Surgical recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in English adult neurosurgical centres

Figures & data

Table 1. Total elective Neurosurgical operative spells 2019–2022.

	2019			2020			2021			2022			Change in Totals		Cranial procedures as percentage of total
	Total	Cranial	Spinal	Total	Cranial	Spinal	Total	Cranial	Spinal	Total	Cranial	Spinal	2020 vs 2019	2022 vs 2019	2019	2022
	28,893	15,557	11,067	20,378	11,806	6804	21,722	12,872	7096	23,147	13,730	7647	71%	80%	54%	59%
% change compared to 2019				−29	−14	−39	−25	−17	−36	−2	−12	−31

Table 2. Total emergency Neurosurgical operative spells 2019–2022.

Total procedures				Change in Totals		Cranial procedures as a percentage of total
2019	2020	2021	2022	2020 vs 2019	2022 vs 2019	2019	2022
16,408	15,378	15,726	15,739	94%	96%	76%	76%

Figure 1. Bar chart comparing the percentage output of cranial and spinal work in the 24 Neurosurgical centres of 2022 with 2019.

Figure 2. (A, B) Timelines comparing the changes in total spells for emergency and elective activity before, during and after the Pandemic across all 24 Trusts.

Figure 3. (A). Graph showing the change in total spells for elective work over the COVID-19 pandemic and projecting the point at which output will return to 2019 levels at current rates. (B). Elective procedure recovery as a percentage of 2019 output with 95% confidence intervals included.