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Quarter 4 2005/2006

England Summary - Population Based Outpatient First Attendances

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 2,381,713 1,259,377 698,351 1,172,325 67,868 9,305 3,940 30 24 72 3,140,147 287,342 7,183,292 935,567
100General surgery 308,569 71,127 122,436 133,979 6,043 786 279 3 2 - 327,301 25,610 482,543 55,843
101Urology 107,631 35,000 30,927 52,758 3,014 264 162 4 1 6 114,007 11,310 257,467 34,973
110Trauma & Orthopaedics 227,937 261,746 42,397 137,318 10,438 1,693 946 3 - 13 437,247 32,439 842,127 95,511
120ENT 220,138 62,544 49,265 117,876 7,766 1,356 427 5 3 17 228,156 19,496 328,433 50,502
130Ophthalmology 209,764 133,013 50,479 114,070 6,053 882 385 4 - 5 296,312 23,860 773,754 85,392
140Oral surgery 97,965 32,626 18,397 56,618 3,750 532 202 - - 2 109,057 11,129 145,892 21,258
141Restorative dentistry 8,899 4,512 1,315 6,401 190 48 9 1 - - 16,022 1,947 59,158 8,744
142Paediatric dentistry 4,059 1,834 845 2,589 177 10 - - - - 6,378 725 16,651 3,296
143Orthodontics 17,227 3,261 2,779 12,563 836 176 56 - - 7 19,492 1,760 144,353 13,786
145Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery 4,320 2,390 769 2,330 56 - - - - - 5,516 1,201 8,840 1,743
146Edontics 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 8 -
147Peridontics 245 30 8 160 11 11 - - - - 128 4 254 13
148Prosthodontics 218 68 91 122 2 1 - - - - 94 5 295 17
149Surgical dentistry 11 1 - - - - - - - - 2 - 13 84
150Neurosurgery 6,413 6,679 1,399 3,780 317 26 3 - - - 11,773 1,080 22,746 3,150
160Plastic surgery 30,042 24,843 7,140 16,447 1,204 107 44 - - 2 42,328 4,485 120,077 19,151
170Cardiothoracic surgery 740 8,470 351 214 2 1 1 - - - 8,270 501 16,177 1,181
171Paediatric surgery 8,121 5,161 1,933 4,621 164 10 7 1 - - 10,146 1,330 13,816 3,624
180Accident and emergency 1,124 14,825 479 398 23 11 1 - - - 16,466 2,596 18,955 2,459
190Anaesthetics 16,163 20,105 2,182 9,788 734 96 53 - 1 - 29,370 2,927 75,518 9,037
192Critical Care medicine 568 1,293 80 394 6 - - - - - 1,995 249 5,681 1,343
300General medicine 139,406 74,814 42,317 58,980 3,390 500 376 3 2 5 171,295 16,772 507,936 73,704
301Gastroenterology 52,328 19,731 11,050 23,148 1,516 167 34 - - - 50,400 6,035 101,931 18,559
302Endocrinology 12,651 5,749 2,453 7,339 371 15 2 - - - 14,746 2,397 67,037 14,172
303Haematology (clinical) 16,702 17,604 6,993 6,509 219 12 - - - - 30,889 3,281 374,549 31,400
304Clinical physiology 67 - 21 14 - - - - - - 3 - 42 117
305Clinical pharmacology 963 331 149 323 13 - - - - - 806 239 7,273 1,241
310Audiological medicine 4,780 5,338 632 2,056 77 1 - - - - 10,501 1,320 20,308 2,501
311Clinical genetics 893 3,123 215 392 12 - 1 - - - 3,490 786 1,884 276
312Clinical Cyto/Molecular Genetics 26 90 4 16 - 1 - - - - 83 15 72 15
313Clinical Immunology & Allergy 2,866 1,038 305 1,837 172 47 - - - - 4,146 447 6,792 1,098
314Rehabilitation 1,709 2,080 444 756 61 6 - - - - 3,939 513 10,991 1,503
