Written Question · S3W-26678 · Session 3
What the percentage increase in same-day care and treatment was in each NHS board in each of the last five years.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage increase in same-day care and treatment was in each NHS board in each of the last five years.
The answer
It is not possible from centrally held data to identify all activity undertaken as same-day care.
However, figures for outpatients and day-cases are routinely published by the Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS Scotland at the following address http:--www.isdscotland.org-isd-4066.html.
The Excel file Annual and quarterly summary information by NHS board of Treatment.xls provides trend information over the past 10 years.
The BADS1 (the British Association of Day Surgery) directory is a list of procedures that are appropriate for a day surgery setting. The table below gives the number of these procedures carried out in a day surgery setting (as day-cases, first and return outpatients, and inpatients with a length of stay of 0 days) by NHS board, for each of the past five years. The table also shows annual percentage changes of the total number of BADS1 procedures carried out on the same day.
Please note it is known that there is a degree of under-recording of procedures carried out in an outpatient setting on the SMR00 national return, and hence the outpatient figures represent an under-count of the true volume of BADS activity. ISD are currently working with NHS boards to address this.
Note: 1. The British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) was founded in 1989 to encourage the expansion of day surgery. As part of this, BADS has published a directory of surgical procedures. This directory contains aspirational goals for day surgery (including outpatient surgery). The BADS directory of procedures provides a focus for clinicians and managers involved in the planning and provision of short stay elective surgery as well as a list of procedures that are appropriate for a day surgery setting. Further information about BADS can be found here: http://www.daysurgeryuk.org/bads/joomla/.
Analysis of BADS1 procedures carried out in a same-day care setting2 over financial years 2003-04 “ 2008-093, by NHS Board of Treatment
Health Board of Treatment
| Financial Year
| Day Cases
| Inpatients (with a 0 Day Stay)
| Outpatients
| Total Same-Day BADS Procedures
| % Increase in BADS
Scotland
| 2003-04
| 83,902
| 5,893
| 35,483
| 125,278
|
-
2004-05
| 88,224
| 6,321
| 38,942
| 133,487
| 6.6%
2005-06
| 97,401
|
However, figures for outpatients and day-cases are routinely published by the Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS Scotland at the following address http:--www.isdscotland.org-isd-4066.html.
The Excel file Annual and quarterly summary information by NHS board of Treatment.xls provides trend information over the past 10 years.
The BADS1 (the British Association of Day Surgery) directory is a list of procedures that are appropriate for a day surgery setting. The table below gives the number of these procedures carried out in a day surgery setting (as day-cases, first and return outpatients, and inpatients with a length of stay of 0 days) by NHS board, for each of the past five years. The table also shows annual percentage changes of the total number of BADS1 procedures carried out on the same day.
Please note it is known that there is a degree of under-recording of procedures carried out in an outpatient setting on the SMR00 national return, and hence the outpatient figures represent an under-count of the true volume of BADS activity. ISD are currently working with NHS boards to address this.
Note: 1. The British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) was founded in 1989 to encourage the expansion of day surgery. As part of this, BADS has published a directory of surgical procedures. This directory contains aspirational goals for day surgery (including outpatient surgery). The BADS directory of procedures provides a focus for clinicians and managers involved in the planning and provision of short stay elective surgery as well as a list of procedures that are appropriate for a day surgery setting. Further information about BADS can be found here: http://www.daysurgeryuk.org/bads/joomla/.
Analysis of BADS1 procedures carried out in a same-day care setting2 over financial years 2003-04 “ 2008-093, by NHS Board of Treatment
Health Board of Treatment
| Financial Year
| Day Cases
| Inpatients (with a 0 Day Stay)
| Outpatients
| Total Same-Day BADS Procedures
| % Increase in BADS
Scotland
| 2003-04
| 83,902
| 5,893
| 35,483
| 125,278
|
-
2004-05
| 88,224
| 6,321
| 38,942
| 133,487
| 6.6%
2005-06
| 97,401
|
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-26678 by reference.