Specialty | April–July 2019 | April–July 2020 | % Change | April–July 2019 | April–July 2020 | % Change |
Independent site/NHS funded | NHS site/NHS funded | |||||
Nephrology | 0 | 12 | – | 272 695 | 251 575 | −7.7 |
Gastroenterology | 19 789 | 5 480 | −72.3 | 359 821 | 137 647 | −61.7 |
General surgery | 32 842 | 22 872 | −30.4 | 351 480 | 107 427 | −69.4 |
Clinical haematology | 0 | 461 | – | 248 651 | 176 376 | −29.1 |
Clinical oncology | 0 | 1 689 | – | 195 461 | 143 606 | −26.5 |
Ophthalmology | 47 762 | 11 598 | −75.7 | 205 564 | 54 570 | −73.5 |
Medical oncology | 0 | 1 266 | – | 178 737 | 132 737 | −25.7 |
Trauma and orthopaedics | 62 169 | 6 300 | −89.9 | 201 652 | 35 594 | −82.3 |
General medicine | 1 727 | 1 387 | −19.7 | 191 689 | 79 443 | −58.6 |
Urology | 9 624 | 7 667 | −20.3 | 167 619 | 64 470 | −61.5 |
Gynaecology | 10 229 | 4 252 | −58.4 | 96 330 | 31 646 | −67.1 |
Cardiology | 507 | 1 117 | 120.3 | 82 814 | 37 567 | −54.6 |
Ear, nose and throat | 3 504 | 1 360 | −61.2 | 80 917 | 13 917 | −82.8 |
Plastic surgery | 2 477 | 2 321 | −6.3 | 66 289 | 28 574 | −56.9 |
Paediatrics | 99 | 29 | −70.7 | 58 004 | 37 535 | −35.3 |
*Top 15 specialties in terms of total volume of spells for publicly funded elective care.