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Quarter 4 2005/2006

England Summary - Outpatient First Attendances


Data refreshed 21 August 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)		 First Attendance Subsequent Attendance
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 1st Seen 1st DNA Sub Seen Sub DNA
999All specialties 2,441,328 1,347,705 719,444 1,215,102 70,098 1,442 1,557 264 253 1,079 3,489,251 327,127 8,193,647 1,091,981
100General surgery 311,947 75,042 124,373 137,327 5,704 83 32 4 4 21 344,621 27,925 528,006 63,744
101Urology 108,974 36,507 31,154 54,056 3,068 70 68 12 14 26 122,435 12,508 279,474 37,440
110Trauma & Orthopaedics 229,516 269,383 43,042 140,473 11,267 341 748 114 113 473 476,774 37,348 936,172 113,156
120ENT 224,233 64,614 50,108 122,570 8,178 168 19 1 3 12 247,653 22,137 359,236 57,443
130Ophthalmology 212,247 136,958 52,572 117,361 6,377 92 126 15 6 75 315,857 26,881 860,896 99,168
140Oral surgery 101,789 38,166 19,084 57,275 3,876 44 15 9 9 9 123,393 13,372 166,722 25,551
141Restorative dentistry 10,870 9,038 1,641 6,337 700 - - 1 - 2 18,177 1,748 80,383 10,878
142Paediatric dentistry 5,641 2,472 1,134 2,610 424 - - - - - 7,473 735 21,846 4,058
143Orthodontics 18,184 3,578 2,861 12,999 841 5 1 1 1 - 20,187 1,788 160,838 15,946
145Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery 7,848 2,780 1,872 4,844 51 - - - - - 8,579 675 12,558 1,463
146Edontics 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
147Peridontics 367 47 11 208 - - - - - - 380 19 1,432 159
148Prosthodontics 281 98 95 132 - - - - - - 379 21 1,693 147
149Surgical dentistry - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
150Neurosurgery 6,778 7,614 1,470 3,948 314 2 2 1 - - 14,025 1,172 28,725 3,522
160Plastic surgery 30,626 25,931 7,346 16,941 1,217 29 45 11 32 136 48,978 4,651 136,284 22,151
170Cardiothoracic surgery 611 9,459 323 157 4 - - - - - 10,591 642 20,933 1,546
171Paediatric surgery 8,245 5,516 1,974 4,689 229 5 2 1 - - 11,605 1,492 15,809 4,104
180Accident and emergency 1,114 15,084 508 414 22 - 1 - - - 16,276 2,820 25,236 2,789
190Anaesthetics 16,979 21,502 2,619 10,342 842 29 10 4 - - 33,634 3,501 88,453 10,700
192Critical Care medicine 486 997 60 336 5 - - - - - 933 97 2,719 250
300General medicine 141,380 76,445 43,294 61,549 3,132 28 16 3 1 2 175,411 18,469 539,336 82,234
301Gastroenterology 52,492 21,058 11,290 24,006 1,562 76 11 2 1 2 56,918 6,330 125,671 22,116
302Endocrinology 13,062 6,435 2,674 7,578 357 19 12 - - - 18,439 2,915 80,978 15,511
303Haematology (clinical) 17,017 18,282 7,276 6,694 165 1 2 1 - - 33,146 3,576 402,767 37,096
304Clinical physiology - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
305Clinical pharmacology 474 323 134 246 10 - - - - - 698 185 6,657 1,022
310Audiological medicine 4,762 5,701 612 2,110 47 - - - - - 9,683 1,370 19,714 2,686
311Clinical genetics 1,006 3,487 222 451 12 - 1 - - - 5,401 656 4,350 701
312Clinical Cyto/Molecular Genetics 6 70 - 6 - - - - - - 85 14 62 8
313Clinical Immunology & Allergy 3,176 1,131 398 2,034 211 - - - - - 3,653 303 6,219 943
