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Quarter 2 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 2,339,969 990,605 672,419 826,753 188,407 127,057 101,396 17,197 146,111 80,712 30,456 333
100General surgery 322,424 57,258 126,406 108,351 17,088 10,442 7,406 1,201 11,296 5,766 1,784 16
101Urology 102,859 26,310 28,445 37,170 8,429 5,942 5,376 935 5,967 3,252 1,226 37
110Trauma and orthopaedics 241,542 259,415 42,901 84,665 26,480 18,874 17,667 2,752 24,232 14,576 5,872 95
120Ear, Nose and Throat 198,905 49,508 44,682 71,528 21,579 15,484 12,694 1,559 17,439 10,661 4,152 11
130Ophthalmology 200,979 91,709 44,042 77,839 23,197 16,319 11,351 1,560 15,433 8,205 2,688 5
140Oral surgery 83,318 27,765 20,405 33,116 7,725 5,350 4,459 489 6,448 3,288 1,249 2
141Restorative dentistry 7,567 3,866 1,113 2,198 1,042 757 776 161 1,073 619 365 -
142Paediatric dentistry 3,796 1,359 1,244 892 369 193 228 43 324 192 56 -
143Orthodontics 17,747 3,657 2,466 7,197 2,485 1,774 1,135 353 1,768 805 336 1
150Neurosurgery 5,910 7,142 1,235 2,214 568 388 380 86 444 246 95 -
160Plastic surgery 35,128 19,644 8,101 11,181 2,599 2,203 2,578 572 3,139 1,945 1,009 11
170Cardiothoracic surgery 1,068 9,222 642 249 11 13 6 6 4 9 1 -
171Paediatric surgery 8,035 4,272 1,425 3,592 566 372 245 46 320 182 81 -
180Accident and emergency 2,339 17,980 778 699 116 55 42 10 95 48 10 -
190Anaesthetics 6,693 9,460 739 1,839 660 619 596 104 774 487 200 4
191Pain Management 8,692 8,719 1,127 2,573 880 864 927 187 1,071 692 331 -
300General medicine 156,471 58,089 42,774 56,580 11,618 6,638 5,103 1,123 7,741 3,947 1,604 2
301Gastroenterology 35,963 12,990 9,216 11,891 2,450 2,385 1,708 423 2,415 1,338 600 -
302Endocrinology 10,259 3,859 1,881 4,493 1,043 766 478 94 827 351 163 -
303Clinical haematology 13,875 14,622 6,571 4,087 311 104 83 36 300 111 38 1
304Clinical physiology 5 10 72 120 64 16 9 1 - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 381 399 156 226 49 8 14 - 15 4 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,776 5,006 447 1,458 321 248 260 132 367 191 97 -
311Clinical genetics 420 1,844 142 129 27 23 6 9 29 7 - -
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 14 35 3 5 4 1 1 1 - 1 - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,592 526 239 631 226 224 217 19 243 98 45 1
314Rehabilitation 1,208 1,534 298 452 189 45 21 7 44 13 5 -
315Palliative medicine 227 1,101 459 155 49 47 8 - 1 3 1 -
320Cardiology 62,319 30,855 21,161 22,639 5,073 3,165 2,993 603 3,901 2,335 886 -
330Dermatology 204,505 23,144 48,849 63,510 16,885 11,845 8,217 1,201 15,712 8,168 2,793 17
340Thoracic medicine 17,995 12,194 7,380 6,501 1,256 799 495 155 805 462 165 -
350Infectious diseases 1,633 1,360 990 492 80 16 6 4 6 1 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 7,189 22,548 7,463 61 4 8 19 - 40 28 13 -
361Nephrology 4,999 3,940 1,329 2,404 415 242 133 42 259 129 43 1
370Medical oncology 2,328 10,254 957 131 21 3 4 2 84 48 15 -
371Nuclear medicine 360 318 95 162 40 23 18 1 33 29 5 -
400Neurology 50,553 16,390 9,360 16,298 5,430 5,114 4,800 736 5,725 3,617 1,341 94
401Clinical neuro-physiology 486 4,715 169 248 56 103 45 12 65 53 7 -
410Rheumatology 59,641 12,900 9,548 24,693 6,842 4,691 4,287 758 5,730 3,279 1,374 -
420Paediatrics 61,932 30,847 22,470 29,430 4,021 1,567 760 119 1,686 685 192 -
421Paediatric neurology 923 1,574 281 510 68 52 36 7 39 15 1 -
430Geriatric medicine 24,118 9,678 10,253 8,284 586 222 65 29 297 138 40 -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,607 732 445 546 143 82 56 4 90 39 23 -
460Medical ophthalmology 430 396 604 337 101 70 83 24 103 39 8 -
502Gynaecology 228,239 39,494 80,937 81,806 14,320 7,538 4,791 1,065 8,478 4,031 1,259 1
510Antenatal clinic 92,822 14,895 44,441 30,430 1,105 267 188 90 298 57 39 -
520Postnatal clinic 1,357 206 539 593 28 16 26 - 8 2 - -
700Mental handicap 523 489 230 201 46 15 14 2 8 17 6 -
710Mental illness 22,257 13,236 6,792 5,563 690 284 104 109 360 163 98 14
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 4,012 2,921 883 922 215 183 88 84 171 97 45 20
712Forensic psychiatry 47 145 21 10 1 - - - - - - -
713Psychotherapy 621 802 103 172 38 24 19 3 2 - 1 -
715Old age psychiatry 6,841 3,628 3,253 1,507 178 116 26 17 48 26 6 -
800Clinical oncology 1,596 25,401 1,522 181 9 2 4 7 6 4 3 -
810Radiology 1,162 2,752 845 337 1 1 - 1 3 2 1 -
820General pathology 176 50 38 88 12 5 17 1 19 6 1 -
821Blood transfusion 4 4 2 1 - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 2,097 613 316 819 189 148 127 170 98 78 30 -
823Haematology 2,778 2,920 1,435 906 68 32 9 4 30 15 2 -
824Histopathology 5 137 1 9 - - - - 1 5 - -
830Immunopathology 1,056 320 195 337 88 117 87 24 98 56 31 -
831Medical microbiology 5 - 2 7 - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 880 1,460 564 217 79 71 21 1 71 37 3 -
901Occupational medicine 4 8 - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,275 1,977 938 871 174 82 84 13 28 15 17 -