HC Deb 18 June 2003 vol 407 c279W
Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients who are Welsh residents have been treated in English hospitals in each of the last five years for which records are available; and if he will list(a) the top 10 procedures carried out on such patients and (b) the numbers of each procedure carried out. [117280]

Most common operation procedures for Welsh residents by year from 1997–98 to 2001–02
Operation code Operation description 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
K45 Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty of Coronary Artery — — — — 260
G45 Total Prosthetic Replacement of Hip Joint Using Cement 240 257 249 347 375
H22 Surgical Removal of Tooth 284 325 286 317
C79 Prosthesis of Lens 522 503 487 768 649
H25 Operations on Vitreous Body 293 323 259 — —
X29 Extracapsular Extraction of Lens — — — — 267
W37 Diagnostic Fibreoptic Endoscopic Exam/Upper Gastrointestine 858 852 977 976 655
M45 Diagnostic Endoscopic Examination of Colon 279 258 284 273 —
C75 Diagnostic Endoscopic Examination of Bladder 612 563 591 663 662
C71 Diag.Endo. Exam/Lower Bowel Using Fibreoptic Sigmoidoscopy 255 372 433 499 383
K49 Contrast Radiology of Heart 853 1,023 1,282 1,517 1,517
F09 Continuous Infusion of Therapeutic Substance 444 746 834 851 1,063
K63 Connection of Thoracic Artery to Coronary Artery — — — 285 289
Totals per year 4,640 5,222 5,682 6,496 6,120

Note:

Where figures are not shown for a procedure, this procedure did not rank in the top ten for that year

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health