Failed Appointments (Hansard, 19 May 2004)

§ 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

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	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.