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Quarter 2 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	2,453,148	1,080,701	707,853	858,168	194,638	131,846	107,045	17,754	145,249	80,184	30,906	716
100	General surgery	330,934	60,589	129,563	111,264	17,355	10,769	7,908	1,220	11,219	5,833	1,803	2
101	Urology	105,551	28,338	28,882	37,932	8,462	5,969	5,484	890	5,952	3,282	1,225	40
110	Trauma and orthopaedics	252,157	270,505	44,424	85,786	27,426	19,447	18,397	3,096	24,178	14,492	6,505	490
120	Ear, Nose and Throat	203,082	52,169	46,295	72,736	21,742	15,987	12,679	1,538	16,466	10,018	3,900	2
130	Ophthalmology	206,969	96,931	45,216	79,548	23,720	16,941	12,047	1,373	15,593	8,192	2,717	1
140	Oral surgery	91,427	34,679	22,540	35,074	8,191	5,811	4,910	523	6,547	3,198	1,193	2
141	Restorative dentistry	10,407	7,465	1,907	3,550	1,592	1,071	962	183	1,488	798	418	-
142	Paediatric dentistry	5,608	1,903	2,159	1,485	526	240	280	50	455	202	55	-
143	Orthodontics	19,704	4,496	2,811	7,926	2,707	1,934	1,249	509	1,889	914	358	-
150	Neurosurgery	6,483	5,890	1,238	2,308	635	410	402	90	456	241	92	-
160	Plastic surgery	36,754	21,499	8,198	11,401	2,641	2,262	2,938	668	3,088	1,957	993	14
170	Cardiothoracic surgery	1,207	10,119	670	259	11	3	4	5	2	5	1	-
171	Paediatric surgery	8,340	4,548	1,464	3,606	608	401	269	46	320	183	77	-
180	Accident and emergency	2,216	18,154	698	707	103	35	59	10	51	33	11	-
190	Anaesthetics	6,198	8,794	740	1,780	619	508	541	80	690	422	182	4
191	Pain Management	8,582	8,331	1,044	2,513	946	890	999	210	1,207	782	352	-
300	General medicine	161,934	60,688	44,025	58,307	11,815	6,998	5,455	1,225	7,740	4,011	1,707	11
301	Gastroenterology	37,706	13,774	9,149	11,998	2,645	2,377	1,786	405	2,299	1,285	592	1
302	Endocrinology	10,918	4,389	1,835	4,677	1,109	708	500	121	730	303	140	-
303	Clinical haematology	13,707	14,994	6,456	4,142	306	109	85	37	207	86	34	1
304	Clinical physiology	33	180	2	17	3	3	9	8	-	-	-	-
305	Clinical pharmacology	378	394	151	234	53	8	22	-	9	7	1	-
310	Audiological medicine	4,052	5,519	492	1,538	317	256	262	134	354	174	99	-
311	Clinical genetics	801	1,944	385	158	29	23	8	10	27	8	-	-
312	Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics	27	62	3	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
313	Clinical Immunology and allergy	1,546	512	235	609	220	223	236	22	238	98	43	1
314	Rehabilitation	1,328	1,948	327	525	205	69	28	1	45	14	5	-
315	Palliative medicine	335	1,156	361	146	49	47	8	-	-	2	-	-
320	Cardiology	63,920	33,098	21,249	23,592	5,339	3,330	3,147	562	3,721	2,306	817	-
330	Dermatology	210,436	24,589	50,188	64,332	17,680	12,201	8,637	1,249	15,539	7,950	2,710	6
340	Thoracic medicine	18,803	12,827	7,679	6,620	1,263	854	509	181	739	413	141	-
350	Infectious diseases	1,995	1,935	968	562	82	21	7	3	6	1	-	-
360	Genito-urinary medicine	9,209	35,409	9,719	101	4	10	33	-	46	27	19	-
361	Nephrology	5,198	4,057	1,347	2,457	439	229	144	42	233	134	42	1
370	Medical oncology	2,666	11,698	1,007	217	23	18	9	6	3	2	1	-
371	Nuclear medicine	358	334	83	191	70	26	19	1	10	4	4	-
400	Neurology	52,210	18,320	9,248	16,853	5,815	5,141	5,042	721	5,920	3,653	1,359	95
401	Clinical neuro-physiology	987	6,202	112	196	30	81	58	7	69	58	12	-
410	Rheumatology	61,318	13,626	9,640	25,427	6,895	4,874	4,458	757	5,477	3,283	1,334	-
420	Paediatrics	64,517	33,069	22,934	30,245	4,132	1,706	815	126	1,759	719	196	-
421	Paediatric neurology	958	1,763	321	666	83	48	39	8	36	10	2	-
430	Geriatric medicine	24,956	10,334	11,874	8,689	588	220	74	31	346	163	41	-
450	Dental medicine specialities	1,897	783	468	653	192	137	103	6	145	100	56	-
460	Medical ophthalmology	15	104	3	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-
502	Gynaecology	222,846	40,390	76,983	79,402	14,194	7,775	5,060	975	8,362	4,098	1,371	1
510	Antenatal clinic	113,794	18,361	57,000	37,653	1,399	429	346	85	200	78	31	-
520	Postnatal clinic	3,233	678	985	1,408	98	63	215	2	8	1	-	-
700	Mental handicap	734	780	346	439	40	11	22	5	7	11	6	-
710	Mental illness	35,389	21,190	11,822	9,839	873	303	149	108	557	199	93	10
711	Child & adolescent psychiatry	6,411	5,361	1,664	1,488	408	283	155	166	324	164	80	33
712	Forensic psychiatry	88	731	33	16	3	1	-	3	8	2	-	-
713	Psychotherapy	1,348	1,709	269	361	61	31	31	19	15	7	4	1
715	Old age psychiatry	10,148	5,423	4,948	2,600	257	98	61	24	104	41	9	-
800	Clinical oncology	1,534	27,018	1,543	238	10	2	6	5	7	5	2	-
810	Radiology	1,313	3,192	729	271	2	-	-	1	1	2	1	-
820	General pathology	188	50	60	89	11	1	17	1	13	5	1	-
821	Blood transfusion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
822	Chemical pathology	2,131	573	271	859	201	148	133	161	113	79	22	-
823	Haematology	3,143	3,334	1,740	1,077	63	29	9	1	34	14	-	-
824	Histopathology	-	136	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
830	Immunopathology	1,136	392	207	382	104	122	116	32	103	61	27	-
831	Medical microbiology	4	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
832	Neuropathology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
900	Community medicine	700	1,380	82	168	63	65	18	1	62	33	2	-
901	Occupational medicine	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
990	Joint consultant clinic	1,180	1,883	1,058	845	178	88	85	10	31	21	19	-