§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are on a NHS waiting list for a hip replacement operation. [189224]
§ Mr. HuttonWe do not collect data on the number of national health service patients waiting for hip replacement operations. Data on NHS patients waiting for elective admission are collected by the consultant's main specialty function. Patients waiting for hip replacement are usually listed under the trauma and orthopaedic specialty. There were 232,006 patients waiting for trauma and orthopaedic elective admission at 31 July 2004.
§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much a knee replacement operation costs in the NHS. [189225]
§ Mr. HuttonThe national average unit cost (per operation) for all national health service trusts in England for primary knee replacement where the operation is undertaken electively (that is not as an emergency) is £5,197.
The data source is the Reference Costs 2003 Collection, relating to the financial year 2002–03. This is the most current data available and is accessible on the Department's website at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/Publications PolicyAndGuidance/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance Article/fs/en?CONTENT_ID = 4070195&chk = UzhHA3.
1978WCalculation of the costs provided are based on all activity and costs associated with each procedure, regardless of the speciality in which the activity is recorded.