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Written question asked by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) on Monday, 23 January 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 January 2017 (named day). It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 January 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Tongue-tie

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average (a) age of babies diagnosed with ankyloglossia and (b) waiting time for treatment for ankyloglossia for babies was for each year since 2009.

Answer

The table below shows the mean and median time waited for an elective admission with a primary or secondary diagnosis of ankyloglossia, with a start age between 0 and 4, for the years from 2009-10 to 2015-16.

Mean waiting times (Days)

2009 -10

2010 - 11

2011 - 12

2012 - 13

2013 - 14

2014 - 15

2015 -16

0-28 days

5

5

5

6

7

7

5

29-90 days

13

10

9

12

15

15

13

91-181 days

31

29

32

25

23

28

25

182-364 days

59

57

59

61

58

58

60

1-4 years

72

72

75

75

75

78

79

All Ages (0-4 years)

47

40

38

42

43

46

45

This is a count of the number of admissions, not a count of people, as one or more person may have been admitted more than once during the each financial year.

The average ages were calculated using the Hospital Episode Statistics 'Startage_Calc' field. This is a derived field which does not contain the exact age for each record, but instead uses midpoint values for patients in each age band under one year old. Therefore the calculated age values shown are only an approximation due to the limitations of the data.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
61260
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Babies Medical treatments Tongue-tie
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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