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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were performed at Broomfield hospital, Chelmsford, Essex in each year from 1990 to 2004. [221952] Dr. Ladyman: Information is not collected by individual hospital. All operations for Mid Essex hospitals national health service trust, of which Broomfield hospital is a part, are shown in the table. Information prior to 1992-93 is not held centrally. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Mid Essex hospital services trust Mid Essex hospitals NHS trust 1992-93 23,695 -- 1993-94 21,804 -- 1994-95 26,127 -- 1995-96 -- 30,766 1996-97 -- 37,055 1997-98 -- 38,420 1998-99 -- 37,662 1999-2000 -- 36,733 2000-01 -- 36,781 2001-02 -- 39,459 2002-03 -- 42,888 2003-04 -- 43,219 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. All operations count of episodes--these figures represent a count of all finished consultant episodes (FCEs) where the procedure was mentioned in any of the 12 (four prior to 2002-03) operation fields in a hospital episode statistics (HES) record. A record is only included once in each count, even if an operation is mentioned in more than one operation field of the record. 2. The main operation is the first recorded operation in the HES data set and is usually the most resource intensive procedure performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main operation when looking at admission details, e.g. time waited, but the figures for "all operations count of episodes" give a more complete count of episodes with an operation. 3. Secondary procedure--as well as the main operative procedure, there are up to 11 (13 prior to 2002-03) secondary operation fields in HES that show secondary or additional procedures performed on the patient during the episode of care. 4. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: HES, Department of Health.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c427-8W;432 c425-6W; 221952

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Surgery Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust Broomfield Hospital

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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