Surgery in the UK by numbers

An interesting view of surgery in the UK by numbers.  The four largest specialities are Trauma & Orthopaedics, General surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology (though the Royal College of Surgeons for some reason don't include those!), and ENT.

A more detailed source of these can be found on the HSCIC website LINK (2015):

• Even more common than the hernia, hip, knee, gall bladder and tonsil surgeries listed above are 
• Skin lesion excision
• Colon lesion extirpation (removal/ablation)
• Joint aspiration
• Caesarean section
• Tooth extraction
• ~500 types of operation are carried out at least 1,000 times each year in the UK
• 60 types of operation are carried out at least 30,000 times each year in the UK
• I'm aiming to see as many of these as I can while I've the capacity in medical school - have seen 30 of the top 60 so far!