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

In the year from October 2009 to September 2010 there were:

Inpatients:
17.1 million finished consultant episodes (FCEs), 58.3% (10.0 million) of which included at least one procedure or intervention, and 5.6 million of which were day cases.
14.8 million finished admission episodes (FAEs), of which 5.2 million were emergency admissions.

Outpatients:
86.2 million outpatient appointments made, with 68.8 million (79.8%) of these attended by the patient.
6.8 million outpatient appointments not attended by the patient, representing 7.9% of all appointments.

Accident and Emergency (Experimental Data):
15.8 million A&E attendances recorded in A&E HES. Of these 3.5 million (22%) resulted in admission to hospital for inpatient treatment, 2.9 million (19%) resulted in a GP follow up, and 6.2 million (39%) were discharged with no follow up.

Topic of interest - Assaults
In the current year from October 2009 to September 2010 there were 40,838 finished admission episodes for assault (all age groups), of these 14,256 (34.9%) were from targeted CSP areas and 26,582 from other areas.
In the previous year from October 2008 to September 2009 there were 43,714 finished admission episodes for assault (all age groups), of these 14,832 (33.9%) were from targeted CSP areas and 28,882 from other areas.
Between these periods admission episodes for assault decreased by 6.6% in England with a decrease of 3.9% in targeted CSP areas and an decrease of 8.0% in other areas.
There were 5,582 finished admission episodes for assault recorded in the year October 2009 to September 2010 for people aged between 13-24 within targeted CSP areas, representing a decrease of 216 (3.7%) from the previous year (October 2008 to September 2009).
There were 8,674 finished admission episodes for assault recorded in the year October 2009 to September 2010 for people of other ages (not between 13-24) within targeted CSP areas, representing a decrease of 360 (4.0%) from the previous year (October 2008 to September 2009).
There were 26,582 finished admission episodes for assault recorded in the year October 2009 to September 2010 for people outside targeted CSP areas, representing a decrease of 2,300 (8.0%) from the previous year (October 2008 to September 2009).