Written question asked by Jessica Morden (Labour) on Monday, 21 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 November 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Friday, 20 January 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Women's Health Services
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts offer women suffering from (a) uterine fibroids and (b) menorrhagia alternative treatment options to hysterectomy which include (i) uterine fibroid embolisation, (ii) endometrial ablation, (iii) myomectomy and (iv) myolysis.
- Answer
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Information broken down by primary care trusts is not available due to instances of small numbers for these gynaecological treatments. Data from hospital episode statistics (HES) giving counts of admissions to national health service hospitals are shown in the tables.For women admitted into hospital in England in 2003–04 with a primary diagnosis of fibroids.
Treatment provided Numbers of women Hysterectomy Less than 10 Uterine fibroid embolisation 350 Ablation 2,400 Myomectomy 1,500 Myolysis Not available For women admitted into hospital with a primary diagnosis of menorrhagia.
Treatment provided Numbers of women Hysterectomy Less than 10 Uterine fibroid embolisation 15 Ablation 5,300 Myomectomy 60 Myolysis Not available
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 441 c1687W; 31504
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Medical treatments Gynaecology Hysterectomy
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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