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Quarter 3 2002/2003

England Summary - Outpatient First Attendances


Data refreshed 15 May 2006
Specialty
Code		 Specialty
Name		 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 2,362,178 1,052,160 714,694 849,937 205,329 152,437 102,317 12,989 142,572 61,084 18,527 751
100General surgery 313,870 59,896 133,240 113,233 18,687 12,309 7,167 734 11,105 4,427 1,140 -
101Urology 101,730 27,324 29,308 36,506 8,891 6,643 4,002 632 5,820 2,206 517 2
110Trauma & Orthopaedics 235,281 237,527 40,616 83,148 30,375 24,645 19,044 2,373 26,219 12,739 4,665 539
120ENT 202,196 52,139 47,223 72,118 22,590 19,027 13,113 1,512 16,679 6,789 2,272 12
130Ophthalmology 206,179 102,541 47,600 80,224 23,366 17,273 10,534 1,146 14,926 6,437 1,663 85
140Oral surgery 94,546 35,894 23,073 33,702 8,500 6,792 3,808 410 6,548 2,458 765 1
141Restorative dentistry 10,856 8,173 1,874 3,666 1,766 1,377 1,020 116 1,085 358 67 -
142Paediatric dentistry 5,092 2,496 1,874 1,337 594 289 192 50 516 210 93 4
143Orthodontics 19,225 4,829 2,763 8,840 3,230 2,206 1,220 174 1,609 643 149 -
150Neurosurgery 5,842 5,528 1,203 2,518 660 499 352 30 475 197 58 -
160Plastic surgery 33,648 20,574 8,407 11,760 3,161 2,874 2,565 464 3,537 1,907 688 4
170Cardiothoracic surgery 1,212 10,029 671 215 11 9 4 - 7 2 - -
171Paediatric surgery 7,967 4,333 1,645 3,907 686 391 203 41 447 130 26 -
180Accident and emergency 1,728 15,654 629 677 138 37 41 6 59 29 3 -
190Anaesthetics 5,670 8,833 892 2,078 725 688 542 88 570 235 67 5
191Pain Management 8,720 8,700 1,079 2,506 1,079 1,168 965 190 995 532 167 2
300General medicine 154,621 62,528 45,213 53,280 11,625 7,237 4,979 620 7,124 2,705 845 9
301Gastroenterology 37,607 14,040 9,817 13,292 3,007 2,244 1,482 268 2,282 1,018 236 2
302Endocrinology 10,443 5,183 1,881 4,414 1,338 755 445 65 708 350 100 -
303Haematology (clinical) 13,219 14,717 6,621 4,198 250 143 102 26 234 95 25 10
304Clinical physiology - - - - - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 527 400 190 235 18 5 5 1 2 - - -
310Audiological medicine 3,979 4,907 373 1,371 349 268 232 56 398 242 214 1
311Clinical genetics 1,082 2,008 519 152 19 10 7 5 33 14 2 -
312Clinical Cyto/Molecular Genetics 8 41 4 2 3 5 3 13 6 3 5 41
313Clinical Immunology & Allergy 1,828 592 250 670 380 249 256 24 260 126 39 -
314Rehabilitation 1,232 1,994 433 579 99 35 15 1 40 8 2 -
315Palliative medicine 356 1,146 220 30 2 - - - 3 1 - -
320Cardiology 62,709 33,656 23,266 21,355 5,673 3,867 2,824 374 3,013 1,317 360 -
330Dermatology 181,292 24,330 48,993 69,180 21,690 16,194 10,185 1,093 14,700 6,527 1,732 11
340Thoracic medicine 18,146 12,391 7,720 5,993 1,128 821 506 66 637 261 97 -
350Infectious diseases 1,771 1,624 900 528 62 4 7 8 23 4 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 8,782 34,128 7,744 357 1 - - - 10 1 - -
361Nephrology 5,040 4,427 1,334 2,479 475 221 119 14 265 66 12 -
370Medical oncology 2,539 11,424 856 141 9 5 11 - 6 2 - -
371Nuclear medicine 282 397 105 130 25 24 5 1 24 4 1 -
400Neurology 54,440 18,236 9,233 17,400 6,316 5,837 4,742 449 5,728 2,561 783 1
401Clinical neuro-physiology 615 5,362 174 301 26 71 62 7 25 57 25 -
410Rheumatology 56,315 13,572 10,210 24,054 6,966 6,269 4,833 599 5,287 2,430 665 4
420Paediatrics 71,021 35,686 27,239 28,288 3,245 1,539 582 68 1,124 372 90 -
421Paediatric neurology 1,076 1,937 215 411 67 33 12 5 31 12 2 -
430Geriatric medicine 22,657 10,296 10,468 7,930 589 266 135 14 253 108 43 8
450Dental Medicine Specialties 1,999 1,125 422 579 160 141 154 7 110 26 3 -
460Medical ophthalmology 17 103 1 7 - - - - 62 54 22 -
502Gynaecology 217,172 40,257 77,600 79,698 13,205 8,160 4,841 744 8,154 2,887 691 1
510Antenatal clinic 111,641 19,533 54,919 37,610 2,007 479 293 77 262 62 13 -
520Postnatal clinic 521 322 217 262 17 17 21 - 1 - - -
700Mental handicap 1,042 896 458 284 19 15 7 - 9 1 - -
710Mental illness 35,089 20,139 12,701 9,850 775 328 189 68 423 147 56 6
711Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 6,602 4,749 1,546 1,443 385 219 135 84 341 159 56 3
712Forensic psychiatry 54 538 13 11 - - 1 - 1 2 1 -
713Psychotherapy 1,058 1,531 215 497 75 37 34 7 16 16 5 -
715Old age psychiatry 10,640 5,416 5,255 2,717 203 103 50 3 76 36 34 -
800Clinical oncology 1,646 28,217 1,203 193 10 2 1 1 11 7 2 -
810Radiology 1,117 1,694 755 281 - - 1 - 1 - - -
820General pathology 188 45 47 89 8 10 9 - 13 4 - -
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 2,074 608 364 876 296 225 125 223 100 26 13 -
823Haematology 3,009 3,290 1,577 806 66 27 11 3 40 14 5 -
824Histopathology 1 135 - - - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,056 360 181 373 88 140 39 19 96 47 6 -
831Medical microbiology 12 8 13 4 - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 622 1,750 146 211 74 101 28 - 23 4 - -
901Occupational medicine - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,269 1,950 986 941 120 104 57 10 20 9 2 -

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