Outpatient attendances by treatment function

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Organisation The increase in Cwm Taf in 2016-17 is mainly due to some hospital sites submitting data for the first time, which is explained in more detail in the statistical release

The increase in Cwm Taf in 2016-17 is mainly due to some hospital sites submitting data for the first time, which is explained in more detail in the statistical release

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Treatment Function From April 2016, there has been a change in the treatment function codes submitted by the local health boards, please see the release for more information.

From April 2016, there has been a change in the treatment function codes submitted by the local health boards, please see the release for more information.

Treatment Function 1

New attendances New attendances include any attendance that is the start of the outpatient episode and is the first attendance in a series with the same Consultant or Independent Nurse following a referral (Attendance Category = ‘1’). Patient arrived on time or late and was seen (Attended or DNA = ‘5’ or ‘6’).

New attendances include any attendance that is the start of the outpatient episode and is the first attendance in a series with the same Consultant or Independent Nurse following a referral (Attendance Category = ‘1’). Patient arrived on time or late and was seen (Attended or DNA = ‘5’ or ‘6’).

Total attendances Total attendances includes all outpatient attendances including new, follow-up and pre-operative assessment attendances (Attendance Category = ‘1’ or ‘8’ or ’3’). Patient arrived on time or late and was seen (Attended or DNA = ‘5’ or ‘6’).

Total attendances includes all outpatient attendances including new, follow-up and pre-operative assessment attendances (Attendance Category = ‘1’ or ‘8’ or ’3’). Patient arrived on time or late and was seen (Attended or DNA = ‘5’ or ‘6’).

Ratio of follow-up to new attendances

New outpatients who did not attend

Percentage of new appointments where the outpatient did not attend Please note that the methodology for calculating this has changed since the last publication. See the Statistical Release for more details. Percentage of new appointments where the outpatient did not attend is calculated by dividing New outpatients who DNA by New Attendances and New outpatients who DNA and multiplying by 100.

Please note that the methodology for calculating this has changed since the last publication. See the Statistical Release for more details. Percentage of new appointments where the outpatient did not attend is calculated by dividing New outpatients who DNA by New Attendances and New outpatients who DNA and multiplying by 100.

Total outpatients who did not attend

Percentage of total appointments where the outpatient did not attend Please note that the methodology for calculating this has changed since the last publication. Percentage of total appointments where the outpatient did not attend is calculated by dividing Total outpatients who DNA by Total attendances and total outpatients who DNA and multiplying by 100.

Please note that the methodology for calculating this has changed since the last publication. Percentage of total appointments where the outpatient did not attend is calculated by dividing Total outpatients who DNA by Total attendances and total outpatients who DNA and multiplying by 100.

All Treatment Functions The All Treatment Functions total includes values where the treatment function code was blank or invalid. Please see the release for more information.

The All Treatment Functions total includes values where the treatment function code was blank or invalid. Please see the release for more information.

1,904,972

6,168,699

4.3

150,616

14.7

540,631

16.1

All Treatment Functions The All Treatment Functions total includes values where the treatment function code was blank or invalid. Please see the release for more information.

Accident and Emergency

0.3

0.0

Adult Mental Illness

40,329

141,282

5.0

7,020

29.7

26,742

31.9

Anaesthetics

4,039

43,610

2.0

475

21.1

2,393

10.4

Antenatal Clinic

Audiological Medicine

1,476

3,451

2.7

328

36.2

585

29.0

Cardiology

74,636

182,260

2.8

4,623

11.7

14,281

14.6

Cardiothoracic Surgery

4,843

17,400

4.3

222

8.8

1,512

16.0

Chemical Pathology

2,930

8,771

4.0

445

26.4

1,389

27.3

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

17,585

103,299

9.8

1,663

17.3

14,309

24.3

Clinical Genetics

290

487

1.4

16.9

12.6

Clinical Haematology

27,978

234,246

14.7

1,691

11.4

13,004

10.5

Clinical Immunology and Allergy

2,171

5,093

2.7

320

26.2

824

28.1

Clinical Neurophysiology

6,709

6,802

0.0

815

21.8

815

21.5

Clinical Oncology (previously Radiotherapy)

22,816

194,681

15.0

831

7.0

8,998

8.8

Clinical Pharmacology

327

1,542

9.2

43.6

310

33.6

Clinical Physiology

Community Medicine

Dental Medicine Specialties

2,470

6,139

3.0

486

32.3

1,126

30.8

Dermatology

109,338

360,677

4.6

7,692

13.2

25,887

13.4

Ear, Nose and Throat

148,551

337,316

2.4

10,046

12.7

27,752

15.2

Endocrinology

17,849

87,314

7.8

2,679

25.9

12,415

24.9

Forensic Psychiatry

468

654

0.8

3.2

2.8

Gastroenterology

51,434

132,645

3.2

4,932

17.5

15,355

20.8

General Medicine

32,376

127,486

5.9

3,790

21.0

17,438

24.1

General Pathology

General Surgery

177,275

407,971

2.3

11,403

12.1

30,135

13.8

Genitourinary Medicine

106

0.1

7.5

8.6

Geriatric Medicine

21,766

73,362

4.7

2,075

17.4

8,716

21.2

GP Maternity

GP Other Than Maternity

Gynaecology

137,914

300,835

2.2

9,255

12.6

22,665

14.0

Haematology (non-clinical)

