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Quarter 2 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 2,356,006 1,072,460 675,662 875,284 218,947 162,333 16,415 3,695 126,575 33,968 145 57
100General surgery 321,872 64,621 123,384 114,556 16,599 9,690 1,031 266 9,244 2,128 - 2
101Urology 99,615 29,110 28,283 38,482 9,049 6,704 767 227 4,919 1,188 1 -
110Trauma and orthopaedics 242,660 273,141 39,692 89,866 34,053 31,609 3,882 412 24,178 7,251 6 -
120Ear, Nose and Throat 198,282 53,383 44,459 73,630 25,578 24,391 2,265 468 17,149 5,200 8 -
130Ophthalmology 197,276 101,905 42,978 78,284 27,433 19,034 1,242 247 13,193 3,343 1 -
140Oral surgery 86,641 29,208 20,002 36,059 9,456 8,244 686 84 5,977 1,606 - 11
141Restorative dentistry 8,036 3,609 985 3,039 1,587 740 65 10 1,113 300 3 -
142Paediatric dentistry 4,655 1,599 1,550 1,273 544 374 6 4 495 136 - -
143Orthodontics 16,125 3,503 2,525 8,251 2,649 1,688 174 25 1,307 292 - -
150Neurosurgery 6,027 5,319 1,208 2,205 752 424 74 13 353 108 11 15
160Plastic surgery 34,607 21,913 7,726 12,742 3,452 3,352 558 193 2,929 919 65 22
170Cardiothoracic surgery 946 9,279 560 243 34 14 2 2 2 1 - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,269 4,450 1,649 3,936 719 413 20 9 262 84 - -
180Accident and emergency 2,220 15,212 941 555 132 148 5 4 102 15 - -
190Anaesthetics 6,486 9,435 725 2,014 1,003 784 87 3 606 197 - -
191Pain Management 8,885 8,509 1,081 3,206 1,311 1,096 137 28 820 254 - -
300General medicine 154,253 64,110 44,416 55,575 12,630 8,008 737 159 5,922 1,524 - 2
301Gastroenterology 40,234 15,003 9,321 14,201 3,737 2,247 329 158 1,762 441 6 1
302Endocrinology 11,045 4,809 2,086 5,065 1,508 699 146 40 762 222 1 1
303Clinical haematology 15,665 16,217 7,277 4,623 395 221 32 33 198 46 1 -
304Clinical physiology 113 95 40 58 6 2 - 2 3 1 - -
305Clinical pharmacology 331 436 107 179 23 6 - 2 12 3 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,587 4,129 635 1,395 443 230 37 18 188 61 - -
311Clinical genetics 732 2,139 291 221 50 26 5 5 19 8 11 1
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 19 23 4 30 1 - - - - - - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,849 486 266 729 298 226 21 1 152 10 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,509 2,399 428 502 65 69 3 - 32 10 - -
315Palliative medicine 249 1,011 184 28 - - - - 2 1 - -
320Cardiology 64,905 35,819 24,106 23,406 6,751 4,621 413 63 3,276 921 - -
330Dermatology 209,790 25,911 52,995 74,254 20,074 12,976 1,328 290 12,034 2,496 2 -
340Thoracic medicine 18,470 13,440 7,448 6,891 1,300 911 91 16 574 162 - -
350Infectious diseases 1,807 1,586 961 549 39 35 6 6 25 10 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 7,516 23,518 8,192 265 3 - - - 17 13 - -
361Nephrology 6,108 4,830 1,288 2,870 435 214 10 7 229 40 - -
370Medical oncology 1,065 10,441 628 142 26 6 1 - 52 3 - -
371Nuclear medicine 301 302 100 122 21 20 - - 6 1 - -
400Neurology 54,834 18,918 8,923 19,026 7,624 6,122 537 136 5,179 1,516 22 1
401Clinical neuro-physiology 504 5,543 120 269 90 108 12 - 45 7 - -
410Rheumatology 57,681 14,138 9,889 28,282 7,619 5,836 640 313 4,233 1,342 1 -
420Paediatrics 66,123 34,629 21,991 30,585 4,218 1,691 115 39 1,394 307 - -
421Paediatric neurology 1,102 1,698 256 527 87 40 2 11 32 2 - -
430Geriatric medicine 23,953 10,668 10,097 8,500 592 179 26 21 239 56 - -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,566 745 392 599 139 73 2 2 46 9 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 10 80 - 5 - 1 - - - - - -
502Gynaecology 225,497 45,549 80,645 83,049 14,118 8,303 830 345 6,734 1,566 5 -
510Antenatal clinic 95,773 19,947 47,788 31,239 991 243 50 26 226 54 - -
520Postnatal clinic 1,029 339 460 502 28 12 - - 12 - - -
700Mental handicap 561 445 235 234 6 2 - - 2 - - -
710Mental illness 22,962 14,598 6,974 6,211 352 103 5 - 196 26 1 -
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 3,670 2,983 1,055 1,015 213 104 5 1 79 24 - 1
712Forensic psychiatry 103 247 44 33 - 1 - - - 2 - -
713Psychotherapy 244 472 15 87 18 11 1 - 4 2 - -
715Old age psychiatry 8,249 4,370 4,116 2,216 112 42 1 - 33 4 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,493 27,770 1,141 165 14 7 1 1 8 3 - -
810Radiology 515 1,484 426 135 6 - 1 1 4 - - -
820General pathology 220 55 25 104 26 21 3 - 10 7 - -
821Blood transfusion - 7 - - - - - - 1 - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,749 482 281 842 256 79 12 1 61 18 - -
823Haematology 2,962 2,709 1,389 937 92 32 4 1 39 5 - -
824Histopathology 2 163 - - - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,178 404 121 562 63 33 7 - 30 5 - -
831Medical microbiology 68 36 14 14 7 8 - - 7 7 - -
832Neuropathology 1 6 1 1 - - - - 1 - - -
900Community medicine 663 1,431 193 203 25 15 1 - 18 6 - -
901Occupational medicine 41 59 40 1 - - - 2 3 - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,103 1,585 510 495 95 45 - - 25 5 - -