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Written question asked by Jamie Reed (Labour) on Thursday, 11 September 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 October 2014 (named day). It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Monday, 13 October 2014 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Digestive System: Screening

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many flexible-sigmoidoscopy tests were commissioned by GPs in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.

Answer

The information is not available in the format requested. The total number of flexible-sigmoidoscopy tests undertaken by National Health Service trusts, foundation trusts and independent sector organisations from 2011-12 to 2013-14 is provided in the following table. This national dataset includes all routes of referral for diagnostic tests including general practitioners (GPs), hospital based and other routes of referral. It does not separately identify where the tests were commissioned.

Table: number of flexible-sigmoidoscopy tests, 2011-12 to 2013-14

Year

Number of tests

2011-12

217,767

2012-13

232,674

2013-14

228,756

Source: NHS England monthly diagnostics waiting times and activity

Notes:

  1. The data includes all referral routes (i.e. whether the patient was referred by a GP or by a hospital-based clinician or other route) and also all settings (i.e. outpatient clinic, inpatient ward, x-ray department, primary care one-stop centres etc.)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
209083
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Screening Digestive system
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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