The total number of missed hospital appointments in each financial year 2001-02 to 2005-06 is provided in the following table. These figures represent the number of outpatient appointments where a patient did not attend and failed to give advanced warning to the hospital.
Health board 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 EHSSB 131,449 128,293 128,766 123,672 125,143 NHSSB 23,587 23,019 22,677 22,472 23,355 SHSSB 31,624 29,066 28,812 26,879 24,617 WHSSB 25,153 23,592 24,554 24,715 26,893 NI Total 211,813 203,970 204,809 197,738 200,008 Note: Data for the financial year 2006-07 will be published in July 2007. Data are disaggregated by Health Board of provider Trust. Source: Departmental Return KH09.
The Department does not hold information on missed appointments at GP surgeries. This could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.