Written question asked by Vicky Foxcroft (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 November 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 November 2021. It was answered by Edward Argar (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 November 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Joint Replacements: Greater London

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in South East London CCG were waiting 52 weeks or more for (a) hip and (b) knee replacement surgery in each month from February 2020 to July 2021.

Answer

The number of people waiting for hip and knee replacements is not captured separately but is a sub-set of trauma and orthopaedic data.

The number of people in South East London CCG waiting 18 weeks or more or 52 weeks or more for trauma and orthopaedic treatments in each month from February 2020 to July 2021 has been presented in the table below.

Data is only available from April 2020 as this was the point that the South East London CCG was formed.

Number of patients waiting for trauma and orthopaedic treatment (includes hip and knee replacements) for the South East London CCG
Date	18+ week waiters	52+ week waiters
February 2020	-	-
March 2020	-	-
April 2020	5,012	148
May 2020	6,168	294
June 2020	7,930	521
July 2020	8,932	690
August 2020	7,922	746
September 2020	6,345	753
October 2020	4,958	663
November 2020	4,061	650
December 2020	3,830	759
January 2021	4,490	1,078
February 2021	5,559	1,422
March 2021	6,257	1,490
April 2021	6,730	1,248
May 2021	6,106	1,056
June 2021	5,792	979
July 2021	5,482	803

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 69150
Session: 2021-22
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Greater London Waiting lists Hip replacements Knee replacements
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Joint Replacements: Greater London

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