5. ACTIVITY, PERFORMANCE AND
EFFICIENCY (continued)
5.2 Outpatient Activity and Waiting
5.2.1 How many (a) GP referrals for first
outpatient appointment (b) other first outpatient referrals (c)
first attendances and (d) other attendances were there in each
year since 1988-89? (Q68)
ANSWER
1. The available information is given in
Table 68.
Table 68
REFERRALS AND OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENTS(1)
|
| Year | GP and GDP(2) Referrals to 1st Outpatient Appointment (Consultant Led)
| Other Referrals to 1st Outpatient Appointment (Consultant Led)
| First Outpatient Appointments (Consultant Led)
| Subsequent Outpatient Appointments (Consultant Led)
|
|
| 1987-88 | |
| 8,513,705 | 28,332,392
|
| 1988-89 | |
| 8,389,356 | 27,728,475
|
| 1989-90 | |
| 8,519,361 | 27,785,860
|
| 1990-91 | |
| 8,501,760 | 27,609,744
|
| 1991-92 | |
| 8,941,526 | 27,952,184
|
| 1992-93 | |
| 9,342,280 | 28,184,758
|
| 1993-94 | |
| 9,680,593 | 28,519,690
|
| 1994-95 | 7,996,019
| 1,680,927 | 10,362,877
| 28,942,923 |
| 1995-96 | 8,547,633
| 2,322,463 | 10,989,334
| 29,128,357 |
| 1996-97 | 8,692,158
| 2,877,519 | 11,294,069
| 29,578,700 |
| 1997-98 | 8,991,722
| 3,328,204 | 11,529,432
| 30,105,837 |
| 1998-99 | 9,139,785
| 3,361,251 | 11,777,780
| 30,376,617 |
| 1999-2000 | 9,141,425
| 3,460,904 | 12,136,405
| 30,904,294 |
| 2000-01 | 9,362,770
| 3,717,471 | 12,466,233
| 31,103,107 |
| 2001-02 | 9,470,342
| 4,016,558 | 12,612,615
| 31,062,363 |
| 2002-03 | 9,655,874
| 4,299,402 | 12,878,799
| 30,886,026 |
| 2003-04 | 9,802,237
| 4,643,662 | 13,430,530
| 31,689,082 |
| 2004-05 | 9,776,914
| 4,960,972 | 13,370,173
| 31,397,428 |
| 2005-06 | 9,807,847
| 5,254,313 | 13,727,249
| 31,499,332 |
|
| Source: Department of Health, QM08, KH09, monthly monitoring.
|
Footnotes:
1. This data is provider-based.
2. GDP = General Dental Practitioner.3. GP referrals first collected in December 1993. 1994-95 is the first full financial year of data.
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5.2.2 What were (a) mean and (b) median waiting times
for outpatient appointments in each year since 1988-89? Could
these data be shown in tabular and graphical form? (Q69)
ANSWER
1. The available information is given in Table 69
and Figure 69. Outpatient waiting times figures were
first collected in 1994-95. No data are available before this
date.
Table 69
AVERAGE WAITING TIMES AND NUMBERS FOR FIRST OUTPATIENT
APPOINTMENTS
|
| Quarter ending | Meanwaiting time (weeks)
| Medianwaiting time (weeks)
|
|
| March 1994 | 9.3
| 5.5 |
| March 1995 | 9.3
| 5.7 |
| March 1996 | 8.7
| 6.0 |
| March 1997 | 8.7
| 6.0 |
| March 1998 | 9.3
| 6.3 |
| March 1999 | 10.4
| 7.0 |
| March 2000 | 11.5
| 7.6 |
| March 2001 | 10.8
| 7.4 |
| March 2002 | 11.1
| 7.6 |
| March 2003 | 9.0
| 7.3 |
| March 2004 | 8.5
| 7.1 |
| March 2005 | 7.4
| 7.0 |
| March 2006 | 6.4
| 6.1 |
|
Source: QM08 NHS Trust-based figures.
Footnotes:
1. Figures not available prior to 1993-94.
5.2.3 How many new outpatient attendances were there
by Strategic Health Authority in the past three years for which
data are available? What are these data equivalent to per 1,000
population? (Q70)
ANSWER
The information requested is given in Table 70.
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