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Quarter 1 2003/2004

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 2,337,005 1,044,282 650,878 868,655 181,742 131,845 18,878 2,235 117,600 36,143 146 44
100General surgery 308,963 60,065 119,803 109,316 14,173 8,792 1,227 167 7,467 2,070 - 1
101Urology 99,963 27,887 26,111 37,128 7,789 5,355 814 118 4,987 1,745 1 -
110Trauma and orthopaedics 243,270 270,438 38,311 90,217 27,272 24,025 4,505 288 21,787 7,232 21 1
120Ear, Nose and Throat 204,618 54,211 43,006 77,231 22,068 18,514 1,918 211 16,766 5,015 5 -
130Ophthalmology 201,605 100,079 42,300 79,357 22,155 16,662 1,919 328 13,743 4,021 10 3
140Oral surgery 86,167 28,392 19,368 36,000 7,827 6,730 638 44 6,257 1,930 - 1
141Restorative dentistry 7,717 4,250 923 3,750 1,170 485 54 2 511 91 - -
142Paediatric dentistry 4,158 1,342 1,300 1,383 453 191 10 1 225 21 - -
143Orthodontics 17,811 3,307 2,590 9,021 2,033 1,364 167 9 1,140 433 - -
150Neurosurgery 6,062 4,885 1,189 2,285 725 408 74 5 306 110 - -
160Plastic surgery 32,989 20,857 6,918 11,545 2,952 2,902 702 88 2,459 985 85 33
170Cardiothoracic surgery 1,082 9,147 604 238 9 10 - 1 6 2 - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,047 4,570 1,610 3,887 643 463 43 9 330 92 - -
180Accident and emergency 1,797 16,504 601 529 207 114 1 - 49 9 - -
190Anaesthetics 7,087 10,063 711 2,003 821 761 81 9 514 188 - -
191Pain Management 8,463 7,883 1,148 2,692 1,088 1,003 156 37 808 263 9 -
300General medicine 157,210 61,118 44,172 54,320 10,295 6,309 806 119 5,888 1,795 - -
301Gastroenterology 38,351 14,519 9,071 14,200 3,251 2,051 360 77 1,966 572 - -
302Endocrinology 11,122 4,693 1,899 4,862 1,098 634 180 40 651 187 - -
303Clinical haematology 14,860 15,905 6,891 4,075 273 194 39 6 182 46 - -
304Clinical physiology 16 7 5 13 2 - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 368 481 97 245 17 20 - 1 9 1 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,435 3,943 424 1,547 373 151 86 8 256 46 - -
311Clinical genetics 1,221 2,061 554 178 19 20 4 2 13 - - -
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 24 52 6 8 - - - 1 - - - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,814 496 250 606 346 250 19 1 196 51 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,323 1,509 448 489 53 45 4 - 40 12 - -
315Palliative medicine 287 996 209 34 - 1 - - 8 2 - -
320Cardiology 67,958 34,788 24,723 23,673 5,351 3,150 371 29 3,284 913 1 1
330Dermatology 193,434 24,599 48,473 71,630 15,883 10,369 1,463 113 8,997 2,713 1 -
340Thoracic medicine 19,201 13,115 7,283 6,777 806 592 83 16 606 195 - -
350Infectious diseases 1,626 1,498 765 503 31 9 3 1 26 5 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 6,872 21,260 7,747 113 - - - - 1 - - -
361Nephrology 5,878 4,519 1,396 2,851 348 156 51 1 190 45 - -
370Medical oncology 2,181 10,537 614 259 42 11 9 1 14 2 - -
371Nuclear medicine 715 447 131 233 68 101 2 - 37 12 - -
400Neurology 51,220 17,781 8,245 17,949 6,816 5,768 884 91 4,660 1,555 7 4
401Clinical neuro-physiology 860 6,029 149 292 238 290 34 - 76 46 - -
410Rheumatology 58,845 14,031 8,965 25,972 5,937 4,487 850 62 3,980 1,400 - -
420Paediatrics 70,403 34,394 22,539 32,822 3,607 1,141 131 32 1,679 310 - -
421Paediatric neurology 1,298 1,760 208 522 78 44 3 3 29 3 - -
430Geriatric medicine 23,838 10,987 10,127 7,535 364 163 15 8 173 37 - -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,715 601 447 634 132 95 1 - 40 12 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 9 87 243 253 33 - - - - - - -
502Gynaecology 224,340 43,221 77,798 84,274 12,307 6,910 1,000 230 6,447 1,710 2 -
510Antenatal clinic 92,546 20,099 44,755 31,790 1,234 379 60 33 185 101 - -
520Postnatal clinic 1,236 264 359 256 19 1 - - 3 - - -
700Mental handicap 465 411 256 182 11 6 - - 11 2 - -
710Mental illness 20,715 13,706 6,392 5,625 395 169 25 8 248 87 1 -
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 3,951 2,681 1,141 1,211 215 198 4 6 108 15 1 -
712Forensic psychiatry 37 200 17 9 - - - - - 2 - -
713Psychotherapy 227 471 35 147 24 16 1 2 4 1 - -
715Old age psychiatry 7,181 3,453 3,334 1,982 176 89 12 13 33 13 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,518 24,897 1,129 220 6 8 15 1 7 2 - -
810Radiology 1,215 2,087 741 344 - 1 1 1 3 - - -
820General pathology 195 37 27 84 21 19 3 - 10 7 - -
821Blood transfusion - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,746 613 272 1,200 198 81 26 5 89 16 - -
823Haematology 2,600 2,506 1,260 824 92 41 11 3 29 8 2 -
824Histopathology 28 157 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 - - -
830Immunopathology 1,231 473 171 582 99 53 3 1 27 6 - -
831Medical microbiology 5 19 4 4 - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 393 1,360 51 158 32 9 1 - 15 3 - -
901Occupational medicine 132 3 31 67 - - - - 1 - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,361 1,530 529 515 64 32 7 1 22 3 - -