To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the (a) percentage change in elective activity and (b) percentage change in out-patient referrals from general practitioners in each of the last five years. [130329]
The tables show national figures for elective admissions and general practitioner referrals for first out-patient appointments over the last five years.
| Elective general and acute admissions, England 1996–97 to 2002–03 | |||
| Elective admissions (thousand) | Percentage growth from previous year | Percentage growth over five years | |
| 1997–98 | 4,655 | 2.0 | |
| 1998–99 | 5,093 | 9.4 | |
| 1999–2000 | 5,160 | 1.3 | |
| 2000–01 | 5,277 | 2.3 | |
| 2001–021 | 5,314 | 0.7 | |
| 2002–032 | 5,552 | 4.5 | 19.3 |
| 1 Earlier figures are from health authorities. With the abolition of health authorities, figures for 2001–02 and 2002–03 are estimated based on growth in NHS trusts. | |||
| 2 These are provisional figures for admissions commissioned by the NHS. | |||
Source:
Department of Health, SaFFR
GP and dental practitioner written referrals for first consultant out-patient appointments, England 1997–98 to 2002–03
| |||
Number of referrals
| Percentage growth from previous year
| Percentage growth over five years
| |
| 1997–98 | 8,991,722 | ||
| 1998–99 | 9,139,785 | 1.6 | |
| 1999–2000 | 9,141,425 | 0.0 | |
| 2000–01 | 9,362,770 | 2.4 | |
| 2001–02 | 9,470,342 | 1.1 | |
| 2002–03 | 9,655,874 | 2.0 | 7.4 |
Note:
These figures are for GP and dental practitioner written referrals received by NHS hospitals "provider based". They will include some private patients, and some patients who live outside England.
Source:
Department of Health form QM08