Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
(asked on 28th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients by type of operation are currently on a waiting list for an operation at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Information is not available in the format requested.
The below table provides details of patients waiting for planned treatment at Wirral University Hospital by specialty. Treatment may not always result in an operation.
Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times data by treatment function code at December 2017 (latest data available)
Treatment Functions Description | Total Waiting List | 18 Weeks or Under | % of Patients Waiting Within 18 Weeks to Start Consultant Led Treatment |
General Surgery | 3,657 | 2,617 | 71.6% |
Urology | 1,536 | 1,142 | 74.3% |
Trauma and Orthopaedics | 2,281 | 1,764 | 77.3% |
Ears, Nose and Throat | 1,176 | 918 | 78.1% |
Ophthalmology | 2,655 | 2,014 | 75.9% |
Oral Surgery | 1,523 | 927 | 60.9% |
Neurosurgery | 0 | 0 | - |
Plastic Surgery | 0 | 0 | - |
Cardiothoracic Surgery | 0 | 0 | - |
General Medicine | 5 | 4 | 80.0% |
Gastroenterology | 1,166 | 1,037 | 88.9% |
Cardiology | 958 | 843 | 88.0% |
Dermatology | 1,487 | 1,288 | 86.6% |
Thoracic Medicine | 868 | 701 | 80.8% |
Neurology | 0 | 0 | - |
Rheumatology | 333 | 310 | 93.1% |
Geriatric Medicine | 134 | 129 | 96.3% |
Gynaecology | 1,415 | 1,208 | 85.4% |
Other | 3,291 | 2,568 | 78.0% |
Total | 22,485 | 17,470 | 77.7% |
Source: NHS England, monthly RTT waiting times data