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Quarter 3 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 2,401,147 1,137,102 718,491 905,640 248,613 155,087 12,591 2,902 104,776 22,188 999 1,308
100General surgery 326,900 68,043 132,023 118,771 20,737 10,584 862 174 8,248 1,379 22 32
101Urology 103,854 30,788 29,447 38,231 9,779 5,378 523 113 4,076 817 11 20
110Trauma and orthopaedics 238,346 254,075 39,880 94,035 38,947 33,122 3,337 340 19,658 5,186 145 661
120Ear, Nose and Throat 199,051 56,121 46,459 77,281 28,336 22,172 1,664 270 12,914 2,378 205 21
130Ophthalmology 199,685 98,470 43,542 79,853 28,635 15,385 780 203 11,450 1,930 15 39
140Oral surgery 98,857 36,547 23,112 38,421 12,086 6,858 436 26 5,325 1,132 16 60
141Restorative dentistry 10,728 8,149 2,074 4,550 2,245 1,271 40 2 1,106 261 1 -
142Paediatric dentistry 5,287 2,180 1,954 1,355 986 469 6 - 374 162 - -
143Orthodontics 19,197 4,318 2,836 10,102 2,775 1,638 140 18 1,147 205 4 18
150Neurosurgery 6,169 6,769 1,307 2,350 899 479 64 57 367 66 - -
160Plastic surgery 31,737 23,260 7,092 13,740 4,612 3,517 507 135 2,630 1,039 448 126
170Cardiothoracic surgery 913 9,633 550 201 17 9 - 1 4 2 - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,085 4,762 2,233 3,943 616 343 29 10 284 58 - -
180Accident and emergency 1,969 14,369 722 574 237 124 4 1 93 20 - -
190Anaesthetics 6,050 9,553 774 2,100 952 792 33 4 416 95 3 5
191Pain Management 9,662 10,142 1,124 3,598 1,557 1,103 94 32 696 165 - -
300General medicine 158,163 69,164 48,025 54,813 12,741 6,876 547 174 4,703 776 5 12
301Gastroenterology 40,716 16,607 9,662 14,667 4,019 2,156 200 98 1,749 316 - 14
302Endocrinology 10,355 4,695 2,140 4,954 1,457 818 77 6 553 80 - -
303Clinical haematology 15,682 15,862 7,386 4,750 402 255 7 7 201 53 - -
304Clinical physiology 12 5 8 - - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 495 340 102 171 77 19 - - 36 1 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,866 4,761 535 1,354 439 147 7 2 220 27 - -
311Clinical genetics 1,313 2,523 543 157 34 18 - - 21 4 2 1
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 23 82 4 51 - - - - - - - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,824 514 320 792 354 102 - - 106 2 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,235 2,115 344 591 154 56 1 - 36 4 - -
315Palliative medicine 279 1,117 167 36 1 - - - 2 - - -
320Cardiology 73,865 37,066 27,952 24,414 6,560 3,975 326 445 2,430 431 17 14
330Dermatology 184,575 26,486 49,784 76,190 27,133 14,111 1,177 170 9,668 2,230 8 64
340Thoracic medicine 18,706 13,906 7,706 6,320 1,266 749 84 16 418 105 - -
350Infectious diseases 1,898 1,816 989 476 26 35 4 1 10 4 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 8,374 34,815 8,663 61 - - - - - 1 - -
361Nephrology 5,723 5,228 1,411 2,776 525 308 22 6 221 30 - -
370Medical oncology 955 12,583 727 150 10 7 1 2 5 1 - -
371Nuclear medicine 245 346 75 118 21 11 - - 11 1 - -
400Neurology 58,438 22,318 9,448 22,007 8,411 6,341 512 166 4,402 1,068 81 209
401Clinical neuro-physiology 580 6,818 126 355 87 29 1 1 9 - - -
410Rheumatology 57,600 15,703 10,414 27,536 8,177 5,538 283 40 2,840 640 - 1
420Paediatrics 74,860 41,639 27,478 30,717 3,756 1,311 80 15 999 164 - 1
421Paediatric neurology 1,232 1,834 468 492 65 34 - 1 16 1 - -
430Geriatric medicine 22,714 11,410 11,220 8,635 593 174 14 10 257 21 - -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,886 795 968 1,126 209 93 - - 68 11 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 10 102 2 4 - - - - 1 - - -
502Gynaecology 218,234 46,677 78,915 81,673 15,809 7,889 628 310 6,170 1,120 15 10
510Antenatal clinic 105,613 24,291 54,113 33,376 1,210 273 70 30 186 73 - -
520Postnatal clinic 3,037 869 1 8 - - - - - - - -
700Mental handicap 800 863 363 319 27 8 1 - 2 2 - -
710Mental illness 32,460 22,471 11,422 9,186 499 138 2 5 209 49 - -
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 5,655 5,069 1,010 1,284 304 117 1 - 103 14 1 -
712Forensic psychiatry 44 777 36 7 1 - - - - - - -
713Psychotherapy 794 1,085 125 306 18 13 - - 7 1 - -
715Old age psychiatry 12,600 6,065 6,316 3,316 238 51 5 2 74 21 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,534 32,456 1,049 196 16 1 1 7 5 3 - -
810Radiology 76 1,478 137 17 1 1 1 1 - - - -
820General pathology 324 35 120 114 35 4 - - 7 - - -
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,947 589 302 930 232 79 14 - 75 12 - -
823Haematology 2,698 2,799 1,572 911 90 39 - - 79 18 - -
824Histopathology - 106 - - - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,409 436 206 409 105 27 5 - 55 7 - -
831Medical microbiology 7 10 7 7 1 - - 1 - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 481 1,299 140 253 26 12 - - 9 - - -
901Occupational medicine 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,319 1,897 861 510 68 28 1 - 25 2 - -