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Quarter 3 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 2,287,350 1,061,951 695,994 886,429 245,132 153,757 12,628 3,200 100,832 20,848 214 14
100General surgery 316,163 65,343 131,218 117,720 20,524 10,617 866 205 8,014 1,425 6 1
101Urology 101,645 29,545 29,733 38,210 9,769 5,347 509 125 3,967 769 2 -
110Trauma and orthopaedics 227,032 245,174 38,866 93,021 37,853 32,341 3,288 360 19,237 4,992 5 1
120Ear, Nose and Throat 193,173 54,763 46,833 77,177 28,032 22,207 1,671 285 12,697 2,405 191 3
130Ophthalmology 198,679 101,454 44,142 81,399 29,394 15,835 822 253 11,057 1,954 3 2
140Oral surgery 88,816 30,721 21,062 36,428 11,809 6,431 439 65 4,772 854 1 3
141Restorative dentistry 7,856 4,605 1,244 3,074 1,987 1,228 49 18 786 128 - 2
142Paediatric dentistry 4,015 1,527 1,400 1,065 706 471 6 - 305 145 - -
143Orthodontics 16,606 3,156 2,538 9,424 2,579 1,539 138 21 1,086 197 - -
150Neurosurgery 6,028 6,232 1,270 2,270 863 498 69 56 363 58 - -
160Plastic surgery 29,816 21,579 7,048 13,632 4,552 3,491 505 126 2,126 578 1 -
170Cardiothoracic surgery 895 9,068 550 200 18 12 - 1 5 2 - -
171Paediatric surgery 7,341 4,235 1,973 3,695 584 342 32 11 261 55 - -
180Accident and emergency 1,854 13,512 682 574 240 128 3 1 94 18 - -
190Anaesthetics 6,421 9,939 811 2,344 1,067 820 33 4 431 87 - -
191Pain Management 8,944 9,015 1,168 3,382 1,447 1,022 119 37 644 168 - -
300General medicine 150,157 64,259 47,493 53,447 12,400 6,819 537 198 4,621 746 - -
301Gastroenterology 39,860 16,335 9,594 14,505 4,116 2,194 194 104 1,759 341 - -
302Endocrinology 10,167 4,483 2,075 4,975 1,497 822 70 5 583 103 - -
303Clinical haematology 15,072 15,415 7,237 4,706 413 270 10 5 231 60 - -
304Clinical physiology 45 23 13 19 7 2 - - 2 - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 422 291 105 165 81 15 - - 36 1 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,930 4,445 512 1,361 427 131 7 1 229 27 - -
311Clinical genetics 882 2,386 288 143 42 21 3 4 20 1 2 1
312Clinical Cyto - molecular genetics 22 54 4 20 - - - - - - - -
313Clinical Immunology and allergy 1,739 498 304 770 333 99 - 2 101 4 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,243 1,543 446 540 143 43 1 - 39 3 - -
315Palliative medicine 330 1,162 194 58 12 24 - - 7 2 - -
320Cardiology 72,418 35,320 27,753 24,281 6,469 4,004 357 451 2,373 403 - -
330Dermatology 177,921 25,312 49,984 75,297 26,734 14,160 1,203 174 9,374 2,184 - 1
340Thoracic medicine 18,452 13,586 7,709 6,375 1,270 743 79 25 408 97 - -
350Infectious diseases 2,790 1,628 1,374 817 330 98 5 - 22 4 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 6,767 24,982 6,711 129 - - - - 1 - - -
361Nephrology 5,701 5,126 1,369 2,843 627 310 22 7 246 40 - -
370Medical oncology 1,298 11,336 697 305 146 8 - 3 19 1 - -
371Nuclear medicine 400 368 105 181 21 11 - - 14 1 - -
400Neurology 53,850 19,988 9,108 20,728 7,705 6,237 465 63 3,991 953 - -
401Clinical neuro-physiology 1,064 6,131 225 503 207 120 1 3 81 11 - -
410Rheumatology 55,782 15,277 10,341 27,023 8,248 5,478 302 41 2,928 689 1 -
420Paediatrics 71,501 37,432 27,131 29,435 3,650 1,193 68 21 917 134 - -
421Paediatric neurology 1,321 1,852 375 496 48 27 3 1 19 2 - -
430Geriatric medicine 22,742 10,779 10,549 8,244 576 153 17 15 238 23 - -
450Dental medicine specialities 1,539 604 475 719 142 45 - - 32 6 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 35 83 2 4 - - - - 1 - - -
502Gynaecology 217,790 46,458 80,751 82,212 15,677 7,799 611 316 5,871 1,042 1 -
510Antenatal clinic 90,443 21,160 45,974 29,257 1,026 179 89 137 252 51 - -
520Postnatal clinic 1,655 365 709 532 5 - 1 41 24 8 - -
700Mental handicap 960 1,087 336 278 24 15 - - 6 3 - -
710Mental illness 21,955 15,596 6,694 5,859 356 113 3 3 137 28 - -
711Child & adolescent psychiatry 3,375 3,363 790 927 208 63 7 3 62 5 1 -
712Forensic psychiatry 108 452 89 29 - - - - - - - -
713Psychotherapy 362 569 57 145 14 6 - - 3 - - -
715Old age psychiatry 8,464 4,880 3,923 2,231 151 43 2 - 50 4 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,588 29,491 985 186 15 2 1 7 12 3 - -
810Radiology 219 1,350 227 24 3 1 - - - - - -
820General pathology 176 33 32 93 34 4 - - 6 - - -
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,767 509 307 933 235 72 13 2 66 6 - -
823Haematology 2,699 2,762 1,528 863 111 37 1 - 100 18 - -
824Histopathology 30 113 2 3 3 - - - 1 - - -
830Immunopathology 1,217 395 153 438 101 29 5 - 60 7 - -
831Medical microbiology 8 20 6 - - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 733 1,035 142 225 22 12 - - 15 - - -
901Occupational medicine 1 14 - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,066 1,733 578 490 79 26 2 - 30 2 - -