315Palliative medicine 686 1,141 161 257 - - - - 1 3 1,757 132 4,722 916
320Cardiology 87,754 50,524 31,501 36,970 2,614 404 131 3 1 1 120,066 8,917 203,344 24,503
321Paediatric Cardiology 704 1,763 140 454 10 4 2 - - - 2,448 276 7,116 1,875
330Dermatology 177,867 30,788 53,502 92,861 5,764 556 311 2 8 8 176,476 14,748 339,261 38,193
340Thoracic medicine 22,296 20,343 8,344 9,206 514 69 6 - - - 34,985 4,773 93,072 13,513
350Infectious diseases 1,821 2,370 900 487 26 1 - - - - 2,773 615 11,600 2,204
352Tropical Medicine - - - - - - - - - - 725 55 294 1,731
360Genito-urinary medicine 4,963 28,098 4,859 368 63 - - - - - 62,787 8,297 44,682 9,225
361Nephrology 7,774 5,859 1,617 4,207 268 42 5 - - 1 11,707 1,591 97,413 12,291
370Medical oncology 978 12,710 690 226 3 - - - - - 13,279 869 101,594 6,313
371Nuclear medicine 68 319 58 7 - - - - - - 513 58 1,139 447
400Neurology 59,784 24,663 10,849 34,497 3,051 192 86 - - - 69,162 7,222 99,349 15,636
401Clinical neuro-physiology 1,054 5,341 237 624 39 1 - - - - 5,273 340 2,605 982
410Rheumatology 55,220 18,328 12,256 34,593 1,898 162 124 - 1 - 66,387 5,371 237,965 27,521
420Paediatrics 83,794 48,288 26,343 37,329 1,346 204 76 - - 2 106,817 11,712 250,339 51,474
421Paediatric neurology 1,310 2,997 274 660 21 4 1 - - - 2,776 395 8,207 1,551
430Geriatric medicine 23,447 15,353 11,541 7,971 124 28 6 - 1 - 31,379 3,593 74,409 11,977
450Dental Medicine Specialties 2,500 848 548 1,424 43 15 - - - - 4,122 395 7,765 1,188
460Medical ophthalmology 405 226 22 13 - - - - - - 716 74 1,968 776
501Obstetrics 77,262 36,923 35,422 24,824 369 40 82 - - - 101,788 7,679 232,030 19,700
502Gynaecology 236,822 63,987 90,200 101,477 4,738 799 115 - 1 - 255,432 23,170 379,034 49,127
700Mental handicap 583 1,107 261 304 5 - - - - - 1,063 116 11,885 2,361
710Mental illness 13,726 18,375 3,903 3,817 201 14 2 1 2 - 27,970 7,494 160,692 39,745
711Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2,731 2,826 319 503 18 1 2 - - - 4,232 554 19,257 2,909
712Forensic psychiatry 31 372 6 11 - - - - - - 383 25 1,107 176
713Psychotherapy 185 502 4 30 4 - 1 - - - 495 80 5,069 773
715Old age psychiatry 7,757 5,988 3,502 2,202 31 1 - - - - 13,784 1,087 41,884 4,246
800Clinical oncology 1,332 32,347 900 196 9 3 - - - - 30,703 1,169 210,659 9,649
810Radiology 134 1,514 269 32 1 - - - - - 7,374 603 10,560 357
820General pathology 252 77 38 92 1 - - - - - 289 35 2,890 207
821Blood transfusion 17 19 1 12 - - - - - - 42 13 125 207
822Chemical pathology 1,860 649 336 1,179 42 1 1 - - - 3,009 295 12,670 1,637
823Haematology 2,080 3,274 705 667 15 4 - - - - 4,870 460 65,165 3,719
824Histopathology 5 159 1 - - - - - - - 182 21 14 3
830Immunopathology 1,438 512 166 831 29 1 - - - - 1,351 129 3,299 473
831Medical microbiology 21 11 6 10 - - - - - - 62 13 723 426
900Community medicine 502 1,340 613 187 4 - 1 - - - 2,543 508 7,210 1,342
901Occupational medicine 2 10 2 1 - - - - - - 68 1 600 20,503

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