Representing one the largest increases of the current 4m+ NHS waiting list over the last 5 years (worsening 71% or +93,000 patients), and for those patients still waiting over a year worsening 1700% over the same period, Urology activity is a key speciality when trying to understand your local NHS hospital performance. With over c1.2million episodes of care per year costing the tax payer c£1.8 billion, and 7% of the budgets of NHS General & Acute Hospitals, Endoscopic/Transurethral Resection of Prostate (TURP) and Endoscopic resection of lesion of bladder remain the most popular inpatient procedure (15% of total)  and Diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder and biopsy of lesion of bladder and Introduction of therapeutic substance into bladder are very popular daycase operation (30%)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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