Aortic Stenosis: Women
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has made an estimate of the number and proportion of women diagnosed with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who receive timely treatment compared to men.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The following table shows the count of elective hospital admissions where there was a primary diagnosis of 'aortic stenosis', by patient gender, as well as the median duration from the receipt of referral by the hospital to admission for 2022/23 to 2024/25:
Year | Gender | Total admissions | Number of admissions with a valid waiting time | Median time to admission (days) |
2022/23 | Male | 6,072 | 5,193 | 48 |
2022/23 | Female | 3,600 | 3,073 | 44 |
2023/24 | Male | 6,126 | 5,364 | 47 |
2023/24 | Female | 3,695 | 3,259 | 46 |
2024/25 | Male | 6,615 | 5,822 | 43 |
2024/25 | Female | 4,105 | 3,623 | 42 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS England.
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