Margaret Moran
Labour, Luton South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many missed appointments there have been (a) at Luton and Dunstable Hospital, (b) in Luton Primary Care Trust and (c) in Luton Mental Health Trust in the last 12 months; and what the cost of missed appointments in each category was over that period.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (South West), The Minister of State, Department of Health
The following table contains information about missed appointments ('did not attends' = DNAs) at Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Luton Primary Care Trust (PCT) in 2007-08. Information is not collected centrally about DNAs for community-based services, and therefore information is not available for Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust.
Information about the cost of missed appointments is not collected centrally.
| DNAs at Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Luton PCT in 2007-08 | ||||
| Organisation name | First out-patient attendance DNAs | Subsequent out-patient attendances DNAs | In-patient DNAs | Total DNAs |
| Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 8,814 | 17,598 | 616 | 27,028 |
| Luton PCT | 61 | 227 | 0 | 288 |
| Source: Department of Health form Quarterly activity return provider-based. | ||||
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