HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 cc480-1W
Shona McIsaac

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were carried out in the South Humber health authority area in each year from 1992 to 2001; and how many operations were cancelled in each of those years. [33491]

Jacqui Smith

The table details the operations carried out in the South Humber health authority area in each year from 1991–2001.

Finished consultant episodes (FCEs) where an operation was performed NHS hospitals, South Humber HA (formerly Grimsby and Scunthorpe DHA) 1992–93 to 2000–01
(D)HA Year FCEs
Grimsby and Scunthorpe DHA 1992–93 33,482
Grimsby and Scunthorpe DHA 1993–94 32,224
Grimsby and Scunthorpe DHA 1994–95 34,635
Grimsby and Scunthorpe DHA 1995–96 37,816
South Humber HA 1996–97 35,908
South Humber HA 1997–98 39,266
South Humber HA 1998–99 45,308
South Humber HA 1999–2000 47,022
South Humber HA 2000–01 52,480

Notes:

  1. 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.

  1. 2. Care must be taken when analysing time series data by health authority as boundaries may have changed over the years.
  2. 3. Data in this table are adjusted for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data, except for 1998–99 to 2000–01 which are not yet adjusted for shortfalls.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

The following table shows the number of operations cancelled in the South Humber health authority area for the years 1996–67 to 2000–01. Information is not available for the years prior to 1996.

Total number of last minute cancelled operations for non-clinical reasons, South Humber health authority, 1996–97 to 2000–01
2001–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 1996–97
Quarter 1 59 82 77 40 99
Quarter 2 80 74 80 41 66
Quarter 3 67 64 52 58 49
Quarter 4 86 113 65 54 31
Total for year 292 33 274 193 245

Note:

Data prior to 1996 are not available

Source:

DH form QMPC and QMNG