Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been treated in(a) the accident and emergency unit at Northwick Park Hospital and (b) in total at Northwick Park Hospital, broken down by clinical speciality, in each of the last five years. [100597]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is collected by National Health Service trust and not by individual hospital.
Northwick Park Hospital was part of Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust until 1999, when the Trust merged with Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust to form North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. Figures for Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are shown in Table 1.
Table 2 shows figures for North West London Hospitals NHS Trust from 1999–2000 to 2001–02. For consistency, figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are shown for Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust and Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust combined.
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Table 1: Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust only. Main Specialty 1997–98 1998–99 Not known 456 410 General Surgery 7,050 8,096 Urology 2,717 2,865 Trauma and Orthopaedics 3,615 4,125 ENT 2,656 2,676 Ophthalmology 24 30 Oral Surgery 333 339 Orthodontics — — Plastic Surgery — — Accident and Emergency 581 1,109 Anaesthetics 307 41 Pain Management — 421 General Medicine 5,982 5,818 Gastroenterology 4,243 4,666 Endocrinology 239 99 Rehabilitation 57 69 Cardiology 1,797 1,510 Dermatology 27 22 Thoracic Medicine 227 131 Infectious Diseases 1,070 1,169 Genito-urinary Medicine — — Nephrology — — Medical Oncology — — Neurology 1— 1— Clinical Neuro-Physiology — — Rheumatology 404 238 Paediatrics 6,795 6,324 Geriatric Medicine 39 20 Obstet for Patients using a hospital bed or del facilities 6,071 5,691 Gynaecology 3,948 4,917 Midwife Episodes — — Mental Illness — 1— Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1— 1— Radiotherapy — — Radiology 7 9 Blood Transfusion — — Haematology 776 961
Table 2: Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust and Northwick Park &St. Marks NHS Trust 1997–98 and 1998–99 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 1999–00 to 2001–02 Finished Consultant Episodes—Count of In Year Admissions Main speciality 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Not known 457 413 1— 6 7 General Surgery 8,724 9,548 9,204 7,500 8,233 Urology 5,354 5,596 4,905 2,880 2,861 Trauma and Orthopaedics 4,825 5,374 5,013 4,088 3,844 ENT 3,281 3,244 3,201 2,526 2,956 Ophthalmology 1,203 1,625 2,196 411 120 Oral Surgery 1,484 1,604 1,426 594 389 Orthodontics 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Plastic Surgery 0 0 34 21 1— Accident and Emergency 581 1,109 916 2,082 0 Anaesthetics 337 70 40 13 59 Pain Management 0 421 391 315 183 General Medicine 6,006 5,828 6,268 6,775 7,204 Gastroenterology 6,186 6,906 6,761 5,619 6,766 Endocrinology 320 185 177 68 45 Rehabilition 57 69 47 54 60 Cardiology 2,011 1,669 1,419 1,207 1,135 Dermatology 29 22 19 11 18 Thoracic Medicine 489 387 265 129 452 Infectious Diseases 1,070 1,169 1.094 1,074 1,364 Genito-urginary Medicine 14 13 10 1— 0 Nephrology 0 0 0 1— 0 Medical Oncology 7 1— 1— 1— 6 Neurology 67 82 89 17 7 Clinical Neuro-physiology 1— 1— 1— 0 0 Rheumatology 573 477 471 470 486 Paediatrics 9,012 8,476 8,361 5,755 2,109 Geriatric Medicine 205 108 93 17 12 Obstet for patients using a hospital bed or Del facilities 9,645 8,941 8.436 3,559 161 Gynaecology 5,469 6,627 5,602 4,255 4,074 Mid Wife Episodes 0 0 432 1689 287 Mental Illness 0 1— 0 0 0 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1— 1— 1— 1— 0 Radiotherapy 1— 0 0 0 1— Radiology 7 12 1— 0 1— Blood Transfusion 1— 0 0 0 0 Haematology 1,533 1,569 1,679 1,188 1,127 1 Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures below 5 have been suppressed. Note:
1. (RAU) Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust and (RFZ) Northwick Park and St. Marks Trust merged to form (RV8) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust with effect from the 1999–2000 data year.
2. 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.
3. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) arc compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS Trusts in England. The Department of Health and I beg to move, liaise closely with these organisations in order to ensure that data quality is enhanced wherever possible. Inevitably, some shortcomings remain, but our goal is to minimise inaccuracies and bring about improvement over time.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health