Consultant led outpatient attendances by organisation and site

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Organisation From 1st October 2009, reforms took place across NHS organisations in Wales, involving a number of organisation mergers and renaming of organisations. Full details of the reforms can be found at http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?orgid=811<br /><br />LHB = Local Health Board<br />MHU = Mental Health Unit<br />

From 1st October 2009, reforms took place across NHS organisations in Wales, involving a number of organisation mergers and renaming of organisations. Full details of the reforms can be found at http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?orgid=811<br /><br />LHB = Local Health Board<br />MHU = Mental Health Unit<br />

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New attendances A patient whose first attendance of a continuous series (or whose single attendance if only one is needed), at an out-patient clinic department for the same ailment falls within the period under review.

A patient whose first attendance of a continuous series (or whose single attendance if only one is needed), at an out-patient clinic department for the same ailment falls within the period under review.

Total attendances Total number of attendances by out-patients during the period under review, whether or not the first attendance in a series occurred during the period. Data for individual specialties may not add up to the all specialties total for 2011-12.

Total number of attendances by out-patients during the period under review, whether or not the first attendance in a series occurred during the period. Data for individual specialties may not add up to the all specialties total for 2011-12.

Ratio of repeat attendances to new out-patients $The mean number of repeat attendances by each new out-patient during the period under review. Calculated by subtracting \'new attendances\' from total attendances\' and dividing by \'new attendances\'.$

New out-patients who did not attend Number of patients with an appointment for a first attendance of a continuous series at a clinical out-patient department for the same ailment, who did not attend the appointment and failed to give warning to the hospital in advance.

Number of patients with an appointment for a first attendance of a continuous series at a clinical out-patient department for the same ailment, who did not attend the appointment and failed to give warning to the hospital in advance.

Percentage of new appointments not kept $Calculated by multiplying \'new out-patients who did not attend\' by 100 and dividing by \'new out-patients\' plus \'new out-patients who did not attend\'.$

All out-patients who did not attend Total number of patients with an appointment for an attendance at a clinical out-patient department, who did not attend the appointment and failed to give warning to the hospital in advance.

Total number of patients with an appointment for an attendance at a clinical out-patient department, who did not attend the appointment and failed to give warning to the hospital in advance.

Percentage of all appointments not kept $Calculated by multiplying \'all out-patients who did not attend\' by 100 and dividing by \'total out-patients\' plus \'total out-patients who did not attend\'.$

Wales

937,620

3,100,273

2.3

79,144

7.8

290,740

8.6

Wales

Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB

169,847

550,106

2.2

10,953

6.1

42,268

7.1

Powys Teaching LHB

14,482

35,833

1.5

884

5.8

2,699

7.0

Hywel Dda LHB

118,473

434,802

2.7

7,465

5.9

24,724

5.4

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University LHB

196,874

590,022

2.0

19,420

9.0

57,772

8.9

Cwm Taf LHB

103,738

373,713

2.6

8,201

7.3

41,993

10.1

Aneurin Bevan LHB

152,699

437,695

1.9

13,487

8.1

41,804

8.7

Cardiff & Vale University LHB

176,561

620,737

2.5

18,408

9.4

76,163

10.9

Velindre NHS Trust

4,946

57,365

10.6

326

6.2

3,317

5.5

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Hlth0310: Outpatient attendances

Health Statistics and Analysis Unit, Welsh Government

Last Update: 31 October 2012

Next Update: To be confirmed

Source: QS1
Contact: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

This table provides data on numbers of new and total outpatient attendances at NHS hospitals by specialty, hospital and Local Health Board. Only those seen in consultant lead clinic are included. Data on patients seen in nurse lead clinics are shown elsewhere.

Following data quality assessments and reviews of the data, the Welsh Government will be changing to using the Outpatient Activity Data Set (OPA DS) as the source of the official statistics for outpatient activity in the NHS in Wales for 2012-13 data onwards rather than the QS1 return. The reasons for this are to:
- Have just one definitive source of data for outpatient activity data;
- Remove the burden on data providers of supplying data for two similar data sets;
- Remove the confusion for analysts and users which exists by having two similar data sets, containing different data in some cases; and
- Allow more granularity for research and data mining (the OPA DS provides patient level data, whereas the QS1 data collection provides high level, summary data).
If you have any comments on this approach, then please let us know via the contact details above. Further details will follow.

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Hlth0310 Outpatients consultant lead