:

Cases on Hospital in-patient waiting listsEstimated population mid-1985 (thousands)Number of cases waiting per 1,000 population
Powys59111·40·5
Gwynedd1,982233·68·5
East Dyfed2,354226·610·4
Clwyd4,689397·911·8
West Glamorgan5,011364·113·8
Mid Glamorgan8,961533·916·8
Gwent8,321440·218·9
South Glamorgan7,620394·819·3
Pembrokeshire2,430109·322·2

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out region by region, the hospital urgent in-patient waiting list in each district, together with the number of urgent cases waiting more than a month, the percentage the latter represents of the former and their national ranking by that percentage.

The latest available information relates to 30 September 1986, and is given in the following table:

Urgent cases on Hospital In-patient Waiting Lists
Total numberNumber waiting for more than one monthNumber waiting for more than one month as a percentage of total
East Dyfed7
Powys
West Glamorgan66113921·0
Gwynedd612541·0
Mid Glamorgan33220662·0
Gwent94960363·5
Clwyd18714275·9
Pembrokeshire32425077·2
South Glamorgan1,08785278·4

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out region by region, the hospital non-urgent inpatient waiting list in each health district together with the number of non-urgent cases waiting more than a year, the percentage the latter represents of the former and their national ranking by that percentage.

The latest available information by district health authority relates to 30 September 1986, and is given in the following table:

Non-urgent cases on hospital in-patient waiting lists
Total numberNumber waiting for more than one yearNumber waiting for more than one year as a percentage of total
Powys5911·7
Gwynedd1,921673·5
East Dyfed2,34727011·5
West Glamorgan4,35050611·6
Clwyd4,50262313·8
Gwent7,3721,88225·5
South Glamorgan6,5331,78827·4
Mid Glamorgan8,6293,05835·4
Pembrokeshire2,1061,36164·6