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Quarter 2 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 2,448,980 1,162,821 701,604 904,151 223,671 166,501 16,387 3,071 132,011 35,122 310 702
100General surgery 327,541 67,366 124,883 116,249 16,719 9,898 1,029 153 9,462 2,175 3 4
101Urology 101,247 30,511 28,309 38,879 9,096 6,782 798 149 4,954 1,210 5 8
110Trauma and orthopaedics 250,166 284,394 40,471 91,583 34,502 32,190 3,985 356 25,354 7,688 101 560
120Ear, Nose and Throat 202,507 55,411 44,769 74,189 25,806 24,989 2,274 258 17,723 5,418 15 5
130Ophthalmology 204,529 105,847 43,945 80,633 27,819 19,341 1,227 260 13,326 3,362 13 -
140Oral surgery 95,117 36,462 21,613 38,028 10,236 8,660 687 53 6,579 1,753 13 26
141Restorative dentistry 10,802 7,331 1,640 4,180 1,860 888 57 7 1,279 347 - -
142Paediatric dentistry 5,634 2,477 1,963 1,507 654 318 1 9 548 169 - -
143Orthodontics 18,451 4,825 3,041 8,945 2,937 1,796 172 24 1,488 338 2 12
150Neurosurgery 6,233 6,236 1,248 2,270 794 438 75 13 380 110 11 15
160Plastic surgery 35,705 23,427 7,691 13,016 3,528 3,285 569 183 3,032 891 66 29
170Cardiothoracic surgery 943 9,912 542 230 47 16 2 1 5 1 - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,266 4,796 1,654 4,021 630 429 16 14 259 88 - -
180Accident and emergency 2,209 16,113 936 529 131 148 5 3 101 12 - -
190Anaesthetics 5,808 8,906 657 1,751 784 721 85 5 624 206 1 2
191Pain Management 9,893 9,682 1,107 3,549 1,540 1,189 137 21 859 261 - -
300General medicine 157,652 65,864 45,375 56,719 12,882 8,060 744 174 6,186 1,535 1 5
301Gastroenterology 41,255 16,244 9,352 14,439 3,715 2,293 328 97 1,735 403 9 8
302Endocrinology 11,168 4,872 1,986 5,058 1,585 738 149 6 815 228 1 -
303Clinical haematology 15,834 16,533 7,346 4,664 383 212 32 16 213 47 - -
304Clinical physiology - - - - - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 418 484 115 197 27 8 - - 13 6 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,969 4,434 693 1,482 490 250 39 4 195 73 - -
311Clinical genetics 1,234 2,306 484 181 21 9 - - 26 9 11 -
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 16 25 3 28 1 - - - - - - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,909 508 396 840 323 251 19 - 158 11 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,570 2,779 365 586 71 74 3 - 69 24 - -
315Palliative medicine 326 1,053 200 71 2 - - - 4 - - -
320Cardiology 66,023 37,051 24,193 23,544 6,809 4,706 421 193 3,471 985 - -
330Dermatology 212,859 26,860 53,513 75,951 20,163 13,311 1,268 188 12,431 2,487 19 17
340Thoracic medicine 18,747 13,575 7,669 6,997 1,225 876 91 10 618 220 - -
350Infectious diseases 2,041 1,923 1,037 584 38 34 6 - 24 10 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 8,712 33,826 9,675 43 - - - - 16 14 - -
361Nephrology 5,929 5,015 1,467 2,930 435 209 8 8 238 41 - -
370Medical oncology 972 11,922 710 184 38 10 2 1 4 1 - -
371Nuclear medicine 299 320 98 119 21 20 - - 6 1 - -
400Neurology 58,389 21,583 9,236 20,031 8,014 6,526 544 66 5,318 1,435 28 6
401Clinical neuro-physiology 971 6,911 183 568 126 131 12 - 93 15 - -
410Rheumatology 58,812 14,632 9,805 28,683 7,622 5,946 565 385 4,239 1,384 2 -
420Paediatrics 68,318 38,967 22,686 31,942 4,384 1,840 115 25 1,781 364 - 1
421Paediatric neurology 1,053 1,845 279 490 68 26 1 1 37 4 - -
430Geriatric medicine 24,863 11,360 10,485 8,632 575 161 26 23 235 47 - -
450Dental medicine specialities 3,049 1,009 705 1,101 261 132 1 - 137 13 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 10 93 - 5 - - - - - - - -
502Gynaecology 222,932 46,887 78,862 81,170 14,273 8,459 821 333 6,846 1,601 8 2
510Antenatal clinic 112,308 24,297 55,529 38,076 1,251 314 31 25 261 22 - -
520Postnatal clinic 741 422 346 255 20 10 - - 21 - - -
700Mental handicap 760 933 330 286 22 12 - - 4 - - -
710Mental illness 32,880 21,481 10,980 9,637 619 197 11 2 381 40 1 -
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 5,226 4,667 1,464 1,548 305 157 1 1 87 22 - 1
712Forensic psychiatry 56 693 28 9 1 - - - - - - -
713Psychotherapy 747 1,107 181 322 24 16 - - 9 2 - -
715Old age psychiatry 11,963 5,873 6,621 3,399 198 76 2 - 176 8 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,572 31,847 1,157 170 20 7 1 - 9 1 - 1
810Radiology 273 1,305 258 44 1 - - 1 2 - - -
820General pathology 229 49 26 98 26 24 1 - 8 1 - -
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,764 539 269 847 264 92 18 - 60 17 - -
823Haematology 3,016 2,962 1,486 938 89 32 1 3 47 6 - -
824Histopathology 1 133 - - - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,223 416 126 586 67 35 7 - 29 5 - -
831Medical microbiology 15 6 10 34 3 - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 554 1,752 195 197 23 14 - - 13 5 - -
901Occupational medicine - - - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,271 1,762 1,211 907 103 145 - - 23 6 - -