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Quarter 4 2004/2005

England Summary - Population Based 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 2,321,021 1,165,963 636,998 983,089 285,954 21,725 1,649 30,074 178 125
100General surgery 299,415 67,644 111,972 120,664 24,976 1,630 176 2,332 2 15
101Urology 104,084 32,392 26,677 43,236 12,205 1,087 82 1,440 3 5
110Trauma & Orthopaedics 229,946 252,303 35,048 107,962 47,536 5,092 111 5,005 6 15
120ENT 208,888 60,074 43,486 91,631 31,138 1,797 100 2,835 5 10
130Ophthalmology 202,856 115,072 41,470 94,515 36,534 2,266 125 3,921 - 7
140Oral surgery 93,175 32,144 18,063 44,568 13,851 1,074 29 1,939 - -
141Restorative dentistry 8,503 8,968 1,190 5,008 1,400 63 3 114 - 2
142Paediatric dentistry 4,432 2,125 1,128 2,247 319 52 - 45 - -
143Orthodontics 16,684 3,720 2,670 10,684 3,128 356 4 374 3 10
150Neurosurgery 6,320 6,522 1,186 2,976 1,038 134 9 157 - -
160Plastic surgery 30,061 23,374 6,402 14,538 5,318 727 10 615 - 1
170Cardiothoracic surgery 816 8,449 422 249 34 - - 3 1 -
171Paediatric surgery 7,546 4,572 1,761 3,992 483 22 10 34 - -
180Accident and emergency 1,458 14,631 556 529 183 3 - 6 - -
190Anaesthetics 6,114 10,313 761 2,682 1,217 140 3 150 - -
191Pain Management 9,714 10,182 889 4,158 1,934 148 18 275 2 1
300General medicine 145,671 73,094 42,448 55,581 13,795 868 153 1,363 5 6
301Gastroenterology 46,624 17,500 9,013 17,086 6,001 599 22 973 - -
302Endocrinology 11,277 4,679 2,237 6,133 1,325 77 - 203 1 -
303Haematology (clinical) 15,520 16,469 6,884 5,001 755 19 3 86 - -
304Clinical physiology - 5 4 2 - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 412 190 64 169 146 6 - 25 - -
310Audiological medicine 3,034 4,275 456 1,513 597 12 - 81 1 -
311Clinical genetics 858 2,827 273 274 47 - - 2 - -
312Clinical Cyto/Molecular Genetics 17 63 5 5 - - - - - -
313Clinical Immunology & Allergy 2,257 728 269 988 419 6 1 18 - -
314Rehabilitation 1,296 1,598 397 493 178 - 2 10 - -
315Palliative medicine 641 1,189 190 92 14 1 - 4 - 1
320Cardiology 80,969 43,905 28,278 29,836 9,761 757 83 1,101 1 7
330Dermatology 180,974 27,718 47,379 78,533 25,260 1,811 97 2,451 4 17
340Thoracic medicine 20,719 15,863 7,417 7,806 1,510 50 11 117 - -
350Infectious diseases 1,803 2,030 903 667 30 8 - 2 - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 6,967 27,027 6,585 87 2 - - 4 - -
361Nephrology 7,206 5,202 1,471 3,855 671 51 4 67 - -
370Medical oncology 799 11,709 761 201 18 - - 1 - -
371Nuclear medicine 127 316 69 18 1 - - 1 - -
400Neurology 57,152 22,239 9,032 24,857 11,534 932 44 1,361 - 1
401Clinical neuro-physiology 595 3,961 98 270 42 2 - 9 - -
410Rheumatology 55,945 16,610 9,616 29,323 9,469 724 67 964 2 2
420Paediatrics 78,995 43,801 25,223 33,765 3,382 114 14 259 136 6
421Paediatric neurology 1,035 2,086 223 512 100 6 - 14 - -
430Geriatric medicine 22,602 14,069 9,920 7,570 386 17 4 54 - 1
450Dental Medicine Specialties 2,043 778 428 1,054 173 3 - 4 - -
460Medical ophthalmology 27 83 9 19 7 - - 4 - -
502Gynaecology 238,902 60,719 91,244 93,325 17,015 886 412 1,408 4 18
510Antenatal clinic 66,076 26,002 30,126 22,954 1,034 106 35 146 - -
520Postnatal clinic 1,312 999 425 396 28 1 - 1 - -
700Mental handicap 566 921 281 233 10 - 1 5 - -
710Mental illness 18,704 17,594 5,197 4,778 258 20 3 13 1 -
711Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 3,025 3,032 512 617 48 - 3 2 1 -
712Forensic psychiatry 20 374 1 - - - - - - -
713Psychotherapy 219 515 18 44 6 - - 2 - -
715Old age psychiatry 8,047 6,082 3,421 1,906 71 - 3 4 - -
800Clinical oncology 1,134 29,226 827 129 11 - - 1 - -
810Radiology 147 943 53 7 - - - - - -
820General pathology 587 33 94 373 5 1 - 1 - -
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - -
822Chemical pathology 2,299 699 231 1,211 283 27 - 24 - -
823Haematology 2,050 2,617 881 695 74 11 6 9 - -
824Histopathology 12 196 8 1 - - - - - -
830Immunopathology 1,314 351 90 630 151 12 - 22 - -
831Medical microbiology 10 17 7 7 - - - - - -
832Neuropathology - - - - - - - - - -
900Community medicine 774 2,175 122 301 19 - 1 13 - -
901Occupational medicine 57 586 3 5 - - - - - -
990Joint consultant clinic 189 383 124 128 24 7 - - - -

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