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Quarter 4 2004/2005

England Summary - Outpatient First Attendances


Data refreshed 26 June 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 and over 13 to <17 17 to <21 21 and over
999All specialties 2,383,046 1,239,734 656,874 1,006,755 288,500 21,928 2,605 30,018 408 1,805
100General surgery 303,036 69,109 113,017 121,317 25,069 1,650 206 2,281 5 40
101Urology 105,387 33,758 26,859 43,559 12,249 1,088 89 1,387 7 35
110Trauma & Orthopaedics 233,349 259,948 35,888 109,753 47,946 5,168 449 4,871 100 897
120ENT 211,535 60,430 44,106 92,758 31,340 1,814 115 2,793 - 13
130Ophthalmology 204,230 118,581 41,969 95,342 37,148 2,233 219 3,983 8 28
140Oral surgery 97,602 36,831 19,570 45,712 14,119 1,144 62 2,107 1 -
141Restorative dentistry 10,862 11,009 2,022 5,728 1,462 41 2 124 - -
142Paediatric dentistry 5,764 2,796 1,573 2,539 551 55 2 83 - -
143Orthodontics 17,798 4,293 2,906 11,245 3,272 363 52 385 - -
150Neurosurgery 6,951 7,617 1,403 3,283 1,085 132 12 159 - -
160Plastic surgery 30,689 25,154 6,484 15,091 5,282 803 15 620 19 255
170Cardiothoracic surgery 824 9,275 409 201 30 1 - 3 1 -
171Paediatric surgery 7,614 4,985 1,808 4,025 517 17 10 33 - -
180Accident and emergency 1,460 14,717 575 517 196 3 1 13 - -
190Anaesthetics 5,848 10,521 679 2,593 1,122 103 6 136 3 8
191Pain Management 10,782 10,975 1,025 4,515 2,139 183 20 291 2 1
300General medicine 147,230 72,670 42,681 56,377 13,795 866 169 1,336 6 4
301Gastroenterology 47,278 18,502 9,258 17,287 5,965 606 24 881 10 16
302Endocrinology 12,391 5,332 2,493 6,386 1,337 88 2 174 1 -
303Haematology (clinical) 15,509 17,044 6,961 5,038 748 14 3 80 - -
304Clinical physiology - - - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 405 205 63 165 156 5 - 13 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,163 4,481 461 1,537 602 12 - 78 1 -
311Clinical genetics 1,293 3,412 361 301 64 - 4 3 - -
312Clinical Cyto/Molecular Genetics 15 42 5 2 - - - - - -
313Clinical Immunology & Allergy 2,835 899 325 1,291 544 7 1 24 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,275 1,885 327 522 196 1 2 11 - -
315Palliative medicine 331 1,056 178 50 - - - - - -
320Cardiology 82,251 45,824 28,687 30,304 9,753 735 150 1,103 8 15
330Dermatology 183,076 28,851 47,998 79,406 25,366 1,801 120 2,354 12 73
340Thoracic medicine 20,814 16,386 7,503 7,746 1,493 47 11 97 - -
350Infectious diseases 1,887 2,215 928 670 25 9 - 2 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 7,549 37,800 7,581 101 2 - - 119 - -
361Nephrology 6,784 5,363 1,379 3,622 656 122 6 64 - -
370Medical oncology 834 12,746 795 208 7 - - 1 - -
371Nuclear medicine 114 328 68 18 1 - - - - -
400Neurology 59,636 24,654 9,300 25,573 11,965 916 259 1,367 78 384
401Clinical neuro-physiology 392 3,975 58 197 24 3 - 2 - -
410Rheumatology 56,413 16,977 9,800 29,692 9,529 717 75 952 2 2
420Paediatrics 81,638 47,053 25,763 34,668 3,465 113 13 256 135 5
421Paediatric neurology 955 2,196 164 472 87 6 - 14 - -
430Geriatric medicine 23,014 14,560 10,122 7,605 395 16 6 64 - 1
450Dental Medicine Specialties 1,949 893 336 934 168 1 - 5 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 433 116 39 32 8 - - 2 - -
502Gynaecology 217,412 56,048 81,410 86,559 15,750 879 449 1,422 8 28
510Antenatal clinic 96,833 35,974 43,278 35,403 1,477 92 36 127 - -
520Postnatal clinic 1,724 1,232 857 358 43 - - - - -
700Mental handicap 794 1,285 335 255 14 - 2 6 - -
710Mental illness 27,611 24,425 8,188 7,860 454 4 2 85 1 -
711Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 3,920 4,325 816 1,316 180 - 3 5 - -
712Forensic psychiatry 34 760 4 4 2 - - - - -
713Psychotherapy 656 1,413 79 237 12 - - 12 - -
715Old age psychiatry 11,946 7,847 5,107 2,856 112 1 1 13 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,166 32,446 836 115 9 - - - - -
810Radiology 117 827 37 9 - - - - - -
820General pathology 567 22 90 367 4 1 - - - -
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 2,326 727 226 1,212 302 38 - 22 - -
823Haematology 2,063 2,705 929 730 70 11 6 9 - -
824Histopathology 4 164 - - - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,340 369 91 650 150 12 - 24 - -
831Medical microbiology 9 12 6 6 - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 779 3,167 171 306 20 - 1 22 - -
901Occupational medicine - - - - - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 550 522 487 130 23 7 - - - -

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