Secondary Care Outcomes Table 6.6 provides an overview of reported use of secondary care services respondent’s over a 3 month period. Table 6:6: Change in use of secondary care services (over a 3 month period; n=136) Basildon Castle Mid Essex Colchester West Essex Total and Point and Brentwood Rochford N % N % N % N % N % N % Attendance at A+E 6 9% 3 14% 0 0% 6 32% 2 10% 17 13% Outpatient appointments 23 33% 7 33% 2 33% 1 5% 9 43% 42 31% attended Admittance to hospital planned 4 6% 3 14% 0 0% 4 21% 1 5% 12 9% – procedure Admittance to hospital 3 4% 2 10% 0 0% 2 11% 2 10% 9 7% – emergency Source: RSM PACEC Survey of Social Prescribing Service Users (2017) For secondary care services it shows: Attendance at A+E 13% (n=17) reported a reduction in attendance at A+E and overall – reported attendance at A+E decreased by 10 attendances Outpatient appointments attended 31% (n=42) had reported a reduction in the number – of outpatient appointments attended and overall the reported number of outpatient appointments reduced by 54 appointments Admittance to hospital (planned procedure) - 9% (n=12) reported reduced admissions to hospital for a planned procedure and overall the number of reported admissions reduced by 2 admissions Admittance to hospital (emergency) 7% (n=9) reported reduced admissions to hospital – for an emergency procedure and overall the number of reported admissions reduced by 15 admissions Due to the small number of respondents the findings above are not representative or statistically significant. The value of the outcome changes above are recorded in section 8.
Secondary Care Outcomes Table 6.6 provides an overview of respondent’s reported use of secondary care services over a 3 month period. Table 6:6: Change in use of secondary care services (over a 3 month period; n=136) Basildon and Brentwood Castle Point and Rochford Mid Essex Colchester West Essex Total N % N % N % N % N % N % Attendance at A+E 6 9% 3 14% 0 0% 6 32% 2 10% 17 13% Outpatient appointments attended 23 33% 7 33% 2 33% 1 5% 9 43% 42 31% Admittance to hospital – planned procedure 4 6% 3 14% 0 0% 4 21% 1 5% 12 9% Admittance to hospital – emergency 3 4% 2 10% 0 0% 2 11% 2 10% 9 7% Source: RSM PACEC Survey of Social Prescribing Service Users (2017) For secondary care services it shows: Attendance at A+E – 13% (n=17) reported a reduction in attendance at A+E and overall reported attendance at A+E decreased by 10 attendances Outpatient appointments attended – 31% (n=42) had reported a reduction in the number of outpatient appointments attended and overall the reported number of outpatient appointments reduced by 54 appointments Admittance to hospital (planned procedure) - 9% (n=12) reported reduced admissions to hospital for a planned procedure and overall the number of reported admissions reduced by 2 admissions Admittance to hospital (emergency) – 7% (n=9) reported reduced admissions to hospital for an emergency procedure and overall the number of reported admissions reduced by 15 admissions Due to the small number of respondents the findings above are not representative or statistically significant. The value of the outcome changes above are recorded in section 8.
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