Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many missed outpatient appointments there were in England in each year since 2022.

Data on missed outpatient appointments is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-outpatient-activity

This refers to instances where a patient did not attend a scheduled appointment.