Medical Treatments
(asked on 6th September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS-funded trauma and orthopaedic procedures have been undertaken by independent providers in each of the last five years; and what percentage of overall NHS trauma and orthopaedic procedures they represent.
The following table shows a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a treatment specialty for 'orthopaedic procedures' that were carried out by the independent sector in England from 2012-13 to 2016-17 and the percentage of overall National Health Service trauma and orthopaedic procedures they represent.
Financial Year | All organisations | Independent sector | Independent sector as a % |
2012-13 | 1,179,744 | 138,415 | 11.7% |
2013-14 | 1,215,408 | 153,500 | 12.6% |
2014-15 | 1,228,770 | 195,783 | 15.9% |
2015-16 | 1,205,016 | 184,511 | 15.3% |
2016-17 | 1,209,766 | 195,601 | 16.2% |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital
Note:
- A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.