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Quarter 1 2002/2003

England Summary - Outpatient First Attendances

Specialty Code	Specialty Function	Number of referral requests for first Outpatient appointments		GP WRITTEN REFERRALS ONLY
				Effective length of wait from receipt of GP written referral request to first Outpatient attendance (weeks)						Not yet seen at the end of quarter who have been waiting (weeks)
		GP written	Other	0 to <4	4 to <13	13 to <17	17 to <21	21 to <26	26 and over	13 to <17	17 to <21	21 to <26	26 and over
999	All specialties	2,415,744	1,060,349	665,882	881,155	169,773	94,836	82,925	30,600	139,154	75,768	29,453	1,145
100	General surgery	318,743	59,077	120,763	113,465	14,776	8,283	6,404	2,057	10,414	5,492	2,140	92
101	Urology	101,454	26,527	26,235	36,288	7,266	4,428	4,244	1,656	6,885	4,206	1,533	-
110	Trauma and orthopaedics	246,047	264,705	42,873	88,814	22,698	13,989	15,569	5,874	21,487	12,610	5,348	372
120	Ear, Nose and Throat	205,431	53,113	42,470	80,709	22,119	11,071	9,205	2,755	16,526	8,445	2,917	102
130	Ophthalmology	212,067	98,563	43,438	84,130	19,384	11,329	9,464	3,422	15,458	8,125	3,028	1
140	Oral surgery	90,555	32,519	20,635	35,711	7,053	3,675	2,624	1,106	6,743	3,641	1,457	121
141	Restorative dentistry	11,595	6,011	1,637	4,186	1,513	944	560	494	1,366	652	374	66
142	Paediatric dentistry	5,583	2,146	1,853	1,330	262	127	247	140	325	290	152	31
143	Orthodontics	19,658	4,351	2,608	9,135	2,117	1,393	1,258	605	1,623	744	265	20
150	Neurosurgery	6,196	5,490	1,388	2,375	542	285	285	177	526	267	96	11
160	Plastic surgery	34,565	20,977	7,341	11,520	2,508	1,741	2,149	1,149	2,950	1,995	840	30
170	Cardiothoracic surgery	1,273	10,119	755	275	25	10	5	6	4	2	1	-
171	Paediatric surgery	8,323	4,387	1,641	3,844	522	270	267	76	399	165	48	-
180	Accident and emergency	2,015	18,684	605	554	37	48	66	32	62	49	7	-
190	Anaesthetics	5,978	8,834	696	1,925	595	480	549	234	614	381	184	1
191	Pain Management	8,072	8,086	819	2,317	797	715	873	373	1,152	760	285	-
300	General medicine	161,177	60,039	41,522	57,800	10,479	5,196	4,780	1,536	8,118	4,232	1,822	50
301	Gastroenterology	34,771	12,345	8,353	11,317	2,530	1,874	1,578	622	2,568	1,597	647	44
302	Endocrinology	10,660	4,169	1,658	4,426	956	576	495	173	736	398	170	-
303	Clinical haematology	13,694	15,002	6,408	3,724	228	116	100	54	176	72	24	-
304	Clinical physiology	7	-	27	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
305	Clinical pharmacology	458	337	141	195	43	14	7	1	20	15	2	-
310	Audiological medicine	4,705	5,471	577	1,868	370	202	211	180	237	175	91	11
311	Clinical genetics	1,026	1,993	462	212	22	17	22	10	29	12	1	-
312	Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics	10	42	28	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
313	Clinical Immunology and allergy	1,475	445	252	571	159	139	157	9	161	137	41	-
314	Rehabilitation	1,004	1,639	233	457	82	84	30	7	103	41	5	-
315	Palliative medicine	398	1,195	241	31	4	-	1	1	-	1	-	-
320	Cardiology	64,957	31,556	20,456	23,265	4,566	2,648	1,981	583	3,443	1,999	796	2
330	Dermatology	193,601	24,939	46,273	65,802	14,379	8,263	5,680	1,760	12,139	6,377	2,021	35
340	Thoracic medicine	21,799	13,525	7,548	6,834	975	547	422	231	773	410	160	1
350	Infectious diseases	1,772	1,512	832	529	76	16	9	5	8	7	1	-
360	Genito-urinary medicine	8,922	31,369	9,614	87	-	-	-	-	49	32	9	-
361	Nephrology	5,272	4,038	1,409	2,523	375	141	136	34	213	100	42	-
370	Medical oncology	2,550	11,829	967	165	18	6	13	5	2	1	-	-
371	Nuclear medicine	304	351	87	118	8	17	26	2	16	13	1	-
400	Neurology	51,207	16,550	8,611	16,384	5,576	4,160	3,772	1,502	6,034	3,831	1,662	9
401	Clinical neuro-physiology	659	6,245	154	176	32	133	19	19	136	51	2	-
410	Rheumatology	60,911	13,341	9,409	24,003	5,595	3,336	3,246	1,034	5,085	2,739	1,023	-
420	Paediatrics	71,777	35,210	23,710	32,636	3,261	1,021	555	247	2,199	672	239	40
421	Paediatric neurology	1,135	1,966	227	467	97	56	29	7	36	22	17	-
430	Geriatric medicine	23,962	10,839	10,758	7,924	473	130	82	23	187	88	26	-
450	Dental medicine specialities	2,170	696	541	767	183	139	147	17	211	148	23	1
460	Medical ophthalmology	19	51	207	193	13	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
502	Gynaecology	224,034	40,098	73,275	83,642	13,611	5,976	4,449	1,376	8,365	3,965	1,527	3
510	Antenatal clinic	106,718	18,259	51,552	37,522	1,099	249	254	120	152	68	41	-
520	Postnatal clinic	1,070	551	875	858	123	6	-	-	7	-	-	-
700	Mental handicap	986	1,020	434	361	29	13	24	14	15	6	5	4
710	Mental illness	34,537	20,053	10,731	10,836	951	305	180	331	468	192	91	7
711	Child & adolescent psychiatry	6,724	4,957	1,361	1,643	385	188	265	98	465	254	129	91
712	Forensic psychiatry	61	551	27	20	3	-	-	1	4	1	-	-
713	Psychotherapy	1,118	1,139	159	504	93	54	25	76	36	10	3	-
715	Old age psychiatry	10,393	4,322	5,038	2,652	271	101	57	49	85	44	40	-
800	Clinical oncology	1,684	27,378	1,566	176	12	8	10	7	8	2	-	-
810	Radiology	1,574	3,536	774	403	11	25	50	201	-	-	-	-
820	General pathology	167	48	37	95	18	5	14	4	15	5	1	-
821	Blood transfusion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
822	Chemical pathology	2,326	671	276	838	181	95	148	43	100	53	33	-
823	Haematology	3,061	3,163	1,808	808	56	31	10	2	32	28	3	-
824	Histopathology	-	116	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
830	Immunopathology	1,039	342	103	437	88	90	90	46	105	74	55	-
831	Medical microbiology	79	33	18	29	12	2	1	-	3	1	-	-
832	Neuropathology	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
900	Community medicine	751	1,585	108	235	44	10	5	1	34	28	5	-
901	Occupational medicine	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
990	Joint consultant clinic	1,464	2,243	1,277	1,035	70	58	75	12	45	43	20	-