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NHS: Private Patients

Answer

The following table shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) to National Health Service hospitals, where the source of admission was from a non-NHS hospital provider, in each month between April 2016 to March 2021, the last month for which finalised data is available.

Year	Month	FAEs
2016	April	629
2016	May	592
2016	June	579
2016	July	648
2016	August	657
2016	September	738
2016	October	775
2016	November	581
2016	December	544
2017	January	494
2017	February	497
2017	March	613
2017	April	454
2017	May	579
2017	June	643
2017	July	668
2017	August	657
2017	September	714
2017	October	721
2017	November	755
2017	December	643
2018	January	840
2018	February	609
2018	March	669
2018	April	732
2018	May	781
2018	June	813
2018	July	971
2018	August	792
2018	September	1004
2018	October	1009
2018	November	854
2018	December	726
2019	January	699
2019	February	525
2019	March	507
2019	April	389
2019	May	408
2019	June	388
2019	July	416
2019	August	437
2019	September	494
2019	October	664
2019	November	566
2019	December	411
2020	January	412
2020	February	431
2020	March	353
2020	April	377
2020	May	371
2020	June	448
2020	July	674
2020	August	760
2020	September	668
2020	October	602
2020	November	570
2020	December	482
2021	January	321
2021	February	429
2021	March	582

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital

Notes:

1. A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are usually counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. However, for the purposes of this analysis, we have recorded episodes by the month and year in which the admission started. This may lead to a shortfall in the most recent provisional months, as some patients admitted in these months, may still be in hospital at the time the data was collected and therefore not be included in the final figures. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
2. 'NHS hospitals' was defined by 'Care trust', 'NHS foundation trust' and 'NHS trust'.
3. A code which identifies where the patient was immediately prior to admission. Most patients are admitted from home, but there are some significant exceptions. In particular, this field differentiates between patients admitted from home and patients transferred from another hospital provider or institution. For the purposes of this tabulation, records have been limited to those with an ADMISORC (Admission Source) of 87 - Non-NHS run hospital.
4. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time should be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. It should be noted that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, for example, 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

141193

Session

2021-22

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Subjects

Hospitals NHS Private patients

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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