NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting events figures for the quarter ending 31^st December 2013 include data for England, Area Teams and NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).

The latest quarterly statistics on NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting events produced by NHS England were released on 28^th February 2014 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

The figures for a quarter can be affected by the number of working days in that quarter so figures below have been adjusted for this where appropriate.  October to December 2012 had 64 working days and October to December 2013 had 64 working days.

The key points from the latest release are:

Inpatient Events

From Q3 2012/13 to Q3 2013/14 the number of decisions to admit has increased by 16,625 (1.1%) remaining at 1.5 million, similarly the number of elective admissions from the list has increased by 34,565 (2.6%) remaining at 1.3 million.

Outpatient Referrals and attendances

From Q3 2012/13 to Q3 2013/14 the number of GP referrals made has increased by 154,218 (5.3%) to 3.1 million and the number of other referrals made has increased by 35,343 (1.9%) remaining at 1.9 million.

From Q3 2012/13 to Q3 2013/14 first attendances at consultant outpatient clinics have increased by 19,219 (0.4%) remaining at 4.4 million and total attendances increased by 241,257 (1.8%) to 14.0 million.

Did not attend (DNA) rate for first outpatients appointment for Q3 2013/14 was 8.5% compared to 8.6% for Q3 2012/13.

Note

These data are available using the link below.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/hospital-activity/quarterly-hospital-activity/qar-data/