Cancer hospital admissions 2022 to 2023 (FOI)

Request

A

Could you please provide update the following FOI response to include monthly number of admissions to hospital for any form of cancer for the year 2022?

Cancer hospital admissions (FOI)

B

If you have received updated figures in regards to the above FOI response could you please include updated numbers in the same format provided, as not all appointments were included in the previous figures.

Response

A

The table below shows the count of admissions under a specialty of Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology or Clinical Haematology for 2022.  The figures include Inpatient admissions, Day Case admissions and Regular Day Admissions of both public and private patients. 

It is not currently possible to identify how many admissions under a specialty other than Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology or Clinical Haematology may be directly related to care or treatment for cancer, and patients admitted under a different specialty are not included in the data.

These figures represent patients who have commenced systemic anti-cancer therapy, but would exclude those receiving exclusively oral chemotherapy in an outpatient setting, as this does not constitute an admission.

Data Source: Hospital Patient Administration System (TrakCare, Report ATD5L)

B

No additional admissions have been identified under a specialty of Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology or Clinical Haematology for the years 2015 to 2021. 

It is not currently possible to identify how many admissions under a specialty other than Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology or Clinical Haematology may be directly related to care or treatment for cancer.