AQW 20950/11-15 Mr Robin Swann Ulster Unionist Party North Antrim
Tabled Date: 13/03/2013 Answered On Date: 27/03/2013 Priority Written: No
Question: To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the current waiting time for patients presenting with a condition requiring a hip replacement (i) to be assessed; (ii) to be seen by a consultant surgeon following initial assessment; and (iii) to have the relevant surgery following assessment by a consultant surgeon.
Answer:
Information is not collected as requested. The Department collects the waiting time for a first outpatient appointment and the waiting time for an inpatient treatment. (i)The waiting time for a first outpatient appointment with a consultant in the Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) Surgery specialty, at 31st December 2012, the most recent quarter for which official statistics are available, is outlined in the table below. | Patients Waiting for an Appointment, by Weeks Waiting | Total Waiting | | 0-6 | >6-9 | >9-13 | >13-18 | >18-21 | >21-26 | >26 | | Northern Ireland | 5,134 | 2,040 | 2,142 | 1,870 | 249 | 308 | 522 | 12,265 |
Source: Departmental Return CH3 (ii) The Department does not collect the current waiting time for patients seen by a consultant surgeon following an initial assessment. (iii) Hip replacement surgery, in the T & O specialty is only provided in the Belfast, Southern and Western HSC Trusts. The average number of weeks waiting for hip replacement surgery in the T & O Surgery specialty, at 31st December 2012, the most recent quarter for which official statistics are available is 16.5 weeks.
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