314Rehabilitation 1,345 2,001 314 700 18 - - - - - 4,132 528 15,359 1,930
315Palliative medicine 459 1,181 162 243 - - - - - - 2,634 243 6,166 772
320Cardiology 90,134 53,892 32,413 38,684 2,680 82 29 4 1 1 129,802 10,005 234,647 29,457
321Paediatric Cardiology 764 2,115 160 494 9 5 2 - - - 2,244 242 6,954 866
330Dermatology 181,898 32,699 55,920 96,560 5,537 87 35 10 8 72 192,249 16,203 364,503 45,635
340Thoracic medicine 23,768 22,175 8,700 9,985 450 6 6 - - - 38,453 5,749 104,631 16,484
350Infectious diseases 1,907 2,493 954 515 16 - - - - - 4,145 779 13,741 2,867
352Tropical Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
360Genito-urinary medicine 5,051 41,201 5,188 267 1 - - - - - 144,921 16,942 131,869 29,452
361Nephrology 7,983 6,221 1,674 4,344 237 3 2 - - - 11,972 1,544 108,062 13,954
370Medical oncology 1,013 13,553 749 267 5 - - - - - 15,203 833 123,791 6,934
371Nuclear medicine 66 350 56 7 - - - - - - 945 163 1,602 246
400Neurology 61,892 27,542 11,364 36,098 2,962 77 132 65 50 219 80,650 8,217 119,236 18,383
401Clinical neuro-physiology 490 5,715 54 249 3 1 - - - - 4,897 415 2,446 248
410Rheumatology 56,629 19,265 12,711 35,729 2,146 44 24 - - - 71,762 5,568 264,404 30,896
420Paediatrics 85,561 51,595 27,347 38,594 1,100 19 9 - - 1 117,129 13,026 280,256 59,963
421Paediatric neurology 933 2,983 160 484 38 3 - - - - 3,045 373 7,682 1,400
430Geriatric medicine 24,292 15,702 11,916 8,037 138 3 4 - 1 - 33,284 3,500 79,589 10,944
450Dental Medicine Specialties 2,762 965 579 1,483 84 - - - - - 4,279 395 8,837 1,270
460Medical ophthalmology 13 149 4 12 1 - - - - - 1,416 226 3,577 524
501Obstetrics 89,080 43,671 38,546 29,700 536 14 144 - - - 124,489 10,012 298,863 27,212
502Gynaecology 232,459 63,013 87,921 101,086 4,928 73 51 4 7 28 263,791 24,025 376,202 53,971
700Mental handicap 1,223 1,030 669 517 21 - 1 - - - 2,410 295 16,368 1,997
710Mental illness 18,723 24,303 5,251 5,674 293 25 2 1 2 - 35,014 9,636 242,694 64,679
711Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 3,917 4,430 997 1,412 79 3 3 - - - 7,646 998 50,944 7,752
712Forensic psychiatry 29 634 11 7 - - - - - - 594 54 3,291 406
713Psychotherapy 547 1,254 79 175 6 - 1 - - - 1,233 238 15,169 1,830
715Old age psychiatry 10,443 7,378 4,716 2,707 101 - - - - - 17,076 1,077 53,191 5,794
800Clinical oncology 1,334 35,272 1,124 249 3 1 - - - - 35,728 1,348 233,755 11,095
810Radiology 351 1,640 43 14 - - - - - - 1,769 109 9,675 281
820General pathology 239 145 23 83 6 - - - - - 209 31 2,226 163
821Blood transfusion - - - - - - - - - - 127 19 236 49
822Chemical pathology 2,036 792 377 1,306 42 - - - - - 2,659 224 12,603 1,605
823Haematology 2,259 3,550 809 771 14 4 - - - - 5,864 457 83,890 5,404
824Histopathology 4 180 2 - - - - - - - 178 21 13 2
830Immunopathology 1,421 473 153 845 28 - - - - - 1,243 118 2,107 361
831Medical microbiology 9 12 5 - - - - - - - 17 5 67 14
900Community medicine 182 413 146 111 1 - 1 - - - 658 159 1,831 609
901Occupational medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -

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