§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) hip and (b) knee replacement episodes were carried out for residents of each health authority in (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98, (iii) 1998–99 and (iv) 1999–2000; and what proportion this represents of each resident population. [145861]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 16 January 2001]: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
The tables show figures for elective hip and knee replacement operations for the years 1996–97 to 1999–2000, for patients resident in England and treated in National Health Service hospitals in England, by health authority of residence. The total numbers have increased from 37,410 hip replacements and 26,725 knee replacements in 1996–97, to corresponding figures of 41,561 and 33,414 in 1999–2000, an increase of 11 per cent. and 25 per cent. respectively.