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Quarter 1 2003/2004

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 2,425,663 1,139,591 679,983 904,671 190,133 139,248 17,548 2,849 121,222 36,871 258 480
100General surgery 314,674 63,145 122,630 112,020 14,751 9,136 1,148 199 7,481 2,134 - 1
101Urology 102,229 29,652 26,507 37,825 7,981 5,490 783 108 5,036 1,779 6 -
110Trauma and orthopaedics 247,378 279,364 38,938 92,232 28,559 25,156 4,356 444 22,387 7,439 122 430
120Ear, Nose and Throat 208,786 58,159 43,781 78,477 23,171 20,161 1,745 184 17,029 5,232 3 -
130Ophthalmology 204,924 104,092 42,804 81,384 22,855 17,515 1,959 286 13,850 4,063 10 3
140Oral surgery 94,976 35,849 21,118 37,692 8,374 7,372 662 41 6,891 1,902 8 -
141Restorative dentistry 11,180 9,015 1,639 5,204 1,440 684 45 1 744 184 - -
142Paediatric dentistry 5,601 2,383 2,007 1,635 495 195 5 7 253 20 - -
143Orthodontics 19,365 4,516 2,793 9,617 2,306 1,448 143 9 1,192 410 - -
150Neurosurgery 6,155 5,704 1,272 2,416 771 442 73 18 345 111 - -
160Plastic surgery 33,939 22,332 6,935 11,596 2,933 2,917 728 80 2,348 992 86 41
170Cardiothoracic surgery 1,113 9,987 605 235 9 11 - 2 148 2 - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,167 4,857 1,562 3,961 550 494 30 23 320 98 - -
180Accident and emergency 1,848 16,103 620 530 206 113 1 - 50 8 - -
190Anaesthetics 5,256 8,951 623 1,791 749 660 81 11 450 183 1 1
191Pain Management 9,556 9,624 1,182 3,058 1,208 1,176 159 31 941 296 9 -
300General medicine 159,656 63,350 44,667 55,946 10,801 6,509 750 152 6,007 1,796 - 1
301Gastroenterology 39,246 15,626 9,152 14,348 3,311 2,158 339 81 1,923 580 - -
302Endocrinology 11,514 5,816 1,882 5,145 1,118 655 101 14 673 186 - -
303Clinical haematology 14,935 16,587 7,052 4,108 292 195 23 10 182 47 - -
304Clinical physiology - - - - - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 413 552 108 268 20 21 - - 10 1 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,582 4,540 397 1,638 385 187 68 29 267 45 - -
311Clinical genetics 1,335 2,254 517 170 15 17 1 - 33 4 - -
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 26 48 5 9 - - - 1 - - - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,933 550 257 657 367 260 19 1 219 50 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,347 1,989 366 580 76 42 4 - 44 14 - -
315Palliative medicine 328 1,039 219 38 - 1 - - - - - -
320Cardiology 69,885 37,369 25,358 24,186 5,631 3,282 319 139 3,383 926 - 2
330Dermatology 198,238 25,880 49,306 74,760 16,198 10,888 1,367 156 9,241 2,710 1 -
340Thoracic medicine 19,650 13,439 7,594 6,862 857 612 56 11 606 199 - -
350Infectious diseases 1,840 1,911 814 546 35 13 3 1 26 5 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 8,517 31,566 9,270 77 - - - - 1 - - -
361Nephrology 5,858 4,834 1,416 2,925 374 168 41 2 180 45 - -
370Medical oncology 1,133 11,016 683 216 16 4 - 4 1 2 - -
371Nuclear medicine 302 411 95 96 22 5 - - 9 1 - -
400Neurology 54,243 19,872 8,577 19,010 7,316 6,177 814 76 5,061 1,674 6 -
401Clinical neuro-physiology 590 6,978 87 164 135 180 30 - 65 39 - -
410Rheumatology 60,951 14,882 9,200 27,122 6,276 4,775 538 365 3,978 1,276 - -
420Paediatrics 73,190 39,500 22,940 34,535 3,898 1,245 97 29 1,935 338 - 1
421Paediatric neurology 1,042 1,985 191 497 70 38 3 1 28 2 - -
430Geriatric medicine 24,841 11,483 10,638 7,981 397 169 14 14 181 42 - -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,842 786 438 689 205 144 - - 67 18 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 11 102 5 14 - - - - - - - -
502Gynaecology 221,061 44,585 76,853 84,313 12,555 7,033 898 270 6,559 1,780 2 -
510Antenatal clinic 109,916 22,942 53,317 38,208 1,300 356 55 32 171 31 - -
520Postnatal clinic 546 1,265 264 146 3 - 1 - - - - -
700Mental handicap 715 827 382 324 27 11 - - 2 6 - -
710Mental illness 32,696 21,099 10,500 9,332 673 253 34 1 375 92 1 -
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 5,682 4,918 1,410 2,267 465 350 4 7 182 33 1 -
712Forensic psychiatry 41 647 9 5 - - - - 2 2 - -
713Psychotherapy 969 1,472 185 322 41 23 1 1 10 2 - -
715Old age psychiatry 11,681 5,063 6,071 3,214 330 153 10 - 131 26 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,591 29,176 1,155 215 8 9 2 1 3 2 - -
810Radiology 1,278 1,932 679 315 - - - 2 2 - - -
820General pathology 225 36 36 99 20 19 2 - 12 7 - -
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,717 590 262 1,183 200 84 27 5 92 16 - -
823Haematology 2,943 2,839 1,472 1,012 102 52 1 - 30 8 2 -
824Histopathology 1 152 - - - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,307 636 183 605 126 59 5 - 29 7 - -
831Medical microbiology 5 8 2 5 - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 426 1,718 74 152 31 9 1 - 15 3 - -
901Occupational medicine 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,267 1,588 879 694 79 122 2 - 22 3 - -