§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many total hip replacements have been carried out on the National Health Service in each of the last five years; and how many of these were primary hip replacements. [130506]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 17 July 2000]: The information requested is in the table.
Total hip replacement operations—finished consultant episodes (FCE)1 by selected operation in NHS hospitals, England, 1994–95 to 1998–99 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Primary operation 36,506 39,387 34,256 33,843 37,189 Revision operation 3,330 3,693 3,691 3,683 4,013 Total 39,836 43,080 37,947 37,526 41,202 1 An FCE is defined as a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures therefore represent the number of operations done rather than numbers treated. Source
Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES)—Department of Health