Information on the total in-patient waiting list by specialty for the north-east Area in March 1997, March 2001, March 2005 and September 2007 is shown in the following table.
Specialty March 1997 March 2001 March 2005 September 2007 General surgery 12,454 10,202 5,882 4,358 Urology 4,811 4,449 3,267 2,404 Trauma and orthopaedics 11,657 11,379 10,063 9,055 Ear, nose and throat 5,024 4,380 3,471 2,495 Ophthalmology 7,522 6,473 3,464 3,802 Oral surgery 3,859 1,395 1,972 1,996 Restorative dentistry 0 0 0 9 Orthodontics 24 21 0 0 Neurosurgery 857 724 834 669 Plastic surgery 3,015 2,700 2,339 1,468 Cardiothoracic surgery 878 867 223 248 Paediatric surgery 598 927 596 412 Accident and Emergency 472 68 87 0 Anaesthetics 200 137 44 418 Pain management 0 414 349 0 General medicine 1,600 542 375 236 Gastroenterology 490 194 2 501 Endocrinology 0 15 0 9 Clinical haematology 18 17 5 6 Clinical pharmacology 7 9 0 0 Rehabilitation 11 1 4 3 Palliative medicine 8 0 0 0 Cardiology 1,406 1,118 1,350 1,335 Dermatology 328 273 32 667 Thoracic medicine 173 15 23 61 Infectious diseases 0 0 0 0 Nephrology 27 8 6 3 Neurology 306 240 202 120 Rheumatology 130 26 15 3 Paediatrics 1 11 0 13 Paediatric neurology 0 0 0 0 Geriatric medicine 13 19 1 0 Medical ophthalmology 0 0 0 0 Gynaecology 4,191 3,154 2,855 1,967 General practice (non-maternity) 257 0 0 0 Mental handicap 4 4 21 11 Mental illness 58 11 4 5 Child and adolescent psychiatry 1 3 0 Forensic psychiatry 0 0 0 0 Old age psychiatry 23 6 2 0 Clinical oncology 45 0 2 42 Occupational medicine 0 0 0 222 All specialties 60,467 49,800 37,493 32,538
Month ending October 2008 All specialties 29,107 Notes: 1. In-patient waiting times are measured from decision to admit by the consultant to admission to hospital. 2. Data no longer collected by specialty after 30 September 2007. Source: The Department quarterly waiting list statistics KH07