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Quarter 4 2003/2004

England Summary - Population Based 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 2,436,651 1,119,323 690,678 929,427 287,559 104,783 7,457 2,550 39,957 318 42 18
100General surgery 323,553 66,410 123,153 118,596 24,313 7,452 580 231 3,398 7 6 1
101Urology 110,293 30,968 29,353 41,382 11,505 4,306 354 150 2,118 10 11 -
110Trauma & Orthopaedics 243,627 254,750 40,136 99,689 45,622 22,262 2,117 248 6,875 2 1 2
120ENT 214,574 56,741 46,308 80,441 33,860 14,419 806 272 4,776 4 3 1
130Ophthalmology 208,629 109,053 44,893 85,633 35,958 11,757 468 189 4,644 2 1 -
140Oral surgery 97,494 30,242 20,787 41,407 14,580 4,524 145 44 2,018 1 1 7
141Restorative dentistry 8,261 5,703 1,041 3,387 2,566 746 10 2 194 1 - 3
142Paediatric dentistry 4,387 1,924 1,306 1,373 1,053 334 5 - 67 - - -
143Orthodontics 18,945 3,358 2,668 9,161 3,188 1,299 130 13 417 1 - -
150Neurosurgery 5,851 5,643 1,054 2,645 1,143 273 37 27 149 - - -
160Plastic surgery 33,942 22,416 7,156 13,536 4,825 2,252 237 93 765 - - -
170Cardiothoracic surgery 904 8,722 514 236 34 10 1 2 4 - - -
171Paediatric surgery 8,520 4,672 2,050 4,058 747 294 11 10 71 - - -
180Accident and emergency 1,923 13,540 647 577 234 91 - 1 39 - - -
190Anaesthetics 6,772 10,518 715 2,220 1,211 466 61 10 207 - - -
191Pain Management 9,237 9,431 1,022 3,569 1,777 839 49 31 264 - - -
300General medicine 159,456 68,002 46,050 55,202 14,850 4,193 297 147 2,377 282 3 -
301Gastroenterology 43,354 16,386 9,666 16,186 5,549 1,620 151 125 822 - - -
302Endocrinology 11,327 4,838 2,146 5,617 1,540 435 26 7 194 - - -
303Haematology (clinical) 14,895 16,462 7,374 4,774 556 190 5 14 74 - - -
304Clinical physiology 48 33 7 46 7 - - - 1 - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 419 362 95 225 109 34 - 1 26 - - -
310Audiological medicine 3,645 4,241 394 1,554 589 120 11 1 102 - - -
311Clinical genetics 996 3,011 339 241 38 14 1 5 7 - - -
312Clinical Cyto/Molecular Genetics 53 50 15 24 5 - - - - - - -
313Clinical Immunology & Allergy 2,003 593 298 740 546 69 1 2 24 - - -
314Rehabilitation 1,169 1,629 281 539 162 80 - 1 19 - - -
315Palliative medicine 909 1,150 194 79 18 42 - - 19 1 - 1
320Cardiology 80,253 38,541 28,049 27,983 7,945 2,574 189 140 1,182 1 1 -
330Dermatology 192,090 26,236 51,775 76,046 25,557 8,395 852 217 2,508 2 10 1
340Thoracic medicine 20,493 14,341 8,402 7,433 1,274 408 36 6 203 - - -
350Infectious diseases 1,734 1,662 956 545 91 56 11 1 8 - - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 5,877 27,355 7,301 245 42 - - - - - - -
361Nephrology 6,448 5,219 1,422 2,910 699 172 12 8 114 - - -
370Medical oncology 1,617 10,530 714 203 41 5 - 1 3 - - -
371Nuclear medicine 368 385 84 128 45 15 - - 7 - - -
400Neurology 56,135 20,194 9,305 22,055 10,383 4,469 272 25 1,507 - - 1
401Clinical neuro-physiology 844 5,238 245 311 34 11 1 - 8 - - -
410Rheumatology 59,503 17,234 11,342 28,154 9,083 2,824 102 39 1,368 - 1 -
420Paediatrics 80,369 41,496 26,414 32,525 3,887 788 27 24 502 1 - -
421Paediatric neurology 1,191 2,052 264 608 99 29 1 - 25 - - -
430Geriatric medicine 23,565 11,955 10,594 7,617 466 153 10 11 54 - - -
450Dental Medicine Specialties 1,655 598 387 706 202 49 - - 57 - - -
460Medical ophthalmology 39 95 8 17 1 1 - - - - - -
502Gynaecology 231,264 52,367 86,005 85,955 18,176 6,200 390 404 2,334 3 3 1
510Antenatal clinic 88,648 26,147 41,827 28,930 1,208 120 30 40 151 - - -
520Postnatal clinic 513 257 278 405 83 - - - - - - -
700Mental handicap 863 1,123 478 406 19 3 - - 1 - - -
710Mental illness 23,233 17,396 6,630 5,868 505 117 - 2 51 - - -
711Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 3,980 3,463 719 949 180 32 1 - 32 - - -
712Forensic psychiatry 55 358 15 17 3 - - - - - - -
713Psychotherapy 205 469 20 75 9 2 - - 1 - - -
715Old age psychiatry 9,415 5,900 3,860 2,564 149 47 2 - 25 - - -
800Clinical oncology 1,714 29,033 1,058 201 12 4 1 1 1 - - -
810Radiology 269 1,220 273 40 - 1 - - - - - -
820General pathology 151 24 30 111 26 - - - 41 - - -
821Blood transfusion 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 1,919 545 326 924 260 80 9 - 23 - 1 -
823Haematology 3,261 3,006 1,179 822 196 50 3 4 31 - - -
824Histopathology - 124 - - - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,298 417 142 486 184 31 4 - 36 - - -
831Medical microbiology 4 44 2 5 - - - - - - - -
832Neuropathology 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 546 1,891 166 286 54 9 - - 9 - - -
901Occupational medicine 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 1,942 1,559 746 760 61 17 1 1 4 - - -

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