§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were treated for varicose veins(a) in England and (b) in each constituency in the last year for which figures are available. [118720]
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§ Mr. HuttonIn 2001–02, there were 42,248 finished consultant episodes of treatment for varicose veins in England. The Department does not collect data by constituency, but the table shows the number of finished consultant episodes in each health authority during this period.
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Number of Finished In-year Admission Episodes, 2001–02 data year
Treatment of varicose veins
(OPSC4 main operation codes L85–L87
1)Health authority of treatment, NHS hospitals in England
Health authority of treatment Total episodes QA2 Hillingdon 211 QA3 Kensington Chelsea and Westminster 250 QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 222 QA6 Bedfordshire 326 QA7 Berkshire 677 QA8 Buckinghamshire 653 QAD Croydon 396 QAE East Kent 468 QAF West Kent 889 QAG Kingston and Richmond 241 QAH Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham 502 QAJ Merton Sutton and Wandsworth 547 QAL West Surrey 900 QAM East Sussex Brighton and Hove 567 QAN West Sussex 616 QAP Barking and Havering 419 QAR Brent and Harrow 73 QAT Camden and Islington 603 QAV Ealing Hammersmith and Hounslow 440 QAW East London and The City 234 QAX North Essex 578 QAY South Essex 256 QC1 South Lancashire 56 QC2 Liverpool 368 QC3 Manchester 592 QC4 Morecambe Bay 432 QC5 St. Helens and Knowsley 228 QC6 Salford and Trafford 90 QC7 Sefton 826 QC8 Stockport 215 QC9 West Pennine 360 QCC Northamptonshire 260 QCE Oxfordshire 309 QCF Suffolk 275 QCG Barnsley 115 QCH North Derbyshire 141 QCJ Southern Derbyshire 240 QCK Doncaster 373 QCL Leicestershire 513 QCM Lincolnshire 516 QCN North Nottinghamshire 161 QCP Nottingham 506 QCQ Rotherham 183 QCR Sheffield 474 QCT Bury and Rochdale 306 QCV North Cheshire 349 QCW South Cheshire 509 QCX East Lancashire 675 QCY North West Lancashire 612 QD1 North and Mid Hampshire 341 QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire 403 QD5 Somerset 215 QD6 South and West Devon 626 QD7 Wiltshire 377 QD8 Avon 831 QD9 Birmingham 1,732 QDA Wigan and Bolton 337 QDC Wirral 510 QDD Bradford 498 QDE County Durham and Darlington 513 QDF East Riding and Hull 578 QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside 349 QDH Leeds 799 QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside 661
Number of Finished In-year Admission Episodes, 2001–02 data year
Treatment of varicose veins
(OPSC4 main operation codes L85–L87
1)Health authority of treatment, NHS hospitals in England
Health authority of treatment Total episodes QDK North Cumbria 328 QDL South Humber 428 QDM Northumberland 231 QDN Sunderland 252 QDP Tees 502 QDQ Wakefield 410 QDR North Yorkshire 815 QDT Calderdale and Kirklees 674 QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 395 QDW Dorset 749 QDX North and East Devon 665 QDY Gloucestershire 571 QEA Coventry 379 QEC Dudley 473 QED Herefordshire 87 QEE Sandwell 210 QEF Shropshire 317 QEH North Staffordshire 238 QEJ South Staffordshire 572 QEK Walsall 333 QEL Warwickshire 390 QEM Wolverhampton 707 QEN Worcestershire 446 QER Cambridgeshire 530 QET Norfolk 793 QEV Isle of Wight Portsmouth and Southampton 933 QEW Barnet Enfield and Haringey 437 QEX Hertfordshire 587 QEY Bexley Bromley and Greenwich 274 Total NHS hospitals England 2001–02 42,248 Note:
Finished In-year Admissions are defined as the first period of care under one consultant within one health care provider that start and finished within the year. Please note that Finished In-year Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one Finished Admission within the year.
1 OPSC4 Codes
L85=Ligation of varicose vein of leg
L86=Injection into varicose vein of leg
L87=Other operation on varicose vein of leg