Elective surgery
Urological surgery for July 2011–June 2012
This specialty focuses on the organs of the urinary system (such as the kidneys and bladder), including organs of the male reproductive system. This page presents statistics relating to the hospital's performance of urological surgery overall, as well as for two common procedures:
- Cystoscopy - examination of the bladder by inserting a tube into the urethra.
- Prostatectomy - the removal of part of all of the prostate.
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 urological surgery
21 days compared to the national average of 27 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
21 days |
27 days |
 |
| 2010-11 |
25 days |
28 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
22 days |
28 days |
|
Cystoscopy
20 days compared to the national average of 25 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
20 days |
25 days |
|
| 2010-11 |
22 days |
25 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
19 days |
25 days |
|
Prostatectomy
26 days compared to the national average of 42 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
26 days |
42 days |
|
| 2010-11 |
27 days |
47 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
28 days |
47 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 urological surgery
0.3% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 1.2%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
0.3% |
1.2% |
 |
| 2010-11 |
0.3% |
1.6% |
|
| 2009-10 |
0.7% |
1.7% |
|
Cystoscopy
0.1% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 1.0%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
0.1% |
1.0% |
|
| 2010-11 |
0.1% |
1.3% |
|
| 2009-10 |
0.3% |
1.3% |
|
Prostatectomy
0.0% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 1.7%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
0.0% |
1.7% |
 |
| 2010-11 |
0.3% |
2.5% |
|
| 2009-10 |
1.9% |
2.9% |
|
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