§ Mr. Jon Owen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients referred from a Welsh health authority in the last year for which records are available were treated in each of the 10 English hospitals that treated the highest numbers of such patients; for each
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Five most common in-patient procedures NHS trust Total Welsh resident patients treated Procedure Number of patients treated Countess of Chester Hospital 7,729 X35 Other intravenous injection 332 R24 Normal delivery 266 H25 Diagnostic endoscopic exam/lower bowel using fibreoptic signoidoscope 172 C75 Prosthesis of lens 160 G45 Diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic exam 149 Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals 6,819 X35 Other intravenous injection 518 M45 Diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder 269 C71 Extracapsular extraction of lens 237 G45 Diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic exam 209 R24 Normal delivery 199 Hereford Hospitals 2,949 C75 Prosthesis of lens 241 R24 Normal delivery 75 X35 Other intravenous injection 74 M45 Diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder 54 W37 Total prosthetic replacement of hip joint using cement 51 Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt 2,885 X29 Continuous infusion of therapeutic substance 245 W37 Total prosthetic replacement of hip joint using cement 243 W82 Therapeutic endoscopic operations on semilunar cartilage 155 W40 Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint using cement 151 W83 Therapeutic endoscopic operations on other articular cartilage 130 Royal Liverpool Children's 1,559 A54 Therapeutic spinal puncture 97 X29 Continuous infusion of therapeutic substance 96 T19 Simple excision of inguinal hernial sac 59 L91 Other vein related operations 52 G45 Diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic exam 44 The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool 1,411 K63 Contrast radiology of heart 720 K49 Transluminal balloon angioplasty of coronary artery 169 K45 Connection of thoracic artery to coronary artery 133 K26 Plastic repair of aortic valve 53 K60 Cardiac pacemaker system introduced through vein 46 Central Manchester and Manchester 1,089 K63 Contrast radiology of heart 497 K45 Connection of thoracic artery to coronary artery 143 K49 Transluminal balloon angioplasty of coronary artery 98 K57 Other therapeutic transluminal operations on heart 27 K60 Cardiac pacemaker system introduced through vein 17 Walton Centre for Neurology 904 A55 Diagnostic spinal puncture 114 A84 Neurophysiological operations 86 A08 Other biopsy of lesion of tissue of brain 70 X55 Other operations on unspecified organ 69 X29 Continuous infusion of therapeutic substance 52 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen 812 C82 Destruction of lesion of retina 61 X29 Continuous infusion of therapeutic substance 52 C79 Operations on vitreous body 40 G45 Diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic exam 36 X33 Other blood transfusion 26 hospital, what the most common procedures carried out on such patients were; and how many such procedures were carried out. [88283]
§ Mr. HuttonData on the number of Welsh patients treated as in-patients in the 10 English national health service trusts that treated the highest number of Welsh patients in 2001–02 is shown in the table.
The five most common in-patient procedures carried out on Welsh patients in those NHS trusts are shown in the table. Data are collected on approximately 850 procedures carried out in NHS trusts.
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Five most common in-patient procedures NHS trust Total Welsh resident patients treated Procedure Number of patients treated United Bristol Healthcare 768 C79 Operations on vitreous body 77 X35 Other intravenous injection 33 C82 Destruction of lesion of retina 31 C75 Prosthesis of lens 25 W30 Other external fixation of bone 21 Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health