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West Hertfordshire NHS Acute Trust: Consultants
Mike Penning:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were at West Herts NHS Acute Trust (a) in each specialty and (b) in total in each year since 1996-97. [193399]
Mr. Bradshaw:
Until 2000, the current West Hertfordshire NHS Acute Trust was divided into two trusts: St. Albans and Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust and Mount Vernon and Watford NHS Trust. The number of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) in each speciality and in total at the two trusts from 1996-2000 and in West Hertfordshire NHS Acute Trust in 2000-07 are set out in the following tables. The latest year for which information is available is 2007.
| Number of FCEs in each speciality and in total at St. Albans and Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust and Mount Vernon and Watford NHS Trust 1996-2000 |
| | 1996-97 | 1997-98 |
| Specialty | St. Albans and Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust | Mount Vernon and Watford NHS Trust | Total | St. Albans and Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust | Mount Vernon and Watford NHS Trust | Total |
|
Not known
|
7
|
184
|
191
|
—
|
344
|
344
|
|
General Surgery
|
4,557
|
5,829
|
10,386
|
4,215
|
5,167
|
9,382
|
|
Urology
|
1,460
|
2,965
|
4,425
|
1,506
|
2,810
|
4,316
|
|
Trauma and Orthopaedics
|
3,077
|
4,136
|
7,213
|
2,968
|
3,219
|
6,187
|
|
Ear, Nose and Throat
|
1,136
|
—
|
1,136
|
1,171
|
—
|
1,171
|
|
Ophthalmology
|
118
|
1,240
|
1,358
|
116
|
760
|
876
|
|
Oral Surgery
|
149
|
3,160
|
3,309
|
53
|
2,904
|
2,957
|
|
Orthodontics
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Plastic Surgery
|
237
|
5,764
|
6,001
|
208
|
6,649
|
6,857
|
|
Accident and Emergency
|
268
|
—
|
268
|
376
|
—
|
376
|
|
Anaesthetics
|
173
|
300
|
473
|
102
|
343
|
445
|
|
General Medicine
|
727
|
9,729
|
10,456
|
31
|
9,922
|
9,953
|
|
Gastroenterology
|
2,777
|
929
|
3,706
|
3,743
|
1,144
|
4,887
|
|
Endocrinology
|
833
|
—
|
833
|
1,157
|
—
|
1,157
|
|
Haematology (Clinical)
|
—
|
691
|
691
|
—
|
1,044
|
1,044
|
|
Palliative Medicine
|
—
|
387
|
387
|
—
|
449
|
449
|
|
Cardiology
|
1,153
|
—
|
1,153
|
1,406
|
—
|
1,406
|
|
Dermatology
|
856
|
73
|
929
|
882
|
76
|
958
|
|
Thoracic Medicine
|
1,138
|
—
|
1,138
|
1,222
|
*
|
1,222
|
|
Nephrology
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
*
|
—
|
—
|
|
Medical Oncology
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Neurology
|
8
|
10
|
18
|
*
|
*
|
—
|
|
Rheumatology
|
50
|
357
|
407
|
28
|
404
|
432
|
|
Paediatrics
|
5,726
|
6,367
|
12,093
|
5,537
|
7,272
|
12,809
|
|
Geriatric Medicine
|
3,637
|
2,152
|
5,789
|
4,268
|
2,351
|
6,619
|
|
Obstetrics for patients using a hospital bed
|
5,192
|
3,822
|
9,014
|
5,352
|
4,384
|
9,736
|
|
Gynaecology
|
2,943
|
2,992
|
5,935
|
2,374
|
2,669
|
5,043
|
|
Radiotherapy
|
362
|
3,903
|
4,265
|
882
|
4,761
|
5,643
|
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|
Haematology
|
1,077
|
—
|
1,077
|
1,159
|
—
|
1,159
|
|
Total
|
37,661
|
54,990
|
92,651
|
38,756
|
56,678
|
95,434
|
| | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 |
| Specialty | St. Albans and Hemel Hempstead NHS Trust | Mount Vernon and Watford NHS Trust | Total | St. Albans and Hemel Hempstea d NHS Trust | Mount Vernon and Watford NHS Trust | Total |
|
Not known
|
—
|
268
|
268
|
*
|
296
|
296
|
|
General Surgery
|
3,674
|
5,172
|
8,846
|
4,341
|
4,607
|
8,948
|
|
Urology
|
1,516
|
2,526
|
4,042
|
2,119
|
2,073
|
4,192
|
|
Trauma and Orthopaedics
|
2,886
|
3,268
|
6,154
|
3,360
|
3,133
|
6,493
|
|
Ear, Nose and Throat
|
1,082
|
—
|
1,082
|
1,249
|
—
|
1,249
|
|
Ophthalmology
|
16
|
861
|
877
|
*
|
1,176
|
1,176
|
|
Oral Surgery
|
32
|
2,715
|
2,747
|
38
|
2,387
|
2,425
|
|
Orthodontics
|
*
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Plastic Surgery
|
151
|
5,595
|
5,746
|
143
|
5,985
|
6,128
|
|
Accident and Emergency
|
341
|
—
|
341
|
318
|
—
|
318
|
|
Anaesthetics
|
116
|
368
|
484
|
122
|
209
|
331
|
|
General Medicine
|
*
|
10,612
|
10,612
|
—
|
9,703
|
9,703
|
|
Gastroenterology
|
3,721
|
918
|
4,639
|
4,050
|
146
|
4,196
|
|
Endocrinology
|
1,349
|
—
|
1,349
|
1,466
|
—
|
1,466
|
|
Haematology (Clinical)
|
—
|
690
|
690
|
—
|
456
|
456
|
|
Palliative Medicine
|
—
|
353
|
353
|
—
|
395
|
395
|
|
Cardiology
|
1,416
|
—
|
1,416
|
1,473
|
—
|
1,473
|
|
Dermatology
|
713
|
33
|
746
|
846
|
42
|
888
|
|
Thoracic Medicine
|
1,067
|
9
|
1,076
|
1,403
|
—
|
1,403
|
|
Nephrology
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
*
|
—
|
—
|
|
Medical Oncology
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
43
|
43
|
|
Neurology
|
23
|
22
|
45
|
34
|
10
|
44
|
|
Rheumatology
|
33
|
170
|
203
|
45
|
—
|
45
|
|
Paediatrics
|
4,976
|
6,668
|
11,644
|
5,106
|
3,217
|
8,323
|
|
Geriatric Medicine
|
4,461
|
1,910
|
6,371
|
4,409
|
1,749
|
6,158
|
|
Obstetrics for patients using a hospital bed
|
5,156
|
3,566
|
8,722
|
5,503
|
3,640
|
9,143
|
|
Gynaecology
|
1,946
|
2,460
|
4,406
|
2,260
|
2,752
|
5,012
|
|
Radiotherapy
|
956
|
5,021
|
5,977
|
985
|
4,475
|
5,460
|
|
Haematology
|
770
|
—
|
770
|
1,223
|
—
|
1,223
|
|
Total
|
36,401
|
53,205
|
89,606
|
40,496
|
46,494
|
86,990
|