Infectious Diseases

339

915

3.4

9.3

15.0

Joint Consultant Clinics

Learning Disability

1,193

8,994

13.1

9.9

626

13.0

Medical Microbiology

Medical Oncology

4,241

37,248

15.6

111

5.1

1,327

6.9

Medical Ophthalmology

Midwifery Service

41,277

96,971

2.7

991

4.7

5,206

10.2

Nephrology

10,504

83,822

14.2

831

14.8

7,829

17.1

Neurology

26,318

73,833

3.6

3,036

20.7

9,595

23.0

Neurosurgery

2,762

10,242

5.3

196

13.3

1,268

22.2

Nuclear Medicine

Nursing Activity

Obstetrics

53,259

226,093

6.5

3,276

11.6

18,712

15.3

Old Age Psychiatry

13,923

47,053

4.8

1,025

13.8

3,716

14.8

Ophthalmology

170,783

648,832

5.5

12,365

13.5

47,595

13.7

Oral Surgery

71,108

155,594

2.3

5,549

14.5

13,259

15.7

Orthodontics

9,300

84,688

16.2

885

17.4

8,435

18.1

Paediatric Dentistry

4,187

11,948

3.7

684

28.1

2,438

33.9

Paediatric Neurology

1,011

4,818

7.5

123

21.7

697

25.3

Paediatric Surgery

3,153

6,703

2.2

638

33.7

1,158

29.5

Paediatric Urology

Paediatrics

55,936

194,069

4.9

6,517

20.9

30,336

27.1

Pain Management

15,514

39,162

3.0

1,816

21.0

3,775

17.6

Palliative Medicine

1,124

3,706

4.6

12.5

298

14.8

Plastic Surgery

11,703

62,628

8.3

734

11.8

5,013

14.8

Postnatal Clinic

Psychotherapy

138

625

3.5

35.2

119

16.0

Radiology

1,355

1,610

0.4

7.9

8.8

Rehabilitation Service

7,138

20,958

3.9

645

16.6

1,953

17.1

Respiratory Medicine

46,884

162,322

4.9

5,064

19.5

17,132

19.1

Restorative Dentistry

9,202

43,333

7.5

1,249

23.9

4,292

18.0

Rheumatology

46,658

171,293

5.3

3,456

13.8

15,289

16.4

Trauma and Orthopaedics

309,705

926,241

3.5

23,656

14.2

74,328

14.9

Urology

75,178

240,719

4.1

6,311

15.5

18,232

14.1

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Weblinks
Statistical quality information
Keywords
Open Data

General description

The Outpatient Activity Minimum Dataset (OP MDS) was introduced in Wales in April 1999. The dataset records patient level information on outpatient activity in the NHS in Wales. The dataset was originally designed to capture consultant led activity but has expanded to capture independent nurse led activity. Information is collected on a monthly basis and held by the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS).

From 2012-13 onwards, the OP MDS is the source of official statistics for outpatient activity in the NHS in Wales, rather than the previous QS1 return. Although the QS1 was the source of official statistics for 2011-12 we have also published data for 2011-12 from the OP MDS to allow comparisons to be made between the old and current data sources.

The figures provided are based on activity undertaken at hospital sites in Wales. As such, it includes activity delivered by English organisations in Welsh hospitals and excludes activity carried out in England.

The drop in Cardiff and Vale’s outpatients who did not attend between 2014-15 and 2015-16 is mainly due the introduction of a Fully Automated Booking (FAB) system. The drop in Cwm Taf’s activity between 2014-15 and 2015-16 is mainly due to a change in the data they submit to bring them in-line with national reporting standards. These are explained in more detail in Section 3 of the statistical article ‘Outpatient Activity Minimum Dataset: update on data quality and summary results for 2015-16’.

From April 2016, there has been a change in the treatment function codes submitted by the local health boards, please see the release for more information.

The increase in Cwm Taf in 2016-17 is mainly due to some hospital sites submitting data for the first time, which is explained in more detail in the statistical release.

Please see the statistical article “Outpatient Activity Minimum Dataset: publication of data and discussion of data quality” published on 16 February 2016 for information on the OP MDS, including differences between this data source and the QS1 and also data quality information. Please also see ‘Outpatient Activity Minimum Dataset: update on data quality and summary results for 2015-16’ published on 04 October 2016.

Data collection and calculation

LHBs and Trusts are required to submit monthly OP MDS data to NWIS by the 20th calendar day of the following month. The data is thereafter loaded into the national data base.

NWIS supply this data to Welsh Government annually and the data supplied covers each financial year.

For further information, please read the Statistical Articles, as per the given weblink.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data is shown from 2011-12 onwards.

Users, uses and context

Please find this information in the related Statistical Articles and Releases, as per the given weblink.

Rounding applied

Percentages and ratios are rounded to 1 decimal place

Revisions information

This data was revised on 13/12/18 to fix duplications in health board totals. Wales and hospital figures were unaffected.

We plan to revise data for the previous year on an annual basis, at the same time that we release new data. We will take advice from NWIS regarding revisions for previous years. For example, if resubmissions from LHBs/NHS trusts are large, the data will be revised. Revised data will be highlighted in the StatsWales table as such.

Title

Outpatient Attendances

Last update

28 November 2019

Next update

November 2020 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Outpatient activity minimum dataset, NHS Wales Informatics Services (NWIS)

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Weblinks

Outpatient Activity Statistical Articles and Releases:
https://gov.wales/outpatient-activity

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related Statistical Articles and Releases, as per the given weblink.

The increase in Cwm Taf in 2016-17 is mainly due to some hospital sites submitting data for the first time, which is explained in more detail in the statistical release

Keywords

Outpatient; Outpatients; Patients; Appointments; Attendances; Hospital;

Name

HLTH0313