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Publication, Part of

Hospital Outpatient Activity 2021-22

National statistics, Accredited official statistics

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Consultation: proposed improvements to the Hospital Outpatient Activity publication

The data included within the 2022-23 release will remain the same or have minor changes to the publication series (Outpatients), details about the changes can be found within the consultation.

Please complete our consultation about the changes and share your feedback by 18th August 2023

Consultation for Hospital Outpatient Activity

18 August 2023 17:00 PM

Summary Report - Treatment Specialities

Summary - treatment specialties with the greatest number of attendances, 2021-22

Ophthalmology (7.5 million), Trauma & Orthopaedics (6.7 million), Diagnostic Imaging (5.1 million), Physiotherapy (4.0 million) and Cardiology (3.7 million) specialties have recorded the highest levels of attendances in 2021-22. 

The five most common treatment specialties accounted for 28.2% of all outpatient attendances.

Physiotherapy recorded the lowest ratio between attended and did not attend appointments with approximately 9.7 attendances for each appointment where the patient did not attend.



Last edited: 7 July 2023 11:53 am