§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) hip replacement operations, (b) heart operations and (c) cataract operations were completed in the NHS in (i) 1979, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 2000. [146988]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 23 January 2001]: The numbers of operations in the given time periods are shown in the table.
Operation 1979 (discharges) (HIPE data) 1996–97 FCEs1 (HES data) 1999–2000 FCEs1 (HES data) Heart 22,920 162,186 184,671 Hip replacement2 20,280 37,697 41,883
Admissions by main diagnosis in NHS hospitals in England ICD-9 code and diagnosis 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 800.1 and 800.3 fracture of vault of skull with intracranial injury 665 721 760 737 694 651 801.1 and 801.3 fracture of base of skull with intracranial injury 644 688 686 846 899 785 803.1 and 803.3 other and unqualified skull fractures with intracranial injury 412 426 397 376 416 432 804.1 and 804.3 multiple fractures involving skull or face with other bones with intracranial injury 53 40 36 30 23 36 850 concussion 11,113 10,207 8,130 7,118 7,941 7,751 851.0 cerebral laceration and contusion without mention of intracranial wound 522 535 566 623 556 671 851.1 cerebral laceration and contusion with open intracranial wound 15 35 28 33 26 27 852.0 subarachnoid, subdural and extradural haemorrhage, following injury without mention of intracranial wound 1,620 1,616 1,736 1,839 2,050 2,249 852.1 subarachnoid, subdural and extradural haemorrhage following injury with open intracranial wound 41 61 43 51 45 61 853.0 other and unspecified intracranial haemorrhage following injury without mention of intracranial wound 414 422 351 419 513 455 853.1 other and unspecified intracranial haemorrhage following injury with open intracranial wound 13 21 15 19 14 18 854.0 intracranial injury of other and unspecified nature without mention of intracranial wound 77,009 67,547 59,290 60,556 56,423 53,198 854.1 intracranial injury of other and unspecified nature with open intracranial wound 907 737 722 733 772 735 Total 93,428 83,056 72,760 73,380 62,455 61,373 512W
ICD-10 code and diagnosis 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Intracranial injury S060 concussion 6,158 5,109 4,221 3,566 2,781 S061 traumatic cerebral oedema 187 157 151 135 182
Operation 1979 (discharges) (HIPE data) 1996–97 FCEs1 (HES data) 1999–2000 FCEs1 (HES data) Cataract 41,430 159,958 212,398 1 An sultant Episode) is defined a+s a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several episodes within the year. 2 Figures for hip replacement operations exclude emergency admissions and those with primary diagnosis of fractured neck of femur; i.e. the data are for elective hip replacements. Care should be taken when comparing Hospital Episode Statistics with Hospital In-Patient Inquiry data for time series, as the differences in the data collection and recording means that they are not directly comparable.
Over the last three years, for which comparable data are available, there has been a 14 per cent., 11 per cent. and 33 per cent. increase in the numbers of heart, elective hip and cataract operations, respectively.
The large increase in heart operations between 1979 and 1996–97 reflects in part the growth of revascularisation procedures, including bypass grafting.