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Quarter 4 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
999All specialties 2,424,804 1,106,192 716,538 888,337 232,108 171,211 74,847 9,655 81,826 37,803 174 456
100General surgery 312,723 63,943 127,990 111,635 19,789 12,848 4,999 499 5,520 2,461 - -
101Urology 104,189 29,504 28,442 38,893 9,769 6,214 2,609 352 3,681 1,606 15 -
110Trauma and orthopaedics 243,020 252,998 41,645 86,418 35,073 30,434 16,259 1,988 15,036 7,660 124 435
120Ear, Nose and Throat 211,499 54,996 46,462 76,288 27,156 22,039 8,581 1,000 10,316 4,515 1 -
130Ophthalmology 206,559 103,141 47,772 83,417 25,708 21,653 7,840 1,157 9,604 4,309 12 3
140Oral surgery 96,648 36,597 24,929 36,666 11,005 7,818 3,478 239 4,102 2,345 - -
141Restorative dentistry 11,408 8,376 2,221 4,975 1,977 1,305 384 32 596 192 - -
142Paediatric dentistry 5,100 2,187 2,137 1,528 761 438 176 88 232 77 - -
143Orthodontics 19,336 5,148 2,825 9,699 3,588 2,197 823 61 966 375 - -
150Neurosurgery 5,842 5,652 1,161 2,735 893 494 308 67 291 131 - -
160Plastic surgery 32,445 20,017 7,472 11,644 3,545 3,703 2,765 374 1,722 1,191 7 7
170Cardiothoracic surgery 1,251 9,776 707 276 13 2 3 4 5 1 - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,582 4,620 1,910 3,748 802 510 145 29 257 108 - -
180Accident and emergency 1,754 14,971 552 569 162 112 31 1 40 23 - -
190Anaesthetics 5,703 10,480 633 1,882 865 763 432 50 454 191 1 -
191Pain Management 10,254 9,316 1,049 2,830 1,380 1,320 507 82 610 333 - -
300General medicine 160,967 65,389 45,909 57,175 12,295 7,662 3,042 350 3,886 1,552 2 3
301Gastroenterology 38,286 15,301 8,837 13,442 3,437 2,328 1,248 221 1,474 717 - -
302Endocrinology 11,038 4,385 2,003 4,406 1,407 1,022 461 35 467 150 - -
303Clinical haematology 13,954 15,322 7,020 4,321 356 319 108 28 170 65 - -
304Clinical physiology 477 94 - - - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 475 405 125 279 33 26 7 - 9 1 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,272 4,595 616 1,616 470 286 95 105 150 91 - -
311Clinical genetics 1,178 2,418 566 139 31 36 5 - 37 1 - -
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 22 76 9 4 3 4 3 28 - - - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,956 637 295 606 389 217 177 20 104 38 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,169 1,971 314 469 59 50 5 5 23 6 - -
315Palliative medicine 336 1,124 192 26 3 - - - 1 1 - -
320Cardiology 69,597 35,714 26,372 23,990 6,639 3,892 1,525 212 1,870 738 - -
330Dermatology 181,985 25,183 48,783 68,835 21,297 16,026 7,541 832 6,404 2,908 - 1
340Thoracic medicine 20,324 13,697 8,313 6,468 1,184 718 309 62 304 148 - -
350Infectious diseases 1,750 1,707 989 606 68 12 5 6 12 1 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 8,698 34,501 9,407 237 41 43 28 4 1 - - -
361Nephrology 5,603 4,803 1,389 2,770 542 256 105 12 164 71 - -
370Medical oncology 2,483 11,143 814 140 14 8 2 3 2 - - -
371Nuclear medicine 297 557 118 109 19 29 8 - 8 2 - -
400Neurology 54,132 20,190 9,177 18,428 8,397 7,437 2,975 286 3,913 1,931 8 2
401Clinical neuro-physiology 777 7,169 144 191 150 140 130 8 69 56 - -
410Rheumatology 58,543 14,505 11,125 24,984 8,334 6,613 2,864 489 2,597 1,145 - 1
420Paediatrics 79,315 40,749 27,494 32,917 3,754 1,151 367 63 802 297 1 -
421Paediatric neurology 1,065 1,828 257 500 98 39 10 1 43 15 - -
430Geriatric medicine 22,749 11,201 10,391 7,526 567 261 108 52 126 54 - -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,836 839 421 618 217 236 68 1 100 43 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 16 102 4 10 1 - - - - - - -
502Gynaecology 225,749 44,531 79,010 82,926 15,682 8,930 3,468 526 4,713 1,719 1 3
510Antenatal clinic 114,139 20,294 53,896 39,620 1,386 285 225 51 116 25 - -
520Postnatal clinic 373 1,043 155 201 20 1 - - - - - -
700Mental handicap 757 858 471 431 35 9 5 - 11 6 - -
710Mental illness 34,792 20,831 11,747 11,020 1,035 363 200 53 266 217 1 1
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 6,609 5,161 1,450 1,928 447 234 147 32 281 155 1 -
712Forensic psychiatry 26 582 6 8 2 - - - 1 7 - -
713Psychotherapy 1,049 1,512 182 449 69 34 28 3 8 7 - -
715Old age psychiatry 11,405 5,386 5,507 3,078 344 125 56 19 69 43 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,676 27,689 1,207 250 13 5 3 4 2 - - -
810Radiology 1,195 2,071 744 342 3 - - - - 1 - -
820General pathology 169 35 34 84 7 14 9 - 8 7 - -
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 2,156 708 393 1,431 426 175 88 102 68 26 - -
823Haematology 2,942 3,200 1,425 850 95 49 16 4 47 12 - -
824Histopathology 1 186 - - - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,126 335 172 415 103 155 36 11 50 22 - -
831Medical microbiology 3 6 1 1 - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 740 2,349 272 274 56 23 2 - 8 3 - -
901Occupational medicine 5 7 - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,279 2,081 875 1,014 94 148 28 4 10 4 - -