Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists

(asked on 22nd January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people waited for more than 52 weeks from referral to treatment for (a) hip and (b) knee replacements, by NHS Hospital Trust in each month from April 2019 to December 2019.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 30th January 2020

A count of finished admission episodes with a main operative procedure of hip and knee replacements with a treatment waiting time of more than 52 weeks by NHS hospital trust in each month from April 2019 to December 2019 is attached. This is a count of admissions, not attendees as the same person may have had more than one admission within the time period. Data provided is currently provisional.

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