Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatients and Accident and Emergency Data - April 2010 to May 2010

In the year from June 2009 to May 2010:

Inpatients:
16.9 million finished consultant episodes (FCEs), 58.1% (9.8 million) of which included at least one procedure or intervention, and of these 5.5 million were day cases.
14.6 million finished admission episodes (FAEs), of which 5.2 million were emergency admissions.
 
Outpatients:
84.7 million outpatient appointments made, with 67.7 million (80.0%) of these attended by the patient.
6.7 million outpatient appointments not attended by the patient, representing 7.9% of all appointments.
 
Accident and Emergency (Experimental Data):
15.6 million A&E attendances recorded in A&E HES. Of these 3.4 million (22%) resulted in admission to hospital for inpatient treatment, 2.9 million (19%) resulted in a GP follow up, and 6.1 million (39%) were discharged with no follow up.

Topic of interest: Assaults:
In the current year from June 2009 to May 2010 there were 41,237 finished admission episodes for assault (all age groups), of these 25,669 (62.2%) were from Tackling Knives Action Programme (TKAP phase II) local authorities and 15,568 from non-TKAP areas.
In the previous year from June 2008 to May 2009 there were 43,535 finished admission episodes for assault (all age groups), of these 27,072 (62.2%) were from Tackling Knives Action Programme (TKAP phase II) local authorities and 16,463 from non-TKAP areas.
Between these periods admission episodes for assault decreased by 5.3% in England with a decrease of 5.2% in TKAP phase II areas and an decrease of 5.4% in Non-TKAP areas.
There were 10,276 finished admission episodes recorded in the year June 2009 to May 2010 for people aged between 13-24 within TKAP phase II areas, representing a decrease of 611 (5.6%) from the previous year (June 2008 to May 2009).
There were 6,157 finished admission episodes recorded in the year June 2009 to May 2010 for people aged between 13-24 within non-TKAP areas, representing a decrease of 276 (4.3%) from the previous year (June 2008 to May 2009).

Topic of interest: Fractures:
There were 343,536 hospital admissions for fractures, this compares to 327,746 in the same period in the previous year, an increase of 4.8%.
52.4% (180,005) of hospital admissions for fractures were for females, whilst 47.6% (163,502) were for males.
For people in the 39 and under age groups, the month(s) where they are most likely to be admitted to hospital for a fracture between June and September.  People aged 40 and over are most likely to be admitted to hospital because of a fracture in either December or January.