Northern Ireland: Hospital Waiting Lists

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asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will publish details of the waiting lists for admission to hospitals in each of the four administrative Board areas in Northern Ireland for each quarter since December 1977, and in the following specialties: general surgery; ear, nose and throat; gynoecology; tonsils and adenoids; orthopaedic surgery; other specialties.

The information is as follows:

HEALTH BOARD	SPECIALTY			QUARTER ENDED
				31.12.77	31.3.78	30.6.78	30.9.78	31.12.78	31.3.79	30.6.79	30.9.79	31.12.79	31.3.80	30.6.80
Eastern	General Surgery	…	…	2,963	2,601	2,736	2,833	3,000	3,195	3,453	3,263	3,345	3,329	2,918
	Ear, Nose and Throat—Total	…	…	2,838	2,553	2,683	2,452	2,431	2,874	2,881	2,670	2,606	2,404	2,524
	^*Tonsils and Adenoids	…	…	(1,599)				(1,111)				(894)
	Gynaecology	…	…	1,536	1,124	1,095	984	1,004	992	1,049	1,031	1,059	1,092	1,159
	Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery	…	…	3,470	3,677	3,926	4,046	4,139	4,454	4,880	4,699	4,695	4,599	4,891
	†Other Specialties	…	…	5,087	5,223	5,650	5,098	5,042	5,129	5,198	5,182	4,916	5,055	5,189
				15,714	15,178	16,090	15,413	15,616	16,644	17,461	16,845	16,621	16,479	16,681
Northern	General Surgery	…	…	1,138	1,310	1,174	1,282	1,206	1,175	1,060	943	820	667	638
	Ear, Nose and Throat—Total	…	…	882	902	946	925	986	948	977	924	899	904	845
	^*Tonsils and Adenoids	…	…	(632)				(691)
	Gynaecology	…	…	522	513	525	455	443	396	525	499	484	486	345
	Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery	…	…
	†Other Specialties	…	…	47	67	68	53	50	74	53	51	57	70	73
				2,589	2,792	2,713	2,715	2,685	2,593	2,615	2,417	2,260	2,127	1,901
Southern	General Surgery	…	…	876	849	963	896	939	999	870	798	770	757	778
	Ear, Nose and Throat—Total	…	…	1,337	1,329	1,414	1,366	1,332	1,375	1,359	1,290	1,198	1,066	1,196
	^*Tonsils and Adenoids	…	…	(728)				(731)
	Gynaecology	…	…	281	338	386	413	437	545	484	478	509	565	593
	Traumatic and Orthopaedic Surgery	…	…
	†Other Specialties	…	…	64	79	90	88	88	110	106	73	79	95	100
				2,558	2,595	2,853	2,763	2,796	3,029	2,819	2,639	2,556	2,483	2,667
Western	General Surgery	…	…	484	494	632	613	659	844	727	774	752	774	526
	Ear, Nose and Throat—Total	…	…	390	392	420	383	430	594	796	733	727	801	787
	^*Tonsils and Adenoids	…	…	(204)				(238)
	Gynaecology	…	…	453	424	431	334	397	454	441	426	311	284	274
	Traumatic and Othopaedic Surgery	…	…	460	301	369	423	297	340	331	358	340	335	336
	†Other Specialties	…	…	162	202	172	192	216	298	243	180	186	237	187
				1,949	1,813	2,024	1,945	1,999	2,530	2,538	2,471	2,316	2,431	2,110
	TOTALS (all Boards)	…	…	22,810	22,378	22,680	22,836	23,096	24,796	25,433	24,372	23,753	23,520	23,359
^*Where available.
†Excludes psychiatric and mental handicap hospitals

Volume 414: debated on Thursday 13 November 1980