Hip Replacements
(asked on 24th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of elective hip replacement surgery has been outsourced to the private sector in the last three years.
The proportion of elective hip replacement operations which have been outsourced to the private sector in the last three years is shown in the following table. Figures represent the number of operations – not the number of patients – as some patients may have more than one operation.
Financial year | All providers | Private providers | Proportion Carried out by Private Providers |
2015-16 | 78,328 | 20,245 | 26% |
2016-17 | 81,484 | 22,870 | 28% |
2017-18 | 78,172 | 23,340 | 30% |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital