Written questions

Out-patients: Attendance

Commons · Question 59642 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS appointments were missed in the last 12-months.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 23 Jun 2025

The Department does not hold data on the number of missed appointments across the whole National Health Service. In the year from April 2024 to March 2025, the latest provisional data indicates that there were 8.1 million outpatient appointments not atten...