§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many patients failed to attend out-patient appointments in Scotland on each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. [15111]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation on the number of new out-patient appointments where the patient failed to attend is shown in the table. Corresponding information is not available centrally for return out-patients.
New out-patient referrals—patients who did not attend Date Number 1992 120,054 1993 132,498 1994 134,207