Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2009 - Health Committee Contents


5.  ACTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE

5.1.25  What proportion of hospital appointments are now booked through Choose and Book? Could this be broken down by PCT? (Q64)

Answer

  1.  The available information is given in table 64.

  2.  Over 16 million patients have been referred through Choose and Book since its introduction in 2004 of which over 13.5 million patients have been referred to outpatient care. The end of month position for June 2009 showed 53% of all outpatient referrals were made through the Choose and Book system (latest Department of Health verified data).

Table 64

PERCENTAGE OF GP REFERRALS TO FIRST OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENTS, BOOKED VIA CHOOSE AND BOOK




PCT code
PCT
June 2009

5HGAshton, Leigh and Wigan
67%
5C2Barking and Dagenham
74%
5A9Barnet
10%
5JEBarnsley
87%
5ETBassetlaw
87%
5FLBath and North East Somerset
78%
5P2Bedfordshire
43%
5QGBerkshire East Teaching
62%
5QFBerkshire West
62%
TAKBexley Care Trust
34%
5PGBirmingham East and North
44%
5CCBlackburn with Darwen
63%
5HPBlackpool
67%
5HQBolton
52%
5QNBournemouth and Poole
72%
5NYBradford and Airedale Teaching
51%
5K5Brent Teaching
23%
5LQBrighton and Hove City Teaching
34%
5QJBristol Teaching
60%
5A7Bromley
30%
5QDBuckinghamshire
32%
5JXBury
44%
5J6Calderdale
65%
5PPCambridgeshire
55%
5K7Camden
35%
5NPCentral & Eastern Cheshire
55%
5NGCentral Lancashire
44%
5C3City and Hackney Teaching
49%
5QPCornwall and Isles of Scilly
67%
5NDCounty Durham
55%
5MDCoventry Teaching
64%
5K9Croydon
36%
5NECumbria
40%
5J9Darlington
63%
5N7Derby City
71%
5N6Derbyshire County
78%
5QQDevon
79%
5N5Doncaster
63%
5QMDorset
81%
5PEDudley
74%
5HXEaling
34%
5P3East and North Hertfordshire
36%
5NHEast Lancashire
67%
5NWEast Riding of Yorkshire
44%
5P7East Sussex Downs and Weald
29%
5QAEastern and Coastal Kent
54%
5C1Enfield
39%
5KFGateshead
52%
5QHGloucestershire
85%
5PRGreat Yarmouth and Waveney
49%
5A8Greenwich Teaching
50%
5NMHalton and St Helens
46%
5H1Hammersmith and Fulham
26%
5QCHampshire
32%
5C9Haringey Teaching
36%
5K6Harrow
30%
5D9Hartlepool
54%
5P8Hastings and Rother
30%
5A4Havering (1)
94%
5MXHeart of Birmingham Teaching
45%
5CNHerefordshire
50%
5ATHillingdon
34%
5HYHounslow
36%
5NXHull Teaching
65%
5QTIsle of Wight Healthcare
27%
5K8Islington
38%
5LAKensington and Chelsea
44%
5A5Kingston
57%
5N2Kirklees
48%
5J4Knowsley
45%
5LDLambeth
34%
5N1Leeds
36%
5PCLeicester City Teaching
68%
5PALeicestershire County and Rutland
63%
5LFLewisham
23%
5N9Lincolnshire Teaching
36%
5NLLiverpool
57%
5GCLuton Teaching
54%
5NTManchester
49%
5L3Medway Teaching
59%
5PXMid Essex
66%
5KMMiddlesbrough
65%
5CQMilton Keynes
77%
5D7Newcastle
47%
5C5Newham
69%
5PQNorfolk
44%
5PWNorth East Essex
80%
5ANNorth East Lincolnshire
44%
5NFNorth Lancashire
55%
5EFNorth Lincolnshire
42%
5M8North Somerset
76%
5PHNorth Staffordshire
47%
5E1North Tees
58%
5D8North Tyneside
42%
5NVNorth Yorkshire and York
47%
5PDNorthamptonshire Teaching
93%
TACNorthumberland Care Trust
57%
5EMNottingham City
77%
5N8Nottinghamshire County Teaching
81%
5J5Oldham
75%
5QEOxfordshire
65%
5PNPeterborough
43%
5F1Plymouth Teaching
86%
5FEPortsmouth City Teaching
14%
5NARedbridge
49%
5QRRedcar and Cleveland
70%
5M6Richmond and Twickenham
31%
5NQRochdale, Heywood and Middleton
71%
5H8Rotherham
59%
5F5Salford Teaching
81%
5PFSandwell
88%
5NJSefton
37%
5N4Sheffield
50%
5M2Shropshire County
63%
TAMSolihull
34%
5QLSomerset
89%
5M1South Birmingham
41%
5P1South East Essex
68%
5A3South Gloucestershire
72%
5PKSouth Staffordshire
45%
5KGSouth Tyneside
54%
5PYSouth West Essex Teaching
79%
5L1Southampton City
31%
5LESouthwark
41%
5F7Stockport
61%
5PJStoke on Trent Teaching
41%
5PTSuffolk
42%
5KLSunderland Teaching
68%
5P5Surrey
47%
5M7Sutton and Merton
37%
5K3Swindon
63%
5LHTameside and Glossop
65%
5MKTelford and Wrekin
72%
TALTorbay Care Trust (1)
96%
5C4Tower Hamlets
65%
5NRTrafford
34%
5N3Wakefield
47%
5M3Walsall Teaching
45%
5NCWaltham Forest
59%
5LGWandsworth
32%
5J2Warrington
38%
5PMWarwickshire
50%
5NNWest Cheshire
46%
5PVWest Essex
55%
5P4West Hertfordshire
49%
5P9West Kent
38%
5P6West Sussex Teaching
49%
5LCWestminster
35%
5QKWiltshire
81%
5NKWirral
74%
5MVWolverhampton City
53%
5PLWorcestershire
44%

Source:
Department of Health Weekly CAB bookings and PCT-reported Monthly Activity Return
  
Footnotes:
1. Utilisation levels over 100% may occur where centrally collated Choose and Book bookings exceed the PCT submitted total GP referrals.





 
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