Publication, Part of Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity
Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity, 2023-24
National statistics, Accredited official statistics
File Change Notice - 03/10/2024
An alignment error was identified on the 4 Character Primary Diagnosis tab of the Diagnosis Excel file which resulted in the column headers being mis-aligned with the data below. As a result the data in the Diagnosis csv file was also incorrect.
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Summary Report - Episodes
Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) and Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs)
21.5 million FCEs and 17.6 million FAEs were recorded in 2023-24.
This represents a 7.1% per cent increase in FCEs from 2022-23. The increase in FAEs is also 7.1% per cent.
The chart below shows the trend of FCEs and FAEs including the impact of COVID-19 since 2020-21.
Day case and ordinary episodes, 2014-15 to 2023-24
In 2023-24, 62.9 per cent of episodes were ordinary episodes involving a planned overnight stay and 37.1 per cent were day cases.
Admission method by IMD decile, 2023-24
We can see in this chart that emergency admissions were more common in the more deprived decile groups compared with the less deprived groups.
FCEs by age and sex, 2023-24
The age group with the highest number of episodes was the 75-79 year group (2.2 million).
Female patients accounted for 11.7 million, 54.9 per cent, of episodes.
Episodes for females aged 20-39 years were 3 times those of males in the same age groups. Maternity service are responsible for a large proportion of admitted patient care activity for females in these age groups.
Last edited: 8 November 2024 9:50 am