The modern outpatient: a collaborative approach 2017-2020

Healthcare strategy providing opportunities for transformation which improves efficiency and puts individuals at the heart of their own care.


Annex 1: Outpatient Attendances 2015/16

Return Patients New Patients Return/New Ratio
All Specialties (excl. A&E) 3,013,728 1,486,552 2.0
All ACUTE Specialties 2,553,081 1,396,248 1.8
Acute Medical 1,205,655 1,205,655 2.2
- Anaesthetics 22,195 14,807 1.5
- Cardiology 70,835 46,540 1.5
- Clinical Neurophysiology 52 8,290 0.0
- Clinical Oncology 94,434 13,732 6.9
- Clinical Radiology 545 2,986 0.2
- Dermatology 168,030 126,060 1.3
- Endocrinology/Diabetes 113,888 20,089 5.7
- Gastroenterology 97,409 77,131 1.3
- General Medicine 52,572 25,113 2.1
- Geriatric Medicine 23,561 18,430 1.3
- GP Other than Obstetrics 1,330 4,732 0.3
- Haematology 99,762 10,935 9.1
- Homeopathy 2,167 517 4.2
- Infectious Diseases 24,652 5,459 4.5
- Medical Oncology 42,526 5,652 7.5
- Neurology 49,671 45,089 1.1
- Paediatrics 92,133 33,468 2.8
- Palliative Medicine 6,548 1,132 5.8
- Rehabilitation Medicine 7,372 1,697 4.3
- Renal Medicine 60,750 5,851 10.4
- Respiratory Medicine 83,684 42,253 2.0
- Rheumatology 91,539 27,287 3.4
Acute Surgical 1,347,426 858,998 1.6
- Cardiothoracic Surgery 8,347 4,907 1.7
- Ear, Nose & Throat ( ENT) 111,587 116,060 1.0
- General Surgery 225,803 185,885 1.2
- Gynaecology 91,896 98,220 0.9
- Neurosurgery 11,614 9,175 1.3
- Ophthalmology 307,966 129,986 2.4
- Oral Medicine 6,535 5,483 1.2
- Oral Surgery 26,301 19,189 1.4
- Orthodontics 83,989 8,678 9.7
- Paediatric Dentistry 12,713 6,550 1.9
- Paediatric Surgery 8,659 8,898 1.0
- Plastic Surgery 50,633 23,658 2.1
- Restorative Dentistry 47,216 11,273 4.2
- Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery 277,164 173,099 1.6
- Urology 77,003 57,937 1.3
Learning Disability 41,074 2,760 14.9
Psychiatric 308,975 54,741 5.6
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 43,093 5,517 7.8
- Forensic Psychiatry 1,968 945 2.1
- General Psychiatry (Mental Illness) 201,073 33,239 6.0
- Psychiatry of Old Age 62,841 15,040 4.2
Obstetrics Group 123,898 28,175 4.4
- GP Obstetrics 96 24 4.0
- Obstetrics 123,802 28,151 4.4
Non-Acute Other 7,237 6,008 1.2
- Allergy 493 255 1.9
- Chemical Pathology 1,575 452 3.5
- Clinical Genetics 2,429 4,388 0.6
- Immunology 764 430 1.8
- Integrative Care 1,976 483 4.1

Source: ISD(S)1

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