NHS Digital has today published the annual Hospital Outpatient Activity report, covering outpatient activity in the NHS and NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector.

Included in the report is the number of outpatient appointments in 2019/20, broken down into patients that attended and did not attend. Further breakdowns of gender and age are also included.

The report also covers:

•         First attendances by source of referral

•         Figures on the number of cancelled appointments

•         Areas of treatment specialities by attendance type

•         Main treatment specialities by age and gender

•         Interactive provider level analysis

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Read the full report

Hospital Outpatient Activity, 2019/20