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Hospital Outpatient Activity 2019-20

National statistics

National Statistics

Summary Report - Treatment Specialities

Summary - treatment specialties with the greatest number of attendances, 2019-20

Ophthalmology, Trauma & Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy specialties have recorded the highest levels of attendances in 2019-20 with 7.9 million, 7.4 million and 5.2 million attendances respectively.

The five most common treatment specialties account for 30.2 per cent of all outpatient attendances.

Physiotherapy recorded the lowest ratio between attended and did not attend appointments with approximately 10.4 attendances for each appointment where the patient did not attend.



Last edited: 13 January 2022 10:52 am