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<p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information
on the number of outpatient attendances for individuals aged 0-17 (inclusive) at Mid
Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, since 2009-10 is shown in the following table.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of outpatient attendances</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>23,257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>25,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>26,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>26,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14
(provisional)</p></td><td><p>27,163</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)</p><p>
</p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p>1. Outpatient attendances:</p><p>A patient's treatment
in outpatients can consist of a series of attendances; a distinction between the first
in the series and subsequent attendances is commonly reported. The data provided here
includes all episodes, whether it was a first or a subsequent attendance, and also
includes tele-consultations.</p><p>2. Assessing growth through time (Outpatients):</p><p>HES
figures are available from 2003-04 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need
to 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, changes in activity may be
due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p>3. Provisional data: The data is provisional
and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made.
Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated
for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in
the final month of the latest period, i.e. November from the (month 9) April to November
extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular
affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding
inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</p><p> </p>
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