§ Mr. John SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS patients treated for(a) a hip replacement, (b) a knee replacement and (c) a hip fracture contracted a deep vein thrombosis in each of the last five years; [85613]
(2) how many orthopaedic departments in the NHS have venous thromboembolism prevention protocols; [85612]
(3) how many (a) knee and (b) hip replacements were performed in the NHS in each of the last five years; and how many hip fractures were treated in the NHS in each of those years. [85618]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Department does not collect information centrally on prevention protocols for venal thromboembolism. Information is collected on the number of hip replacements, hip fractures, hip and knee operations where deep vein thrombosis was recorded and cases where hip fractures and deep vein thrombosis were recorded in the same episode.
The following tables show the information recorded on each of these in the last five years by national health service hospitals in England.
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Finished consultant episodes (FCEs) where a hip replacement operation was recorded in NHS hospitals, England Number of hip replacements 1996–97 64,505 1997–98 62,257 1998–99 68,726 1999–2000 69,600 2000–01 73,444
FCEs where hip fracture was the main diagnosis in NHS hospitals, England Number 1996–97 62,194 1997–98 63,824 1998–99 64,967 1999–2000 66,321 2000–01 68,693
FCEs where Deep Vein Thrombosis was recorded in NHS hospitals, England Knee replacement Hip replacement Hip fracture 1996–97 280 316 355 1997–98 275 304 397 1998–99 317 350 384 1999–2000 354 327 406 2000–01 407 315 413 Notes:
1. The count is restricted to patients who were actually diagnosed with DVT within the same episode as if DVT developed after the patient had left the hospital, this will not show up in the record.
2. ICD-10 (diagnosis) code 180.2—Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of other deep vessels of lower extremities.
3. The primary diagnosis is the first of several diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
4. A 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.
5. Data in these tables are grossed for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health