Results of strike analyses
Strike | Tuesday 12 January | Wednesday 10 February | Wednesday 9 to Thursday 10 March | Tuesday 26 to Wednesday 27 April | Total |
Services withheld | Routine care only | Routine care only | Routine care only | All services (including emergency care) | |
Total admissions | 53 279 | 54 558 | 107 243 | 99 866 | 314 946 |
Change in total admissions | −4951 (−8.5%)* | −2633 (−4.6%)* | −5873 (−5.2%)* | −18 194 (−15.4%)* | −31 651 (−9.1%) |
Emergency admissions | 20 307 | 21 005 | 40 908 | 40 077 | 122 297 |
Change in emergency admissions | −1313 (−6.1%)* | −30 (−0.1%) | −99 (−0.2%) | −3383 (−7.8%)* | −4825 (−3.7%) |
Elective admissions | 32 972 | 33 553 | 66 335 | 59 789 | 192 649 |
Change in elective admissions | −3638 (−9.9%)* | −2603 (−7.2%)* | −5775 (−8.0%)* | −14 811 (−19.9%)* | −26 827 (−12.2%) |
Day case admissions | 23 455 | 23 664 | 47 286 | 42 734 | 137 139 |
Change in day case admissions | −2367 (−9.2%)* | −1809 (−7.1%)* | −3863 (−7.6%)* | −9846 (−18.7%) * | −17 885 (−11.5%) |
Total outpatient appointments | 470 639 | 439 599 | 871 540 | 881 213 | 2 662 991 |
Change in total outpatient appointments | −14 663 (−3.0%)* | −7702 (−1.7%)* | −41 182 (−4.5%)* | −109 915 (−11.1%)* | −173 462 (−6.0%) |
Outpatient appointments completed | 352 808 | 333 625 | 658 348 | 651 028 | 1 995 809 |
Change in outpatient appointments completed | −29 791 (−7.8%)* | −18 305 (−5.2%)* | −59 692 (−8.3%)* | −134 711 (−17.1%)* | −242 499 (−10.6%) |
Outpatient appointments cancelled by provider | 49 967 | 45 222 | 90 272 | 109 383 | 294 844 |
Change in outpatient appointments cancelled by provider | 17 641 (+54.6%)* | 12 739 (+39.2%)* | 26 906 (+42.5%)* | 43 823 (+66.8%)* | 101 109 (+52.1%) |
A&E total attendances | 48 827 | 55 842 | 114 292 | 100 569 | 319 530 |
Change in A&E total attendances | −5219 (−9.7%)* | 963 (+1.8%)* | −2314 (−2.0%)* | −17 325 (−14.7%)* | −23 895 (−6.8%) |
Emergency admission deaths | 616 | 583 | 1011 | 999 | 3209 |
Change in emergency admission deaths | 16 (+2.7%) | 24 (+4.3%) | 40 (+4.1%) | −40 (−3.8%) | 40 (+1.3%) |
Elective admission deaths | 21 | 18 | 30 | 29 | 98 |
Change in elective admission deaths | 0 | 1 (+5.9%) | 1 (+3.4%) | −2 (−6.5%) | 0 |
A&E deaths | 73 | 46 | 127 | 110 | 356 |
Change in A&E deaths | 10 (+15.9%) | −11 (−19.2%) | 21 (+19.8%) | 11 (+11.1%) | 31 (9.75%) |
Total deaths | 710 | 647 | 1168 | 1138 | 3663 |
Change in total deaths | 26 (+3.8%) | 14 (+2.2%) | 62 (+5.6%) | −31 (−2.7%) | 71 (2.0%) |
Percentage change vs expected non-strike volumes are shown in brackets .
*Statistical significance at the 5% level as given by the χ2 test.
A&E, accident and emergency.