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Written question asked by Wes Streeting (Labour) on Thursday, 22 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 February 2024 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 February 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Knee Replacements: Hospitals

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2024 to Question 12699 on Knee Replacements: Out-patients, what the average number of days was that patients stayed in hospital following knee replacement operations in 2022-23.

Answer

Based on the latest data available from Hospital Episode Statistics, the median length of stay for finished consultant episodes where a knee replacement was the main procedure, was two days.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
15311
Session
2023-24
Related items
Knee Replacements: Out-patients
Friday, 16 February 2024
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Hospitals Patients Knee replacements
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk