Table: first outpatient appointments¹ by attendance category for patients aged 60 and over with a referral from an optometrist, 2010-11 to 2014-15

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

Attended

Number

74,304

79,638

93,122

108,448

118,708

Percentage of total

86.6%

85.3%

84.8%

85.7%

85.2%

Median time waited in days²

35

36

40

42

43

Did not attend

Number

3,260

3,537

4,055

4,341

4,778

Percentage of total

3.8%

3.8%

3.7%

3.4%

3.4%

Hospital cancelled

Number

2,368

3,500

4,234

4,877

5,452

Percentage of total

2.8%

3.7%

3.9%

3.9%

3.9%

Patient cancelled

Number

5,326

6,446

8,186

8,682

10,308

Percentage of total

6.2%

6.9%

7.5%

6.9%

7.4%

Not known

Number

494

221

176

148

156

Percentage of total

0.6%

0.2%

0.2%

0.1%

0.1%

Total appointments

85,752

93,342

109,773

126,496

139,402

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital

Notes:

1. Includes activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.

2. These data are not the same as the referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times data that monitor delivery of the NHS Constitution right to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions.

RTT data do not include patient specific information.