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Written question asked by John P Smith (Labour) on Monday, 2 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 December 2002. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 December 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients treated for (a) a hip replacement, (b) a knee replacement and (c) a hip fracture contracted a deep vein thrombosis in each of the last five years; how many orthopaedic departments in the NHS have venous thromboembolism prevention protocols; how many (a) knee and (b) hip replacements were performed in the NHS in each of the last five years; and how many hip fractures were treated in the NHS in each of those years. - Inc tables.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
396 c387-8W; 85613;85612;85618
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Deep vein thrombosis NHS Surgery Hip replacements Fractures Knee replacements
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk