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Question reference: S5W-00526

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 6 June 2016
Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2016

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many orthopaedic (a) inpatients and (b) outpatients have been treated in each hospital in NHS (i) Forth Valley and (ii) Lanarkshire in each of the last five years.

Answer

The following tables show the number of orthopaedic inpatient/daycases and outpatients that have been treated in NHS Forth Valley and NHS Lanarkshire by hospital for the last five calendar years.

Table 1 - Number people treated under orthopaedic specialty in inpatient/daycase setting in NHS Forth Valley and NHS Lanarkshire health boards of treatment by hospital for calendar years 2011-15

Number of Episodes

Hospital	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Forth Valley Royal Hospital	2,974	3,933	3,927	4,513	4,661
Stirling Community Hospital	1,449	-	-	5	-
Hairmyres Hospital	3,650	4,108	3,690	3,645	3,635
Monklands District General Hospital	2,716	2,830	2,772	2,400	2,795
Wishaw General Hospital	2,959	3,046	3,128	3,492	3,389

Source: SMR01, Information Services Division Scotland

Table 2- Number people treated under orthopaedic specialty in outpatient setting in NHS Forth Valley and NHS Lanarkshire health boards of treatment by hospital for calendar years 2011-15

Number of Attendances

Hospital	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015^p
Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre	243	75	-	-	93
Forth Valley Royal Hospital	8,558	10,774	11,294	12,689	12,557
Stirling Community Hospital	2,686	718	192	-	145
Hairmyres Hospital	17,152	15,695	15,194	12,344	9,786
Monklands District General Hospital	19,852	18,145	18,335	15,126	11,952
Stonehouse Hospital	1,612	173	31	347	582
Wishaw General Hospital	17,416	17,105	17,200	16,073	11,106

p - provisional

Source: SMR00, Information Services Division Scotland

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