HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 c40W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the latest average waiting time for a hip replacement operation in the East Riding of Yorkshire is. [171787]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The information is shown in the table.

Count of Finished Admissions with Mean Time Waited, 2002–03

Main operation= "Hip Replacement" (OPCS-4 codes W37–W39 and W46–W48)

By PCT code (PCT of responsibilty)

NHS Hospitals, England

PCT—Primary care trust

code (PCT of responsibility)

Finished

admissions

Median

Time waited

(days)

Mean Time

waited

(days)

5E3East Yorkshire PCT 120 152 199
5E4 Yorkshire Wolds and Coast (PCT) 188 217 238
5E5 Eastern Hull PCT 78 143 201
5E6 West Hull PCT 114 84 159
Notes:

Finished admission episodes:

A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

PCT code:

A derived field providing the Primary Care Trust responsible for the patient. The PCTCODE is derived from the GP practice with which the patient is registered (GPPRA) if this is known, or REGGMP, PURCODE or the postcode of the patient.

Ungrossed Data:

Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

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