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Written question asked by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Thursday, 30 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 November 2003. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations for (a) cataracts, (b) hernia, (c) hip replacement and (d) knee replacement were carried out at York District Hospital in each year since 1992.
Answer

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations for (a) cataracts, (b) hernia, (c) hip replacement and (d) knee replacement were carried out at York District Hospital in each year since 1992. [135961] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the table. All operations (OPCS4 codes in brackets) Cataracts, Inguinal hernia, Hip replacement and Knee replacement procedures: Trust Provider of Treatment RGB York Health NHS Trust NHS hospitals, 1992-93 to 2001-02 Consultant Episodes Count of Finished _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Procedure grouping Cataracts (C71, C72, Inguinal hernia Hip replacement Knee replacement C74, C75) (T19-T21) (W37-W39) (W40-W42) 1992-93 750 529 239 93 1993-94 874 504 266 115 1994-95 989 511 298 120 1995-96 867 544 274 155 1996-97 1,010 551 271 163 1997-98 1,035 397 256 174 1998-99 1,337 493 313 213 1999-2000 1,448 473 298 209 2000-01 1,392 442 342 233 2001-02 1,357 500 371 246 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Finished Consultant Episode (FCE) An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year. Grossing Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2001-02 which is not yet adjusted for shortfalls. All Operations count of Episodes These figures represent a count of all FCE's where the procedure was mentioned in any of the 12 (four prior to 2002-03) operation fields in a 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. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
135961; 413 c269-70W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Surgery Hip replacements Cataracts Knee replacements Hernias York Hospital
Link
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