Joint Replacements: Greater London
(asked on 3rd November 2021) - 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 in South East London CCG were waiting 52 weeks or more for (a) hip and (b) knee replacement surgery in each month from February 2020 to July 2021.
The number of people waiting for hip and knee replacements is not captured separately but is a sub-set of trauma and orthopaedic data.
The number of people in South East London CCG waiting 18 weeks or more or 52 weeks or more for trauma and orthopaedic treatments in each month from February 2020 to July 2021 has been presented in the table below.
Data is only available from April 2020 as this was the point that the South East London CCG was formed.
Number of patients waiting for trauma and orthopaedic treatment (includes hip and knee replacements) for the South East London CCG | ||
Date | 18+ week waiters | 52+ week waiters |
February 2020 | - | - |
March 2020 | - | - |
April 2020 | 5,012 | 148 |
May 2020 | 6,168 | 294 |
June 2020 | 7,930 | 521 |
July 2020 | 8,932 | 690 |
August 2020 | 7,922 | 746 |
September 2020 | 6,345 | 753 |
October 2020 | 4,958 | 663 |
November 2020 | 4,061 | 650 |
December 2020 | 3,830 | 759 |
January 2021 | 4,490 | 1,078 |
February 2021 | 5,559 | 1,422 |
March 2021 | 6,257 | 1,490 |
April 2021 | 6,730 | 1,248 |
May 2021 | 6,106 | 1,056 |
June 2021 | 5,792 | 979 |
July 2021 | 5,482 | 803 |