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TABLE B17
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Inpatient Waiting Lists: Patients waiting for elective admission, September 2003, variation by specialty (ordinary admissions and day cases combined)
England
Total
Months
number
waiting
waiting
(per cent)
Specialty
(thousands)
0-5
6-11
12+
All specialties
973.6
81.5
18.5
0.0
Trauma and Orthopaedics
256.8
74.3
25.6
0.1
General surgery
164.7
83.1
16.8
0.0
Ophthalmology
130.1
81.3
18.7
0.0
Ear, Nose and Throat
91.8
79.3
20.7
0.0
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
77.9
88.5
11.5
0.0
Urology
66.9
87.1
12.8
0.0
Plastic surgery
41.0
76.2
23.7
0.0
Oral surgery
39.4
88.1
11.9
0.0
Others
105.0
89.3
10.7
0.0
Percentages may not sum due to rounding.
Contact:Richard Reed 0113 2545455 (email: richard.reed@doh.gsi.gov.uk)
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Just over 81% of patients had been waiting less than six months, and just over 55% had been waiting less than three months.
Between September 2002 and September 2003, the number of patients waiting over one year decreased by 74,400.
Data for quarter ended 30 September 2003 is likely to be available in the week commencing 16th February 2004.
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