21.   Orthopaedic doctors and staff from Middlesbrough General and South Cleveland hospitals, GPs and the district health authority hope to reduce waiting times and provide better quality of service.

22.   Outpatient departments prioritise acute injuries so that waiting times for initial treatment are short.

23.   Jim Brydon, deputy unit manager, said the ophthalmology department was concentrating on reducing waiting times for patients needing inpatient treatment.

24.   Jim Brydon, deputy unit manager, said the ophthalmology department was concentrating on reducing waiting times for patients needing in-patient treatment.

25.   Fellow member Mr Clive Owen said the committee was impressed by the efforts made by doctors and consultants in getting waiting times down.

26.   Election candidates and doctors clashed over claims that waiting times have increased in the town.

27.   Now they expect to make significant inroads in patient waiting time.

28.   A team of qualified volunteers have been providing free short- term counselling -- generally six to eight weekly sessions -- with waiting times kept to a minimum.

29.   Erm, plus delivery time to New York and waiting time for suitable vessel, how about that, really ratting it in.

30.   And for cases that would correspond to current no-fault divorces, they extend the waiting time to up to two and a half years.