§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the breakdown by clinical area of waiting times is for the number of people waiting for a referral to a specialist from their general practitioner. [132395]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on patients waiting for their first consultant out-patient attendance following general practitioner written referral is collected at the consultants main specialty function, and only for those patients waiting over 13 weeks.
The table shows the number of patients waiting over 13 weeks by specialty.
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Patients waiting for 1st consultant out-patient appointment following GP written referral: England (provider based): quarter 1, 2003–04 Specialty Patients waiting over 13 weeks General surgery 9,616 Urology 6,821 Trauma and orthopaedics 30,378 Ear, Nose and Throat 22,264 Ophthalmology 17,926 Oral surgery 8,801 Restorative dentistry 928 Paediatric dentistry 273 Orthodontics 1,602 Neurosurgery 456 Plastic surgery 3,467 Cardiothoracic surgery 150 Paediatric surgery 418 Accident and emergency 58 Anaesthetics 635 Pain Management 1,246 General medicine 7,804 Gastroenterology 2,503 Endocrinology 859 Clinical haematology 229 Clinical physiology — Clinical pharmacology 11 Audiological medicine 312 Clinical genetics 37 Clinical Cyto-molecular genetics — Clinical Immunology and allergy 269 Rehabilitation 58 Palliative medicine — Cardiology 4,311 Dermatology 11,952 Thoracic medicine 805 Infectious diseases 31 Genito-urinary medicine 1 Nephrology 225 Medical oncology 3 Nuclear medicine 10 Neurology 6,741
Patients waiting for 1st consultant out-patient appointment following GP written referral: England (provider based): quarter 1, 2003–04 Specialty Patients waiting over 13 weeks Clinical neuro-physiology 104 Rheumatology 5,254 Paediatrics 2,274 Paediatric neurology 30 Geriatric medicine 223 Dental medicine specialities 85 Medical ophthalmology — Gynaecology 8,341 Antenatal clinic 202 Postnatal clinic — Mental handicap 8 Mental illness 468 Child and adolescent psychiatry 216 Forensic psychiatry 4 Psychotherapy 12 Old age psychiatry 157 Clinical Oncology 5 Radiology 2 General pathology 19 Blood transfusion — Chemical pathology 108 Haematology 40 Histopathology — Immunopathology 36 Medical microbiology — Neuropathology — Community medicine 18 Occupational medicine — Joint consultant clinic 25 All specialties 158,831 Source:
Department of Health form QM08