Elective surgery
Vascular surgery for July 2011–June 2012
Vascular surgery focuses on blood vessels (veins and arteries), except for those in the heart (included in cardio-thoracic surgery) and brain (included in neurosurgery). This page presents statistics relating to the hospital's performance of vascular surgery overall, as well as for varicose vein stripping and ligation. In this common procedure, varicose veins (enlarged veins close to the skin's surface) are sealed off and removed.
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 vascular surgery
27 days compared to the national average of 20 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
27 days |
20 days |
 |
| 2010-11 |
23 days |
21 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
20 days |
20 days |
 |
Varicose veins stripping and ligation
280 days compared to the national average of 103 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
280 days |
103 days |
 |
| 2010-11 |
354 days |
100 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
306 days |
96 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 vascular surgery
15.4% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 2.5%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
15.4% |
2.5% |
|
| 2010-11 |
10.7% |
2.6% |
|
| 2009-10 |
6.1% |
3.9% |
|
Varicose veins stripping and ligation
38.2% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 10.0%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
38.2% |
10.0% |
|
| 2010-11 |
42.2% |
10.2% |
|
| 2009-10 |
37.1% |
12.8% |
|
Number of elective surgeries
The following graph shows the number of admissions for elective surgery for patients on a waiting list managed by the hospital. It does not include people on the waiting list who were admitted for surgery on an emergency basis, or people who received elective surgery without being placed on the hospital's waiting list.
| Surgical specialty |
Number of surgeries |
| All vascular surgery |
521
|
| Varicose veins stripping and ligation |
204
|
521
448
409