Non-Attendance Rates – Inpatient and Daycase
Information on Did Not Attend and Could Not Attend Rates for Inpatient and Daycase patients. A patient who does not attend an accepted appointment and gives the hospital no prior notice is recorded as a Did Not Attend (DNA). A patient who cancels an appointment in advance is recorded as a Could Not Attend (CNA). Data is presented at health board level, broken down by specialty.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| QuarterEnding | numeric | Last day of quarter that the data reports on (YYYYMMDD) | |
| HBT | text | Health board of treatment based on the boundaries as at 1st April 2019 | |
| HBTQF | text | Qualifier for HBT | |
| Specialty | text | Specialty of the healthcare professional who is in charge of the patient episode. Specialties with a low volume of patients at Scotland level have been excluded from the specialty breakdown therefore the specialty breakdown will not match the total presented under 'All Specialties'. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde code patients under more than one specialty with code 'XSU', as this is not on the list of ISD Specialty codes this has resulted in these patients specialty codes being mapped to a blank code. | |
| SpecialtyQF | text | Qualifier for Specialty | |
| AcceptedAppointments | numeric | The total number of accepted appointments for the whole quarter. | |
| AcceptedAppointmentsQF | text | Qualifier for AcceptedAppointments. | |
| DidNotAttendRatePc | numeric | Percentage of patients who Did Not Attend (DNA). A patient who does not attend an accepted appointment and gives the hospital no prior notice is recorded as a Did Not Attend (DNA). The DNA rate is the number of DNAs presented as a proportion of all appointments which patients could have attended during the reporting period. That is, any appointment which had not been cancelled before the day of the appointment. | |
| DidNotAttendRatePcQF | text | Qualifier for DidNotAttendRatePc | |
| CouldNotAttendRatePc | numeric | Percentage of patients who Could Not Attend (CNA). A patient who cancels an appointment in advance is recorded as a Could Not Attend (CNA). The CNA rate is the number of CNAs presented as a proportion of all appointments which could have been cancelled during the reporting period. That is, any offer for an appointment date before the end of the reporting period which had not been cancelled before the start of the reporting period. | |
| CouldNotAttendRatePcQF | text | Qualifier for CouldNotAttendRatePc | |
| CancellationByServiceRatePc | numeric | "Percentage of patients whose appointment was cancelled by the service. An appointment cancelled by the hospital is recorded as a Cancellation by service. The cancellation by service rate is the number of cancellations by the service presented as a proportion of all appointments which the Service could have cancelled during the reporting period. That is, any accepted offer for an appointment date before the end of the reporting period which had not been cancelled before the start of the reporting period. " | |
| CancellationByServiceRatePcQF | text | Qualifier for CancellationByServiceRatePc |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | March 5, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | June 30, 2020 |
| Created | June 30, 2020 |
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