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<p>The following table shows a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs)<sup>1</sup>
with a main or secondary procedures<sup>2</sup> of amputation for the years 2014/15
to 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Total FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>20,356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>20,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>21,330</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:
</em>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>A
FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one
healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures
do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than
one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the
same year.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Number of episodes with a main or secondary
procedure:</li></ol><p>The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention)
was recorded in any of the 24 (12 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and four prior to 2002-03)
procedure fields in a HES record. A record is only included once in each count, even
if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. It should
be noted that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary
procedure. For example, patients undergoing a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have
at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one
– counted in a single episode.</p><p> </p>
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