Monthly HES data for Admitted Patient Care:
In the year from March 2019 to February 2020 there were:
• 21.1 million finished consultant episodes (FCEs)² , 58.3% (12.3 million) of which included at least one procedure or intervention, and 7.5 million of which were day cases.
• 17.4 million finished admission episodes (FAEs)³ , of which 6.6 million were emergency admissions.
Monthly HES data for Outpatients:
In the year from March 2019 to February 2020 there were:
• 124.6 million outpatient appointments made, with 96.9 million (77.8%) of these attended by the patient.
• 7.7 million outpatient appointments not attended by the patient, representing 6.2% of all appointments.
Monthly HES data for Accident & Emergency:
In the year from March 2019 to February 2020 there were:
• 23.0 million A&E attendances recorded in A&E HES of which 3.4 million (14.9%) resulted in admission to hospital for admitted patient care. 2.9 million (12.4%) resulted in a GP follow up, and 10.6 million (45.8%) were discharged with no follow up.
The Provisional Data Quality Report for Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) is no longer included within this release. It is now available by using the link in the Related Links Section below.
Also included within this release is supplementary analysis that has been produced in addition to the Retrospective Review of Surgery for Urogynaecological Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence using Tape or Mesh: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Experimental Statistics, April 2008 - March 2017. It contains a count of Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) where a procedure for urogynaecological prolapse or stress urinary incontinence using tape or mesh has been recorded during the April 2019 to February 2020 period.