Patients: Transport
(asked on 8th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients received hospital transport in each of the last five years.
The following table shows how many patients received special/planned transport in each of the last five years.
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2008-091 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
Special | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
Planned | 9.51 | 9.40 | 8.79 | 8.26 | 7.10 |
Special/planned Total | 9.59 | 9.47 | 8.84 | 8.29 | 7.13 |
1data for 2013-14 has not been published yet, therefore 2008-09 data has been included to complete the five year series.
The total amount spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years by National Health Service trusts is shown in the following table:
Year | NHS Trust spend (£000s) | |
2008-091 | 325,038 | |
2009-10 | 312,524 | |
2010-11 | 341,517 | |
2011-12 | 344,572 | |
2012-13 | 320,162 |
1NHS Trust spends for 2013-14 has not been published yet, therefore 2008-09 data has been included to complete the five year series.
The total amount spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years by foundation trusts (FTs) is shown in the following table:
Year | FT Trust spend (£000s) | Number of FTs at start of year1 | Number of FTs at end of year1 | |
2009-10 | 21,800 | 115 | 129 | |
2010-11 | 21,735 | 129 | 136 | |
2011-12 | 23,195 | 136 | 143 | |
2012-13 | 25,149 | 143 | 145 | |
2013-14 | 25,915 | 145 | 147 |
1The changing amount of spend will be affected by more FTs being authorised each year. These figures include spend from the point at which FTs are authorised, including if mid-year.
Clinical commissioning groups also commission patient transport services; however, cost data is not collected centrally.
Information on the average cost of providing a patient with hospital transport is not collected centrally.