Elective surgery
Orthopaedic surgery for July 2011–June 2012
Orthopaedic surgery focuses on bones and muscles (the musculoskeletal system). It includes the repair of broken bones and injuries to ligaments and tendons, investigation and repair of damaged joints, and treatment of conditions such as bone and soft tissue tumours, cerebral palsy, back pain and skeletal deformities. This page presents statistics relating to the hospital's performance of elective orthopaedic surgery overall, as well as two common procedures: hip replacement and knee replacement. In these procedures, a diseased or damaged joint is removed and replaced with an artificial one.
Waiting times provide an indication of access to elective surgery. The information presented here refers to the time spent on a waiting list by people who received elective surgery in this hospital between
1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.
Median waiting times for elective surgery
The median waiting time is the number of days within which half of all patients at this hospital received their surgery.
All orthopaedics
107 days compared to the national average of 64 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
107 days |
64 days |
 |
| 2010-11 |
117 days |
64 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
189 days |
62 days |
 |
Total hip replacement
159 days compared to the national average of 116 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
159 days |
116 days |
|
| 2010-11 |
180 days |
108 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
238 days |
116 days |
|
Total knee replacement
176 days compared to the national average of 184 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
176 days |
184 days |
 |
| 2010-11 |
250 days |
173 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
349 days |
180 days |
|
People waiting more than 365 days for elective surgery
This shows the percentage of people who received elective surgery at this hospital during the 2011-12 year who had been waiting for more than one year (365 days) for their surgery.
All orthopaedics
8.0% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 5.5%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
8.0% |
5.5% |
|
| 2010-11 |
12.6% |
6.2% |
|
| 2009-10 |
26.4% |
7.9% |
|
Total hip replacement
9.3% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 7.2%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
9.3% |
7.2% |
|
| 2010-11 |
12.2% |
7.6% |
|
| 2009-10 |
27.0% |
11.1% |
|
Total knee replacement
15.0% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 11.6%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
15.0% |
11.6% |
|
| 2010-11 |
24.6% |
12.6% |
|
| 2009-10 |
45.5% |
18.1% |
|
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