HC Deb 19 May 2004 vol 421 cc1008-9W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of patients failed to attend NHS appointments in(a) England. (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. [172708]

Mr. Hutton

The information is shown in the tables.

England: out-patient non-attendance rates
Number of patients who

did not attend

Percentage of patients

who did not attend

1997–98 5,629,429 11.9
1998–99 5,648,971 11.8
1999–2000 5,882,510 12.0
2000–01 5,954,819 12.0
2001–02 5,947,730 11.9
2002–03 5,885,369 11.7

1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
NHS Executive Regions Number of

patients who did not attend

Percentage of

patients who did

not attend

Number of

patients who did not attend

Percentage of

patients who did not attend

Number of

patients who did not attend

Percentage of

patients who did not attend

Northern and Yorkshire 742,460 11.8 789,636 12.4 756,921 11.8
Trent 523,492 10.6 541,815 10.8 558,708 10.9
West Midlands 626,061 12.2 642,063 12.2 660,166 12.3
North West 889,697 12.4 909,187 12.4 935,436 12.5
Eastern 417,882 9.6 442,051 9.9 457,356 10.2
London 1,412,961 15.7 1,497,322 15.8 1,481,249 15.7
South East 683,884 10.0 696,046 10.1 733,824 10.4
South West 352,534 8.8 364,390 8.9 371,159 8.9
Notes:
1. Due to changes in the configuration of regions which took place between 1997–98 and 1998–99, information for 1997–98 is not available on a comparable basis.
2. The regions were abolished in 2001–02.

2001–02 2002–03
Strategic Health Authority Number of

patients who did

not attend

Percentage of

patients who did

not attend

Number of

patients who did

not attend

Percentage of

patients who did

not attend

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA 166,963 8.5 162,214 8.2
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA 139,738 11.7 137,514 11.0
Essex HA 142,168 10.6 146,876 10.9
North West London HA 360,176 16.6 366,960 15.7
North Central London HA 358,724 15.7 343,41 1 15.4
North East London HA 283,504 16.4 319,770 17.4
South East London HA 356,102 18.7 339,551 17.6
South West London HA 176,100 11.9 166,796 12.5
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA 210,232 11.8 193,052 10.5
County Durham and Tees Valley HA 122,341 11.4 121,820 10.8
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA 148,395 10.6 129,973 9.8
West Yorkshire HA 280,942 12.4 281,300 12.6
Cumbria and Lancashire HA 176,390 10.4 170,853 10.5
Greater Manchester HA 420,197 12.7 428,425 12.6
Cheshire and Merseyside HA 375,061 13.0 355,203 11.9
Thames Valley HA 173,978 10.3 177,184 10.1
Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA 133,591 9.6 132,192 9.3
Kent and Medway HA 133,673 10.4 135,047 9.7
Surrey and Sussex HA 243,799 10.6 235,515 10.7
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA 179,432 9.1 177,541 9.2
South West Peninsula HA 110,648 8.4 111,395 8.4
Somerset and Dorset HA 73,508 7.7 76,095 7.7
South Yorkshire HA 209,614 11.9 209,162 11.6
Trent HA 223,764 10.1 212,878 9.8
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA 132,761 10.4 140,875 10.8
Shropshire and Staffordshire HA 118,013 9.6 117,857 9.4
Birmingham and the Black Country HA 353,362 12.3 356,482 12.2
Coventry, Warwickshire. Herefordshire and Worcestershire HA 144,554 11.6 1 39,428 11.0
Note:
Strategic Health Authorities did not exist prior to 2001–02.