Consultant led outpatient attendances by specialty

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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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Year

Value

Measure

Specialty

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

All specialties Excludes A&E and Special Care Baby Units. Data for A&E and Special Care Baby Units is included at the bottom of this table.

937,620

3,100,273

2.3

79,144

7.8

290,740

8.6

General Surgery

81,086

202,091

1.5

6,286

7.2

15,601

7.2

Urology

32,827

100,245

2.1

3,347

9.3

9,305

8.5

Trauma and Orthopaedic

151,737

452,852

2.0

12,697

7.7

42,016

8.5

Ear, Nose and Throat

62,422

150,515

1.4

5,433

8.0

15,295

9.2

Ophthalmology

81,253

326,218

3.0

5,026

5.8

23,023

6.6

Oral Surgery

36,699

81,865

1.2

3,258

8.2

8,418

9.3

Restorative Dentistry

6,796

44,189

5.5

708

9.4

3,386

7.1

Paediatric Dentistry

2,541

7,903

2.1

316

11.1

1,366

14.7

Orthodontics

5,894

52,198

7.9

685

10.4

5,616

9.7

Neurosurgery

1,742

4,680

1.7

144

7.6

758

13.9

Plastic Surgery

3,947

19,479

3.9

280

6.6

1,792

8.4

Burns Surgery

524

2,117

3.0

113

5.1

Cardiac Surgery

1,316

4,290

2.3

3.0

386

8.3

Thoracic Surgery

622

1,993

2.2

6.9

164

7.6

Paediatric Surgery

1,587

3,329

1.1

272

14.6

631

15.9

Accident and Emergency

185

1,807

8.8

14.7

245

11.9

Anaesthetics

1,951

7,340

2.8

127

6.1

548

6.9

Pain Management

5,371

14,623

1.7

562

9.5

1,392

8.7

General Medicine

35,976

129,503

2.6

3,568

9.0

16,127

11.1

Gastroenterology

14,513

38,680

1.7

1,302

8.2

3,822

9.0

Endocrinology

4,796

29,971

5.2

553

10.3

3,534

10.5

Haematology (clinical)

10,838

118,831

10.0

1,079

9.1

10,344

8.0

Clinical Physiology

10,213

15,010

0.5

519

4.8

1,261

7.7

Clinical Pharmacology

143

809

4.7

14.9

157

16.3

Audiological Medicine

2,349

4,309

0.8

259

9.9

917

17.5

Clinical Genetics

381

504

0.3

5.9

6.5

Clinical Immunology & Allergy

912

1,772

0.9

172

15.9

371

17.3

Rehabilitation

2,011

5,515

1.7

185

8.4

587

9.6

Palliative Medicine

665

1,871

1.8

5.5

139

6.9

Cardiology

28,894

78,464

1.7

1,824

5.9

7,090

8.3

Paediatric Cardiology

1,060

2,881

1.7

131

11.0

268

8.5

Dermatology

54,534

154,737

1.8

4,819

8.1

13,760

8.2

Thoracic Medicine

16,672

48,825

1.9

1,676

9.1

5,286

9.8

Infectious diseases

278

613

1.2

12.3

12.7

Genito Urinary Medicine

41,481

66,178

0.6

1,650

3.8

3,725

5.3

Nephrology

4,413

45,445

9.3

394

8.2

4,683

9.3

Medical Oncology

1,718

10,334

5.0

3.6

422

3.9

Spinal Injuries

467

13.2

17.5

16.3

Clinical Neuro-physiology

1,561

1,585

0.0

2.9

Other Neurology

16,644

39,749

1.4

1,876

10.1

4,149

9.5

Rheumatology

21,474

87,246

3.1

1,460

6.4

7,991

8.4

Paediatrics

24,829

87,802

2.5

3,297

11.7

14,747

14.4

Paediatric Neurology

349

1,889

4.4

18.8

307

14.0

Dental Medicine

1,164

3,162

1.7

129

10.0

441

12.2

Gynaecology

66,340

147,137

1.2

6,210

8.6

14,745

9.1

GP Other

1,439

2,116

0.5

3.7

3.1

Clinical Oncology

9,645

86,163

7.9

413

4.1

5,156

5.6

Radiology

833

922

0.1

3.7

4.1

Geriatric Medicine

8,880

32,656

2.7

617

6.5

3,308

9.2

Obstetrics - AN

29,256

106,917

2.7

2,404

7.6

9,239

8.0

Obstetrics - PN

5.6

0.0

16.4

Midwifery

16,193

28,844

0.8

616

3.7

2,543

8.1

Mental Illness

13,570

84,153

5.2

3,152

18.8

19,082

18.5

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

4,159

27,485

5.6

258

5.8

2,145

7.2

Forensic Psychiatry

758

2,179

1.9

3.4

212

8.9

Psychotherapy

319

2,297

6.2

4.2

1.6

Old Age Psychiatry

6,869

27,376

3.0

621

8.3

2,667

8.9

Learning Disabilities

448

4,594

9.3

9.5

362

7.3

General Pathology

126

1,018

7.1

20.8

163

13.8

Chemical Pathology

1,237

2,882

1.3

145

10.5

361

11.1

Haematology (non clinical)

1,110

88,395

78.6

0.0

0.1

Medical Microbiology

1.4

0.0

2.1

Community Medicine

0.9

31.3

34.4

Nursing

1,145

7.9

A&E $Not included in the \'all specialties\' total. There exists another data source for A&E attendance data in Wales (Emergency Department Data Set - EDDS), which is likely to contain different attendance figures to those presented here.$

993,522

1,059,341

0.1

0.0

Special Care Baby Units $Not included in the \'all specialties\' total.$

2.2

13.3

9.9

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Hlth0310 Outpatients consultant lead