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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

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
Link
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