§ Andy BurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of(a) new and (b) follow-on out-patient appointments were cancelled at (i) Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, (ii) Royal Bolton hospitals, (iii) Salford Royal hospitals and (iv) Warrington hospital in each year since 1999. [123660]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 4 July 2002]: The number of cancelled out-patient appointments, either by the hospital or by the patient, is not collected centrally by the Department of Health.
Information is available for each national health service trust and primary care trust on the number of patients who do not attend their out-patient appointment without giving prior notice. This information is published on the Department's website at http://www.doh.gov.uk/ hospitalactivity.