HC Deb 23 June 2003 vol 407 cc586-8W
John Mann

To 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]

Mr. Hutton

In 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.

Number of Finished In-year Admission Episodes,

2001–02 data year

Treatment of varicose veins

(OPSC4 main operation codes L85–L871)

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–L871)

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

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