To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been treated in (a) the accident and emergency unit at Northwick Park Hospital and (b) in total at Northwick Park Hospital, broken down by clinical speciality, in each of the last five years. [100597]
The information requested is collected by National Health Service trust and not by individual hospital.Northwick Park Hospital was part of Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust until 1999, when the Trust merged with Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust to form North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. Figures for Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are shown in Table 1.Table 2 shows figures for North West London Hospitals NHS Trust from 1999–2000 to 2001–02. For consistency, figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are shown for Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust and Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust combined.
| Table 1: Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust only. | ||
| Main Specialty | 1997–98 | 1998–99 |
| Not known | 456 | 410 |
| General Surgery | 7,050 | 8,096 |
| Urology | 2,717 | 2,865 |
| Trauma and Orthopaedics | 3,615 | 4,125 |
| ENT | 2,656 | 2,676 |
| Ophthalmology | 24 | 30 |
| Oral Surgery | 333 | 339 |
| Orthodontics | — | — |
| Plastic Surgery | — | — |
| Accident and Emergency | 581 | 1,109 |
| Anaesthetics | 307 | 41 |
| Pain Management | — | 421 |
| General Medicine | 5,982 | 5,818 |
| Gastroenterology | 4,243 | 4,666 |
| Endocrinology | 239 | 99 |
| Rehabilitation | 57 | 69 |
| Cardiology | 1,797 | 1,510 |
| Dermatology | 27 | 22 |
| Thoracic Medicine | 227 | 131 |
| Infectious Diseases | 1,070 | 1,169 |
| Genito-urinary Medicine | — | — |
| Nephrology | — | — |
| Medical Oncology | — | — |
| Neurology | 1— | 1— |
| Clinical Neuro-Physiology | — | — |
| Rheumatology | 404 | 238 |
| Paediatrics | 6,795 | 6,324 |
| Geriatric Medicine | 39 | 20 |
| Obstet for Patients using a hospital bed or del facilities | 6,071 | 5,691 |
| Gynaecology | 3,948 | 4,917 |
| Midwife Episodes | — | — |
| Mental Illness | — | 1— |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 1— | 1— |
| Radiotherapy | — | — |
| Radiology | 7 | 9 |
| Blood Transfusion | — | — |
| Haematology | 776 | 961 |
Table 2: Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust and Northwick Park &St. Marks NHS Trust 1997–98 and 1998–99 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 1999–00 to 2001–02 Finished Consultant Episodes—Count of In Year Admissions
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Main speciality
| 1997–98
| 1998–99
| 1999–2000
| 2000–01
| 2001–02
|
| Not known | 457 | 413 | 1— | 6 | 7 |
| General Surgery | 8,724 | 9,548 | 9,204 | 7,500 | 8,233 |
| Urology | 5,354 | 5,596 | 4,905 | 2,880 | 2,861 |
| Trauma and Orthopaedics | 4,825 | 5,374 | 5,013 | 4,088 | 3,844 |
| ENT | 3,281 | 3,244 | 3,201 | 2,526 | 2,956 |
| Ophthalmology | 1,203 | 1,625 | 2,196 | 411 | 120 |
| Oral Surgery | 1,484 | 1,604 | 1,426 | 594 | 389 |
| Orthodontics | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— |
| Plastic Surgery | 0 | 0 | 34 | 21 | 1— |
| Accident and Emergency | 581 | 1,109 | 916 | 2,082 | 0 |
| Anaesthetics | 337 | 70 | 40 | 13 | 59 |
| Pain Management | 0 | 421 | 391 | 315 | 183 |
| General Medicine | 6,006 | 5,828 | 6,268 | 6,775 | 7,204 |
| Gastroenterology | 6,186 | 6,906 | 6,761 | 5,619 | 6,766 |
| Endocrinology | 320 | 185 | 177 | 68 | 45 |
| Rehabilition | 57 | 69 | 47 | 54 | 60 |
| Cardiology | 2,011 | 1,669 | 1,419 | 1,207 | 1,135 |
| Dermatology | 29 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 18 |
| Thoracic Medicine | 489 | 387 | 265 | 129 | 452 |
| Infectious Diseases | 1,070 | 1,169 | 1.094 | 1,074 | 1,364 |
| Genito-urginary Medicine | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1— | 0 |
| Nephrology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1— | 0 |
| Medical Oncology | 7 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 6 |
| Neurology | 67 | 82 | 89 | 17 | 7 |
| Clinical Neuro-physiology | 1— | 1— | 1— | 0 | 0 |
| Rheumatology | 573 | 477 | 471 | 470 | 486 |
| Paediatrics | 9,012 | 8,476 | 8,361 | 5,755 | 2,109 |
| Geriatric Medicine | 205 | 108 | 93 | 17 | 12 |
| Obstet for patients using a hospital bed or Del facilities | 9,645 | 8,941 | 8.436 | 3,559 | 161 |
| Gynaecology | 5,469 | 6,627 | 5,602 | 4,255 | 4,074 |
| Mid Wife Episodes | 0 | 0 | 432 | 1689 | 287 |
| Mental Illness | 0 | 1— | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— | 0 |
| Radiotherapy | 1— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1— |
| Radiology | 7 | 12 | 1— | 0 | 1— |
| Blood Transfusion | 1— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haematology | 1,533 | 1,569 | 1,679 | 1,188 | 1,127 |
1 Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures below 5 have been suppressed. | |||||
Note:
1. (RAU) Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust and (RFZ) Northwick Park and St. Marks Trust merged to form (RV8) North West London Hospitals NHS Trust with effect from the 1999–2000 data year.
2. A FCE is defined as a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several episodes within the year.
3. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) arc compiled from data sent by over 300 NHS Trusts in England. The Department of Health and I beg to move, liaise closely with these organisations in order to ensure that data quality is enhanced wherever possible. Inevitably, some shortcomings remain, but our goal is to minimise inaccuracies and bring about improvement over time.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health