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Mr. Nicholas Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average time a patient awaited treatment in each Welsh district health authority in March 1982 and at the latest available date.
Mr. Grist
Median waiting times are usually calculated on a calendar year basis. The figures given in the table relate to in-patients and day cases admitted as waiting list cases and discharged during 1982 and 1989.
| Median waiting times (days) | ||
| District health authourity | 1982 | 1989 |
| Clwyd | 44 | 51 |
| East Dyfed | 36 | 42 |
| Gwent | 57 | 54 |
| Gwynedd | 34 | 35 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 47 | 35 |
| Pembrokeshire | 56 | 44 |
| Powys | 41 | 29 |
| South Glamorgan | 36 | 32 |
| West Glamorgan | 56 | 58 |
Mr. Nicholas Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of people on the waiting list for each district health authority in March 1982 and at the latest available date.
Mr. Grist
The information is shown in the tables:
| Waiting lists 1982 and 1989 Number of patients on district health authority waiting lists Table 1: On 31 March 1982 | |||
| Out-patients | In-patients | Day cases | |
| Pembrokeshire | 1,799 | 1,914 | 385 |
| Clwyd | 4,616 | 4,100 | 599 |
| East Dyfed | 3,518 | 1,584 | 196 |
| Gwent | 8,453 | 6,660 | 963 |
| Gwynedd | 3,157 | 1,632 | 388 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 14,110 | 7,642 | 29 |
| Powys | 282 | 61 | 0 |
| South Glamorgan | 12,979 | 4,972 | 678 |
| West Glamorgan | 14,136 | 4,063 | 101 |
| Waiting lists 1982 and 1989 Number of patients on district health authority waiting lists Table 2: On 30 September 1989 | |||
| Out-patients | In-patients | Day cases | |
| Pembrokeshire | 3,373 | 2,618 | 1,053 |
| Clwyd | 10,177 | 5,389 | 844 |
| East Dyfed | 6,328 | 3,443 | 369 |
| Gwent | 13,190 | 9,504 | 1,672 |
| Gwynedd | 5,265 | 3,476 | 589 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 17,171 | 6,930 | 514 |
| Powys | 1,096 | 61 | 1 |
| South Glamorgan | 16,087 | 6,582 | 1,564 |
| West Glamorgan | 14,820 | 6,328 | 405 |