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<p>Data for the period requested is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital has
been able to provide the count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) for July 2016
- June 2017 (inclusive) where the main procedure was eye surgery with a first secondary
diagnosis field recorded as diabetes.</p><p> </p><p>This data is still provisional;
therefore it may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet
been made. Finalised data for the financial year 2016/17 will be available on 3 October
2017, and for the financial year 2017/18 the following year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July
2016 – June 2017</p></td><td><p>34,238</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital
Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p>Activity in English NHS hospitals and
English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>
</p><p>1. Finished consultant episodes</p><p> </p><p>A finished consultant episode
(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.</p><p>2. Secondary diagnosis</p><p> </p><p>As well as the primary diagnosis,
there are up to 19 (13 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and six prior to 2002-03) secondary
diagnosis fields in HES that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care.</p><p>
</p><p>3. Main procedure</p><p> </p><p>The first recorded procedure or intervention
in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed
during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission
details, (e.g. time waited), but a more complete count of episodes with a particular
procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures.</p><p>
</p><p>4. Assessing growth through time (Admitted Patient Care)</p><p> </p><p>HES
figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need
to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly
in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly
from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity
may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings
and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases
in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.</p><p>
</p><p>Note that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from
April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31
March 2013.</p>
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