Northern Ireland written question – answered at on 5 March 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients referred for hip replacement surgery failed to attend for their operation in (a) Musgrave Park hospital, (b) the Ulster Hospital, (c) Royal Victoria hospital, (d) Lagan Valley hospital, (e) Belfast City hospital and (f) the Mater hospital in each of the last five years.
Over the last five years, Musgrave Park hospital and Altnagelvin Area hospital have been the only hospitals in Northern Ireland that routinely admit elective patients for hip replacement surgery.
The following table shows the number of patients who have cancelled their operation and those who did not attend for their operation at Musgrave Park hospital.
Cancelled | Did not attend | Total | |
2001-02 | 64 | 2 | 66 |
2002-03 | 58 | 1 | 59 |
2003-04 | 53 | 2 | 55 |
2004-05 | 83 | 1 | 84 |
2005-06 | 86 | 3 | 89 |
Source: Green Park Healthcare HSS Trust |
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