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Quarter 1 2002/2003

England Summary - Population Based 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
999All specialties 2,293,361 967,747 635,444 840,329 166,849 89,633 77,370 31,362 132,091 69,444 27,285 965
100General surgery 310,985 57,221 118,511 109,329 14,698 7,678 5,907 2,146 9,998 5,184 2,049 90
101Urology 99,021 25,176 25,328 35,044 7,215 4,328 3,879 1,741 6,664 4,019 1,437 13
110Trauma and orthopaedics 237,687 252,846 41,326 86,336 22,640 13,496 14,686 5,719 20,380 11,582 4,904 168
120Ear, Nose and Throat 200,013 51,548 42,228 78,309 22,105 10,565 8,624 2,938 15,780 8,280 2,955 145
130Ophthalmology 204,336 94,140 42,835 81,989 19,195 11,066 8,672 3,610 14,709 6,955 2,556 36
140Oral surgery 81,643 26,361 18,732 33,515 6,546 3,361 2,453 1,198 5,970 3,127 1,340 128
141Restorative dentistry 7,036 4,004 1,017 2,767 1,112 632 1,405 430 954 415 248 62
142Paediatric dentistry 3,749 1,294 1,211 952 228 106 304 145 254 221 117 31
143Orthodontics 17,284 3,486 2,218 8,085 2,102 1,242 1,159 715 1,521 672 271 19
150Neurosurgery 6,019 4,510 1,254 2,311 536 264 288 144 501 257 99 8
160Plastic surgery 32,472 19,174 7,379 10,784 2,510 1,799 1,863 1,218 2,756 1,750 737 49
170Cardiothoracic surgery 1,333 8,585 734 261 19 16 17 20 36 22 8 -
171Paediatric surgery 8,156 4,134 1,619 3,693 522 268 254 72 408 160 53 -
180Accident and emergency 1,854 17,289 608 585 104 45 44 9 61 50 15 -
190Anaesthetics 6,609 9,010 762 2,015 670 546 485 252 664 386 189 3
191Pain Management 7,848 7,582 924 2,179 796 656 809 370 1,005 668 246 -
300General medicine 152,936 57,956 39,845 54,094 10,210 4,997 4,323 1,357 7,770 3,887 1,537 20
301Gastroenterology 35,531 11,774 8,511 12,098 2,471 1,788 1,522 658 2,473 1,513 734 47
302Endocrinology 10,261 3,994 1,733 4,215 824 560 409 173 708 389 185 10
303Clinical haematology 13,340 15,188 6,413 3,911 263 163 124 74 226 119 52 -
304Clinical physiology 30 53 14 4 2 1 1 1 - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 413 313 121 173 42 13 11 2 23 13 6 -
310Audiological medicine 4,529 5,035 607 1,874 344 189 215 285 211 163 81 4
311Clinical genetics 554 1,737 217 318 39 34 28 21 43 27 12 1
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 87 42 70 15 - 3 5 - - 1 2 -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,421 434 214 567 148 123 138 27 152 122 34 1
314Rehabilitation 1,162 1,312 277 458 142 65 24 12 86 20 10 -
315Palliative medicine 727 997 366 156 36 11 1 4 5 6 1 -
320Cardiology 64,193 28,498 20,647 23,139 4,631 2,613 1,837 602 3,558 1,880 772 11
330Dermatology 183,672 23,142 44,482 62,496 14,015 7,677 5,332 2,187 11,601 5,883 1,924 58
340Thoracic medicine 21,175 12,623 7,643 6,722 990 517 402 183 769 426 164 16
350Infectious diseases 1,722 1,294 756 494 81 19 16 8 13 6 7 -
360Genito-urinary medicine 7,108 18,996 7,619 113 15 6 - 5 59 27 7 -
361Nephrology 5,092 3,789 1,379 2,368 374 140 125 38 196 97 47 -
370Medical oncology 1,936 9,709 838 152 22 12 20 6 4 1 11 -
371Nuclear medicine 809 480 120 225 48 57 100 14 81 79 25 -
400Neurology 46,955 14,566 8,385 15,333 5,294 3,403 3,305 1,415 5,409 3,215 1,407 4
401Clinical neuro-physiology 1,550 4,677 288 485 152 211 69 30 162 108 18 -
410Rheumatology 58,692 12,506 9,340 23,157 5,550 2,973 2,912 1,010 5,063 2,559 968 -
420Paediatrics 68,471 32,298 22,947 31,210 3,178 1,032 558 230 2,072 577 204 3
421Paediatric neurology 1,429 1,842 274 548 97 66 36 14 65 21 19 -
430Geriatric medicine 22,667 10,088 9,997 7,465 466 108 94 35 177 85 30 -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,846 723 624 792 111 76 59 2 161 89 19 1
460Medical ophthalmology 1,052 124 238 535 67 - 2 - 2 - - -
502Gynaecology 222,416 37,842 74,167 83,366 13,464 5,622 3,927 1,395 8,084 3,695 1,384 4
510Antenatal clinic 86,712 15,266 42,512 31,897 1,127 274 221 181 251 80 58 -
520Postnatal clinic 4,182 715 1,617 1,064 49 7 15 - 3 - 1 -
700Mental handicap 1,622 780 593 277 25 12 15 5 8 3 - -
710Mental illness 20,885 11,140 6,497 6,067 716 241 125 182 338 177 103 32
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 4,100 2,747 780 863 169 108 83 96 234 161 65 1
712Forensic psychiatry 71 152 43 34 7 2 1 3 1 - - -
713Psychotherapy 305 549 55 144 27 18 12 7 5 5 6 -
715Old age psychiatry 6,002 2,706 2,938 1,490 144 60 32 30 62 37 33 -
800Clinical oncology 1,577 23,944 1,458 187 25 19 17 11 7 1 9 -
810Radiology 1,357 3,424 732 370 12 27 52 202 - - 2 -
820General pathology 197 57 30 98 18 7 16 4 15 5 3 -
821Blood transfusion 13 8 9 8 3 - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 2,375 687 264 845 184 96 141 43 110 58 36 -
823Haematology 3,018 2,989 1,688 741 69 39 13 9 41 23 7 -
824Histopathology 4 121 10 8 1 1 3 4 1 - - -
830Immunopathology 971 296 106 429 76 112 91 45 97 69 52 -
831Medical microbiology 7 - 6 - - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 941 1,702 242 275 58 19 10 1 38 28 7 -
901Occupational medicine 60 106 59 - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,141 1,966 987 895 65 44 79 24 46 41 19 -