Non-urgent advice: Wasted appointments last month
In May 2025, we made 7571 appointments available to patients. 3289 of these appointments were in-person.
Sadly, 297 of these in-person appointments were unattended.
Unfortunately, these wasted appointments means patients who need to be seen may struggle to do so. Wasted appointments also increase the overall wait times for patients to be seen.
Every year, approximately £216,000,000 is wasted within the NHS on appointments for patients who failed to show up, on top of the disruption for staff and fellow patients. You can read more on the damaging effects that wasted appointments have on the NHS by clicking here.
2025
January:
Total appointments available this month: 9252
Number of in-person appointments: 3726
Unattended: 358
February:
Total appointments available this month: 8227
Number of in-person appointments: 3380
Unattended: 249
March:
Total appointments available this month: 7943
Number of in-person appointments: 3141
Unattended: 292
April:
Total appointments available this month: 8010
Number of in-person appointments: 3191
Unattended: 293
May:
Total appointments available this month: 7571
Number of in-person appointments: 3289
Unattended: 297
2024
January:
Total appointments available this month: 8893
Number of in-person appointments: 3928
Unattended: 282
February:
Total appointments available this month: 7733
Number of in-person appointments: 3394
Unattended: 293
March:
Total appointments available this month: 9460
Number of in-person appointments: 3414
Unattended: 279
April:
Total appointments available this month: 8869
Number of in-person appointments: 3589
Unattended: 292
May:
Total appointments available this month: 8331
Number of in-person appointments: 3216
Unattended: 321
June:
Total appointments available this month: 8113
Number of in-person appointments: 2837
Unattended: 231
July:
Total appointments available this month: 9168
Number of in-person appointments: 3661
Unattended: 397
August:
Total appointment available this month: 8380
Number of in-person appointments: 3044
Unattended: 285
September:
Total appointment available this month: 8865
Number of in-person appointments: 3456
Unattended: 296
October:
Total appointment available this month: 11452
Number of in-person appointments: 5842
Unattended: 464
November:
Total appointment available this month: 9719
Number of in-person appointments: 4350
Unattended: 361
December:
Total appointment available this month: 8805
Number of in-person appointments: 3345
Unattended: 243
