5. ACTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE
5.1.3 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 from 1988-89? Could the Department comment on trends? (Q42)
Answer
1. The available information is given in
table 42a and table 42b (not printed, available
at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/200910/cmselect/cmhealth/269/excel/excel.htm).
2. Data are sourced from the Quarterly Activity
Return (QAR), formerly QM08 quarterly aggregate returns. These
are national statistics and are therefore reliable.
3. There are no referral data available prior
to 1994-95.
4. The data show that since 1998-99 growth
has been relatively steady in all areas:
— GP and GDP referrals growth at 12.0%
(1.7% average since 1998-99).
— Other referrals growth at 9.5% (6.5%
average since 1998-99).
— First outpatient attendances (consultant
led) growth at 8.9% (2.8% average since 1998-99).
— Subsequent outpatient attendances (consultant
led) growth at 5.2% (0.9% average since 1998-99).
Table 42a
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)
|
|
| 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 | 9,785,960
| 5,244,647 | 13,804,632
| 31,438,868 |
| 2006-07 | 9,337,136
| 5,442,279 | 13,617,402
| 31,154,195 |
| 2007-08 | 9,668,334
| 5,770,512 | 14,284,533
| 31,506,782 |
| 2008-09 | 10,829,248
| 6,316,261 | 15,554,865
| 33,136,910 |
|
| Source: |
| Knowledge and Intelligence, DH |
QM08, KH09, QAR (Quarterly Activity Return)
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/Performancedataandstatistics/Hospital ActivityStatistics/DH_087982
|
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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