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	Main specialty	1997-98	1996-97	1995-96	1994-95	1993-94	1992-93
&	Not Known
100	General Surgery	6,929	7.290	7.586	6.113	5.756	5.761
101	Urology	4,319	4,390	4,202	3.799	3,788	3.199
110	Trauma and Orthopaedics	4.274	4,375	4.439	4.618	4.575	4,449
120	Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)	1.833	2.211	1.959	1,674	1.535	1,673
130	Ophthalmology	1.885	1,923	1.731	1,590	1.581	1,271
140	Oral Surgery	1.268	1.215	1.093	1.118	729	701
141	Restorative Dentistry	397	422	360	381	273	48
142	Paediatric Dentistry	—	—	—	—	—	—
143	Orthodontics	—	—	—	—	—	—
145	Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery	—	—	—	—	—	—
160	Plastic Surgery	—	—	—	—	—	—
170	Cardiothoracic Surgery	—	—	—	—	—	—
171	Paediatric Surgery Accident	—	—	—	—	—	—
180	Accident and Emergency (A and E)	731	1.361	1.163	1.481	1.620	1.763
190	Anaesthetics	2.345	1.174	648	628	643	556
192	Critical Care Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
199	Non-UK Provider; specialty function not known, treatment mainly:	—	—	—	—	—	—
300	General Medicine	10.961	10.604	9.542	8.819	7.767	7.012
301	Gastroenterology	—	—	—	—	—	—
302	Endocrinology	—	—	—	—	—	—
303	Clinical Haematology	1,043	814	384	—	—	—
304	Clinical Physiology	—	—	—	—	—	—
305	Clinical Pharmacology	—	—	—	—	—	—
310	Audiological Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
311	Clinical Genetics	—	—	—	—	—	—
313	Clinical Immunology and Allergy	—	—	—	—	—	—
314	Rehabilitation	—	—	—	—	—	—
315	Palliative Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
320	Cardiology	—	—	—	—	—	—
321	Paediatric Cardiology	—	—	—	—	—	—
330	Dermatology	113	132	142	336	327	389
340	Thoracic Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
350	Infectious Diseases	—	—	—	—	—	—
352	Tropical Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
360	Genito-urinary Medicine	*	—	—	—	—	—
361	Nephrology	—	—	—	—	—	—
370	Medical Oncology	*	—	—	—	—	—
371	Nuclear Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
400	Neurology	409	441	307	345	385	389
401	Clinical Neuro-physiology	—	—	—	—	—	—
410	Rheumatology	351	290	230	255	249	265
420	Paediatrics	3.321	3.291	3.125	2.031	2,135	2.222
421	Paediatric Neurology	—	—	—	—	—	—
430	Geriatric Medicine	4,561	4.311	3.861	3,661	3.693	3.001
450	Dental Medicine Specialties	—	—	—	—	—	—
460	Medical Ophthalmology	—	—	—	—	—	—
501	Obstetrics	—	—	7.656	7.175	—	6,542
502	Gynaecology	13,471	13,572	5.521	5.068	12,657	5,319
560	Midwife episode	—	—	—	—	—	—
601	General Dental Practice	—	—	—	—	—	—
700	Learning Disability (previously MH)	42	76	14	32	41	118
710	Adult Mental Illness	874	993	913	815	902	1.052
711	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	44	53	62	35	46	61
712	Forensic Psychiatry	—	—	—	—	—	—
713	Psychotherapy	—	—	—	—	—	—
715	Old Age Psychiatry	643	677	710	742	656	598
800	Clinical Oncology (previously Radiotherapy)	—	*	—	*	—	—
810	Radiology			96	109	90	26
820	General Pathology	—	—	——	—	—	—
821	Blood Transfusion	—	—	——	—	—	—
822	Chemical Pathology	72	67	*	—	—	—
823	Haematology				309	282	304
824	Histopathology	—	—	—	—	—	—
830	Immunopathology	—	—	—	—	—	—
831	Medical Microbiology	—	—	—	—	—	—
900	Community Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
901	Occupational Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
902	Community Health Services Dental	—	—	—	—	—	—
950	Nursing episode	—	—	—	—	—	—
901	Occupational Medicine	—	—	—	—	—	—
902	Community Health Services	—	—	—	—	—	—
950	Nursing episode	—	—	—	—	—	—
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 umber of patients, as a person may have more than one episode within the year. Speciality Care is needed when analysing HES data by speciality, or by groups of specialities (such as Acute). Trusts have different ways of managing specialities and attributing codes so it is better to analyse by specific diagnoses, operations or other recorded information. Ungrossed Data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Low Numbers Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between one and five have been suppressed and replaced with “*”(an asterisk). Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Center for Health and Social Care

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