Table 1

Number of procedures undertaken during 2016 in endoscopy services (rounded to nearest 1000 procedures, blank squares have <1000 procedures performed)

ProceduresEngland NHS acute (n=215)England NHS non- acute
(n=34)
Northern Ireland (n=11)Scotland
(n=43)
Wales (n=19)England independent sector
(n=162)
Total
(n=484)
OGD (Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy 
diagnostic and therapeutic)
937 00035 00023 000104 00037 00099 0001 235 000
Colonoscopy (including BCSP)670 00023 00018 00083 00027 00090 000911 000
Flexiblesigmoidoscopy (including BCSP)416 00017 000600030 00016 00034 000519 000
Any type enteroscopy50005000
ERCP
(Endoscopic Retrograde 
Cholangiopancreatography)
53 0001000100070002000100065 000
Endoscopic ultrasound27 0001000200030 000
Capsule endoscopy12 0001000100014 000
Bronchoscopy46 0001000200040002000100056 000
Cystoscopy105 00012 000200015 000400023 000161 000
Hysteroscopy3000100050009000
Colposcopy100010002000
  • These data show the number done in the endoscopy unit and not the whole organisation (so excludes radiology, theatres and so on).

  • BCSP, Bowel Cancer Screening Programm; NHS, National Health Service.