§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 10 commonest cosmetic surgical procedures carried out(a) in the NHS and (b) in the private sector in the last three years. [118193]
§ Ms StuartSurgery which is purely for cosmetic purposes is not normally undertaken by the National Health Service. Hospital Episode Statistics show that the 10 most common plastic surgery procedures carried out in the NHS in 1998–99 and the two previous years are as in the table.
Information on cosmetic surgery carried out in the private sector is not held centrally. However, details of some of the procedures undertaken in independent hospitals, including cosmetic surgery, are available in "The Public-Private Mix of Acute Hospital Care" by Professor Brian Williams (November 1999), a copy of which is in the Library.
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Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs1): selected diagnosis with the 10 most common operations performed in NHS hospitals England: 1996–97 to 1998–99 Primary diagnosis/operations FCEs Procedures for purposes other than remedying health state and follow-up care involving plastic surgery (ICD Z41-Z42) 1998–99 B31 Other plastic operations on breast 1,949 N30 Operations on prepuce 1,081 B29 Reconstruction of breast 819
Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs1): selected diagnosis with the 10 most common operations performed in NHS hospitals England: 1996–97 to 1998–99 Primary diagnosis/operations FCEs B30 Prosthesis for breast 758 E02 Plastic operations on nose 457 B35 Operations on nipple 430 S60 Other operations on skin 414 S02 Plastic excision of skin of abdominal wall 335 S31 Other operations on flap of skin to other site 232 S48 Insertion of skin expander into subcutaneous tissue 189 1997–98 B31 Other plastic operations on breast 1,641 N30 Operations on prepuce 910 B29 Reconstruction of breast 799 B30 Prosthesis for breast 638 E02 Plastic operations on nose 459 S60 Other operations on skin 365 B35 Operations on nipple 323 S02 Plastic excision of skin of abdominal wall 317 S06 Other excision of lesion of skin 216 S31 Other operations on flap of skin to other site 215 1996–97 B31 Other plastic operations on breast 1,578 N30 Operations on prepuce 963 B29 Reconstruction of breast 760 B30 Prosthesis for breast 618 E02 Plastic operations on nose 555 S02 Plastic excision of skin of abdominal wall 419 S60 Other operations on skin 337 S48 Insertion of skin expander into subcutaneous tissue 254 B35 Operations on nipple 233 S31 Other operations on flap of skin to other site 209 1 An FCE is defined as 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. These figures represent a count of all FCEs where the procedure was mentioned in any of the four operation fields in the HES data set. Note:
Figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are provisional, no adjustments have as yet been made for shortfall in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). But the data for 1996–97 are grossed for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (DOH)