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Quarter 4 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 2,324,134 1,005,778 679,765 851,172 224,799 164,391 73,172 8,731 82,477 37,949 46 16
100General surgery 306,509 60,602 125,274 109,235 19,613 12,717 4,879 470 5,686 2,559 1 3
101Urology 102,548 27,795 27,778 37,884 9,617 5,980 2,405 320 3,710 1,594 15 -
110Trauma and orthopaedics 234,850 241,340 41,119 83,854 33,327 29,279 16,133 1,753 15,313 7,760 - 4
120Ear, Nose and Throat 206,306 52,668 45,259 74,364 26,796 21,178 8,372 1,019 10,189 4,492 1 -
130Ophthalmology 202,505 99,679 46,454 79,333 24,853 21,099 7,971 1,029 9,900 4,475 12 2
140Oral surgery 87,904 28,060 21,370 35,224 10,391 7,025 3,304 240 3,929 2,242 - -
141Restorative dentistry 7,561 4,674 1,324 3,806 1,565 1,000 438 54 298 115 - -
142Paediatric dentistry 3,552 1,487 1,445 1,260 636 389 171 88 153 58 - -
143Orthodontics 17,523 3,742 2,646 9,001 3,375 2,032 827 62 847 376 - -
150Neurosurgery 5,649 4,705 1,140 2,509 813 468 301 36 290 132 - -
160Plastic surgery 30,931 18,156 7,391 10,942 3,396 3,495 2,556 318 1,823 1,214 3 2
170Cardiothoracic surgery 1,254 8,944 774 325 47 43 6 2 29 16 - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,724 4,399 1,940 3,660 816 514 154 26 252 103 - -
180Accident and emergency 1,981 14,658 547 671 184 174 36 - 53 29 - -
190Anaesthetics 6,293 10,791 676 1,930 977 848 394 25 542 246 - -
191Pain Management 8,168 7,940 977 2,683 1,268 1,217 511 91 554 296 - -
300General medicine 156,951 64,533 44,149 54,784 11,664 7,375 2,871 310 3,876 1,583 2 -
301Gastroenterology 38,307 13,760 8,922 13,798 3,618 2,548 1,211 201 1,632 744 - -
302Endocrinology 10,461 3,942 1,987 4,463 1,243 861 427 35 504 201 - -
303Clinical haematology 13,391 14,454 6,824 4,127 339 234 73 18 110 45 - -
304Clinical physiology 13 13 2 10 - 1 - - 2 - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 474 433 137 277 24 4 1 - 8 1 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,101 3,563 576 1,592 445 283 101 124 150 81 - -
311Clinical genetics 1,092 2,173 551 131 24 16 5 1 32 - - -
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 23 79 10 5 3 4 3 21 - - - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,993 627 294 636 398 245 147 20 103 36 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,460 1,653 543 620 91 50 41 8 24 6 - -
315Palliative medicine 275 1,050 188 42 3 1 - 1 4 1 - -
320Cardiology 68,369 32,974 25,960 23,317 6,481 3,813 1,493 140 2,007 809 - -
330Dermatology 176,839 23,893 47,675 66,919 21,348 15,438 7,315 704 6,623 2,828 1 1
340Thoracic medicine 19,654 12,471 8,014 6,390 1,152 665 352 49 299 146 - -
350Infectious diseases 1,502 1,214 889 583 67 10 3 18 17 2 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 7,234 24,343 6,885 94 - - - - 1 - - -
361Nephrology 5,388 4,898 1,406 2,781 531 290 129 14 205 96 - -
370Medical oncology 1,879 9,681 750 117 3 - 3 2 2 - - -
371Nuclear medicine 281 372 108 104 32 43 11 - 8 2 - -
400Neurology 51,761 17,565 8,760 17,691 8,074 6,943 2,918 237 3,782 1,867 9 -
401Clinical neuro-physiology 662 5,434 112 136 62 110 132 7 86 55 - -
410Rheumatology 58,059 13,516 10,751 24,461 8,454 6,588 2,891 486 2,706 1,150 - 1
420Paediatrics 76,580 35,558 26,308 31,348 3,668 1,047 322 61 775 277 1 -
421Paediatric neurology 1,070 1,663 202 474 96 52 10 2 50 16 - -
430Geriatric medicine 22,061 10,613 9,916 7,125 517 251 105 38 146 64 - -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,319 636 377 521 171 170 36 - 48 11 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 16 99 154 7 1 - - - - - - -
502Gynaecology 228,121 42,633 79,728 83,381 15,452 8,711 3,540 491 4,948 1,811 1 3
510Antenatal clinic 96,534 17,975 44,385 33,340 1,210 240 179 60 111 34 - -
520Postnatal clinic 966 234 540 264 6 17 1 - - - - -
700Mental handicap 483 532 193 185 16 10 1 - 8 3 - -
710Mental illness 21,821 11,715 6,840 6,536 593 197 77 60 195 150 - -
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 5,038 3,210 1,345 1,599 334 171 86 44 195 118 - -
712Forensic psychiatry 90 233 30 23 12 7 17 - 1 - - -
713Psychotherapy 626 724 140 233 44 24 25 5 1 3 - -
715Old age psychiatry 6,786 3,441 3,296 1,963 212 64 23 13 43 22 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,583 24,082 1,117 241 14 5 3 3 2 - - -
810Radiology 1,483 2,467 919 511 8 - - - - 1 - -
820General pathology 170 46 27 83 7 14 9 - 8 7 - -
821Blood transfusion - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - -
822Chemical pathology 2,044 748 422 1,371 374 139 68 5 83 30 - -
823Haematology 2,664 2,686 1,290 798 91 46 16 2 45 12 - -
824Histopathology 33 187 7 5 2 - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,138 323 167 427 86 137 27 5 40 20 - -
831Medical microbiology 15 10 5 6 1 3 5 1 4 - - -
832Neuropathology 35 37 32 1 - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 816 1,805 268 337 81 44 10 4 9 5 - -
901Occupational medicine 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,214 1,839 450 633 73 62 27 8 16 4 - -