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Quarter 3 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 2,287,832 967,718 685,489 822,997 203,838 147,790 97,768 12,023 142,532 61,963 18,773 307
100General surgery 310,425 57,528 131,746 109,992 18,700 12,264 6,958 690 11,275 4,451 1,127 9
101Urology 100,560 26,147 29,013 36,677 8,656 6,359 3,761 579 5,757 2,182 540 5
110Trauma and orthopaedics 228,838 229,561 39,660 82,028 29,540 23,853 18,606 2,066 25,801 12,544 4,458 97
120Ear, Nose and Throat 198,554 50,567 45,657 71,522 22,937 18,603 12,656 1,461 17,283 7,372 2,564 14
130Ophthalmology 202,702 96,116 45,776 76,663 23,216 17,012 10,050 1,098 14,869 6,456 1,609 81
140Oral surgery 86,930 27,863 21,273 32,379 8,246 6,440 3,609 397 6,015 2,463 714 6
141Restorative dentistry 7,535 4,291 1,144 2,575 1,254 1,051 993 97 790 292 57 -
142Paediatric dentistry 3,733 1,495 1,250 1,151 470 229 166 46 388 199 92 4
143Orthodontics 17,494 3,272 2,548 7,942 3,088 2,168 1,187 153 1,531 626 154 3
150Neurosurgery 5,738 4,616 1,177 2,444 633 432 338 28 561 203 55 -
160Plastic surgery 32,512 19,622 7,848 11,962 3,158 2,758 2,558 413 3,503 1,874 676 -
170Cardiothoracic surgery 1,228 9,162 658 240 15 15 5 1 9 3 - -
171Paediatric surgery 7,855 4,361 1,625 3,824 659 372 196 35 442 122 32 -
180Accident and emergency 2,018 14,769 643 718 165 96 69 6 102 37 7 -
190Anaesthetics 6,233 9,276 880 2,113 763 738 598 59 638 273 73 1
191Pain Management 8,200 7,889 1,349 2,615 994 1,158 913 183 937 490 174 2
300General medicine 152,047 62,126 44,895 54,135 11,933 6,910 4,703 592 7,012 2,739 803 1
301Gastroenterology 37,300 13,440 8,970 12,186 2,881 2,241 1,437 257 2,342 1,056 283 1
302Endocrinology 10,857 4,265 1,983 4,372 1,362 753 431 43 776 357 98 -
303Clinical haematology 13,343 14,502 6,492 3,894 317 151 77 26 262 100 24 11
304Clinical physiology - 5 - 9 - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 468 351 172 212 19 6 2 1 1 1 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,861 4,588 1,808 1,414 319 219 210 46 406 229 136 -
311Clinical genetics 1,078 1,869 511 151 22 12 9 5 30 7 - -
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 7 36 4 2 3 6 3 11 6 4 6 35
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,808 584 250 643 364 220 219 24 240 106 33 1
314Rehabilitation 1,114 1,478 337 507 101 33 12 1 38 9 1 -
315Palliative medicine 262 1,049 215 124 25 21 23 - 184 123 65 2
320Cardiology 60,961 30,949 21,758 21,579 5,852 3,939 2,924 254 3,225 1,550 411 -
330Dermatology 183,567 23,665 47,555 67,372 21,654 15,378 9,322 1,019 15,215 7,048 2,086 15
340Thoracic medicine 17,889 12,078 7,093 5,805 1,147 769 506 80 690 283 93 -
350Infectious diseases 1,633 1,291 1,099 579 186 99 72 12 15 1 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 7,052 22,171 8,012 127 14 15 10 1 12 1 - -
361Nephrology 5,058 4,257 1,266 2,270 474 213 112 13 244 70 12 -
370Medical oncology 2,396 10,391 847 128 18 4 4 1 5 3 1 -
371Nuclear medicine 628 520 252 326 94 58 15 1 100 35 7 -
400Neurology 51,879 16,728 8,686 16,693 6,102 5,648 4,441 413 5,511 2,421 742 1
401Clinical neuro-physiology 549 5,055 160 307 55 104 58 7 66 61 21 -
410Rheumatology 56,431 13,288 10,184 23,787 7,364 6,092 4,513 587 5,593 2,547 678 4
420Paediatrics 68,805 32,542 26,327 27,196 3,271 1,477 519 69 1,143 320 80 -
421Paediatric neurology 1,195 1,824 358 470 74 33 5 6 40 10 2 -
430Geriatric medicine 21,686 9,481 10,659 8,365 582 247 147 177 302 123 41 8
450Dental medicine specialities 1,502 741 439 544 129 103 61 2 104 22 2 -
460Medical ophthalmology 14 83 242 316 18 17 2 - 41 10 6 -
502Gynaecology 222,401 40,222 80,033 79,981 14,021 8,128 4,502 683 7,960 2,815 677 1
510Antenatal clinic 92,479 15,146 43,884 30,232 1,289 369 286 64 167 40 9 -
520Postnatal clinic 2,273 479 877 866 91 41 16 - 103 4 4 -
700Mental handicap 530 494 238 191 14 2 7 - 28 1 - -
710Mental illness 22,540 12,365 6,938 5,924 494 179 75 174 289 91 35 3
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 5,220 3,106 1,204 1,119 216 104 90 96 120 36 32 4
712Forensic psychiatry 134 165 46 28 5 2 1 - 2 3 1 -
713Psychotherapy 444 607 85 182 46 25 20 3 4 5 1 -
715Old age psychiatry 6,644 3,519 3,254 1,625 104 50 24 4 39 16 16 -
800Clinical oncology 1,523 25,674 1,141 177 9 2 1 1 11 4 1 -
810Radiology 1,391 2,458 878 350 2 - 1 - 2 - - -
820General pathology 194 48 38 93 14 16 9 - 14 4 - -
821Blood transfusion - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,997 541 1,187 1,547 306 159 94 6 86 30 15 -
823Haematology 2,929 3,032 1,588 774 67 28 9 3 52 17 5 -
824Histopathology 10 137 2 3 1 - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,143 351 189 392 79 158 56 19 106 61 13 -
831Medical microbiology 11 6 14 5 - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 615 1,403 172 215 77 102 28 - 24 4 - -
901Occupational medicine 4 - - - - 3 - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,404 2,070 900 935 129 106 49 10 21 9 1 -