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Independent Treatment Centres

Volume 449: debated on Monday 17 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many operations, by type, were carried out in independent sector treatment centres in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available. (64980)

The information requested is not held centrally and will take some time to collate. I will write to the hon. Member with the relevant information as soon as it becomes available and place a copy in the Library.

Substantive answer from Shaun Woodward to Lady Hermon:

The number of operations, by type, which were carried out in independent sector treatment centres in Northern Ireland is not available. However, the number of operations, by specialty, carried out in independent sector treatment centres in Northern Ireland during the financial year 2005-06, is shown in the table as follows.

Specialty

Number of patients

Dermatology

<5

ENT

14

General Surgery

141

Gynaecology

<5

Neurosurgery

40

Ophthalmology

321

Paediatric Surgery

46

Plastic Surgery

653

Trauma and Orthopaedics

212

Urology

172

NI total

1,603

Notes:

Figures are for the financial year 2005-06.

Includes patient transferred for both in-patient and day case.

Figures include Board Transfers, Group 2 Transfer and Special measures (NTPOC).

Please note that cell sizes that have a value of less than five have been masked in order to help protect confidentiality.

Source:

Health and Social Services Boards