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Quarter 4 2003/2004

England Summary - Outpatient First Attendances


Data refreshed 15 May 2006
Specialty
Code		 Specialty
Name		 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 2,526,447 1,204,148 717,691 962,435 293,938 108,597 7,756 2,676 41,282 611 658 1,578
100General surgery 330,193 69,637 125,286 121,060 24,629 7,666 635 229 3,386 21 27 69
101Urology 109,190 32,934 29,480 41,857 11,527 4,469 367 142 2,138 15 9 29
110Trauma & Orthopaedics 250,527 264,210 41,095 101,894 46,286 23,294 2,168 351 6,991 105 96 766
120ENT 218,825 59,063 47,067 81,953 34,712 14,760 810 253 4,903 4 8 33
130Ophthalmology 213,368 112,704 46,076 87,696 36,419 11,989 451 188 4,755 18 8 54
140Oral surgery 103,930 37,862 22,470 43,401 15,372 4,841 149 27 2,212 11 7 60
141Restorative dentistry 12,412 9,761 2,044 5,303 2,868 811 11 2 315 1 3 4
142Paediatric dentistry 5,819 2,796 1,888 1,891 1,271 312 3 - 83 - - -
143Orthodontics 20,485 4,441 2,815 9,884 3,428 1,345 137 14 437 8 4 22
150Neurosurgery 6,396 6,813 1,145 2,783 1,188 304 37 27 142 - - -
160Plastic surgery 34,981 23,723 7,435 13,664 4,811 2,268 245 77 772 31 377 90
170Cardiothoracic surgery 876 9,608 534 235 31 10 1 2 8 - - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,736 5,062 2,095 4,175 778 303 10 10 73 - - -
180Accident and emergency 2,019 13,746 679 584 242 112 - 1 39 - - -
190Anaesthetics 6,341 10,263 721 2,248 1,181 509 74 7 217 1 - 9
191Pain Management 9,988 10,655 1,072 3,818 1,890 870 39 30 269 - - -
300General medicine 162,883 69,545 46,626 56,683 15,350 4,346 326 145 2,451 284 3 16
301Gastroenterology 43,116 17,632 9,748 16,099 5,542 1,570 153 125 821 2 3 9
302Endocrinology 12,468 5,175 2,155 5,572 1,538 470 18 3 218 - - -
303Haematology (clinical) 15,136 17,030 7,448 4,701 554 188 6 13 81 - - -
304Clinical physiology 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 460 423 88 246 117 34 1 - 28 - - -
310Audiological medicine 3,934 4,750 418 1,587 586 123 12 1 93 - - -
311Clinical genetics 1,487 3,265 501 247 43 9 1 7 13 - - -
312Clinical Cyto/Molecular Genetics 38 54 2 20 1 - - - - - - -
313Clinical Immunology & Allergy 2,163 624 352 806 559 73 1 1 37 - - -
314Rehabilitation 1,290 2,195 323 607 174 83 - 1 15 - - -
315Palliative medicine 307 1,051 182 12 5 1 - - - - - -
320Cardiology 80,563 40,746 28,196 28,221 8,018 2,597 193 137 1,237 9 7 46
330Dermatology 196,878 28,010 52,606 77,144 25,559 8,678 892 215 2,512 19 21 100
340Thoracic medicine 20,925 14,902 8,443 7,411 1,233 391 38 6 220 - - -
350Infectious diseases 1,858 1,869 1,008 532 67 38 4 1 5 - - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 8,558 34,575 8,632 86 - - - - - - - -
361Nephrology 6,541 5,461 1,611 2,936 698 171 12 8 119 - - -
370Medical oncology 1,381 12,145 801 212 42 7 - - - - - -
371Nuclear medicine 273 373 85 91 19 8 - - 3 - - -
400Neurology 59,015 22,985 9,666 23,087 10,991 4,813 339 149 1,683 80 79 239
401Clinical neuro-physiology 781 5,916 211 235 23 10 1 - 6 - - -
410Rheumatology 61,268 17,626 11,603 29,023 9,153 2,897 94 34 1,142 - 2 1
420Paediatrics 83,601 46,033 27,311 34,462 3,971 848 27 22 830 - - 1
421Paediatric neurology 975 2,168 211 546 91 23 1 - 26 - - -
430Geriatric medicine 24,135 12,460 11,025 7,901 475 153 17 10 60 - - -
450Dental Medicine Specialties 2,109 891 421 819 298 43 - - 75 - - -
460Medical ophthalmology 7 105 2 3 - - - - - - - -
502Gynaecology 224,900 51,013 81,675 84,752 18,472 6,344 425 385 2,429 2 3 30
510Antenatal clinic 109,256 30,552 51,969 35,698 1,701 289 36 41 184 - - -
520Postnatal clinic 2,558 267 698 1,363 13 1 - - 1 - - -
700Mental handicap 1,312 1,293 716 644 44 9 1 - 5 - - -
710Mental illness 32,250 23,078 9,956 9,192 574 148 1 2 72 - - -
711Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 5,749 5,140 1,272 1,590 307 98 1 3 39 - - -
712Forensic psychiatry 47 858 14 10 1 - - - 1 - - -
713Psychotherapy 742 1,000 132 305 31 12 - - 2 - - -
715Old age psychiatry 13,390 7,258 5,578 3,591 242 66 1 - 31 - - -
800Clinical oncology 1,659 30,142 1,056 191 25 7 1 2 1 - - -
810Radiology 291 3,935 284 46 - - - - - - - -
820General pathology 151 44 36 112 26 - - - - - - -
821Blood transfusion 1 1 9 5 1 - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,972 563 322 928 264 81 9 - 21 - 1 -
823Haematology 2,650 3,119 1,299 940 192 51 3 4 31 - - -
824Histopathology - 133 - - - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,376 444 154 526 191 32 4 - 37 - - -
831Medical microbiology 4 13 1 4 - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 545 2,172 117 298 52 5 - - 10 - - -
901Occupational medicine 2 - 41 1 - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,354 1,836 784 504 62 17 1 1 3 - - -

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