§ Mr. HepburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cardiac surgical operations have been carried out on people in the Jarrow constituency in each of the last five years. [8827]
§ Jacqui SmithAs data are not available at constituency level, the information in the table has been supplied for health authority area of residence.
The figures show the number of finished consultant episodes for heart operations which took place in national health service hospitals in England in the years 1995–96 to 1999–2000.
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Heart operations Finished consultant episodes for patients treated in NHS hospitals in England and resident in Gateshead and South Tyneside HA or Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 1995–96 to 1999–2000 Gateshead and South Tyneside Newcastle and North Tyneside 1995–96 CABG 174 262 PTCA 67 174 Other heart ops 805 1,245 Total 1,046 1,681 1996–97 CABG 194 284 PTCA 119 134 Other heart ops 879 1,287 Total 1,192 1,705 1997–98 CABG 231 281 PICA 83 123 Other heart ops 1,164 1,480 Total 1,478 1,884 1998–99 CABG 242 297 PTCA 99 138 Other heart ops 1,031 1,530 Total 1,372 1,965 1999–2000 CABG 199 263 PTCA 120 197 Other heart ops 1,124 1,576 Total 1,443 2,036 Notes:
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.
Operation codes (OPCS4R) used are as follows:
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)-K40–46.
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)-KA49–50.
Other heart ops-K01–39, K47–48, K51–71.
Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). Department of Health