To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been treated by the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
The available information is shown in the following table.
Out - patient and in - patient hospital activity, England (provider based) | ||||||
Out - patients | In - patients | |||||
1st attendances seen | Subsequent attendances seen | Total attendances seen | Elective general and acute FFCEs | Non-elective general and acute FFCEs | Total general and acute FFCEs | |
2001-02 | 12,612,615 | 31,062,363 | 43,674,978 | 5,286,086 | 3,967,192 | 9,253,278 |
2002-03 | 12,878,799 | 30,886,026 | 43,764,825 | 5,413,638 | 4,013,308 | 9,426,946 |
2003-04 | 13,430,530 | 31,689,082 | 45,119,612 | 5,549,737 | 4,289,573 | 9,839,309 |
2004-05 | 13,370,173 | 31,397,428 | 44,767,601 | 5,529,668 | 4,549,542 | 10,079,210 |
2005-06 | 13,726,838 | 31,494,275 | 45,221,113 | 5,762,285 | 4,781,500 | 10,543,785 |
2006-07 | 13,600,443 | 31,109,612 | 44,710,055 | 5,964,409 | 4,895,313 | 10,859,722 |
2007-08 | 14,214,277 | 31,488,416 | 45,702,693 | 6,499,121 | 4,974,598 | 11,473,719 |
2008-09 | 15,536,590 | 33,176,698 | 48,713,288 | 6,778,017 | 5,205,350 | 11,983,367 |
2009-10 | 16,412,534 | 34,327,011 | 50,739,545 | 6,951,646 | 5,364,563 | 12,316,209 |
2010-11 | 16,954,190 | 35,498,064 | 52,452,254 | 7,211,663 | 5,499,325 | 12,710,988 |
Notes: The out-patient attendances are for all specialties. The in-patient First Finished Consultant Episodes (FFCEs) are for general and acute specialties only. General and acute does not include maternity, mental illness and learning disability. Source: Department of Health Quarterly Activity Return (QAR) for outpatient attendances and Monthly Activity Return (MAR) for In-patient FFCEs. |
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