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Reference to Word 'first'
 
These
figures
show
users
who
presented
to
services
for
problem
drug
misuse
for
the
first
time
or
for
the
first
time
for
six
months
.
They
do
not
give
a
complete
picture
of
people
receiving
treatment
.
(A10) Health Related Behaviour: Users presenting to drug misuse services for the first time
 
Health
Related
Behaviour
:
Users
presenting
to
drug
misuse
services
for
the
first
time
(A10) Health Related Behaviour: Users presenting to drug misuse services for the first time
 
3.
Patients
were
first
registered
under
the
new
dental
contract
in
October
1990.
Registrations
built
up
until
1992
and
were
affected
in
subsequent
years
by
improved
checks
on
duplicates
.
(B1) General Dental Service: Selected statistics
 
In
1994
-
95
"
referral
attendances
"
attendances
became
"
first
attendances
"
and
"
consultant
initiated
attendances
"
became
"
subsequent
attendances
"
.
The
change
in
definition
may
have
a
small
effect
on
the
figures
for
1994
-
95
and
1995
-
96
.
(B18) Hospital Outpatient Activity: Outpatient attendances, by sector; NHS trusts
 
2.0
million
patients
were
seen
for
their
first
outpatient
appointment
in
the
quarter
ending
September
2003
following
referral
from
their
GP.
(B19) Outpatient Waiting Times: Patients seen following GP written referral and time waited from referral to consultation - Quarter ended 30 September 2003
 
The
table
shows
the
national
position
in
ten
specialties
.
The
specialties
shown
account
for
almost
three
quarters
of
all
first
outpatient
appointments
following
GP
written
referral
in
England
.
(B19) Outpatient Waiting Times: Patients seen following GP written referral and time waited from referral to consultation - Quarter ended 30 September 2003
 
Community
nurse
home
visits
standard
was
monitored
from
1996
-
97
,
on
a
voluntary
basis
for
the
first
and
second
quarters
of
1996
-
97
,
and
by
all
health
authorities
since
then
.
(B20) Monitoring of key standards and targets: 2001-02 Q1 to 2002-03 Q3
 
NHS
residential
facilities
were
recorded
separately
for
the
first
time
in
1996
-
97
.
Some
of
these
beds
may
previously
have
been
recorded
under
other
headings
.
(B22) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with learning disabilities
 
In
1996
-
97
,
information
on
residential
care
wards
and
homes
managed
directly
by
the
NHS
were
collected
separately
for
the
first
time
.
It
is
clear
that
in
earlier
years
trusts
included
these
beds
on
the
return
under
other
headings
.
(B22) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with learning disabilities
 
In
1996
-
97
,
information
on
residential
care
wards
and
homes
managed
directly
by
the
NHS
were
collected
separately
for
the
first
time
.
It
is
clear
that
in
earlier
years
some
trusts
included
these
beds
on
the
return
under
(B23) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with mental illness
 
First
outpatient
attendances
to
mental
illness
specialties
have
increased
by
7%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
 
First
contacts
in
each
year
with
community
psychiatric
nurses
increased
by
nearly
15%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
 
First
contacts
in
each
year
with
clinical
psychology
services
increased
by
nearly
20%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
 
First
contacts
in
each
year
with
community
learning
disability
nurses
increased
by
25%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
 
Consultant
outpatient
first
attendance
(B26) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
 
First
patient
contacts
with
clinical
psychology
&
community
nursing
services
(B26) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
 
First
attendances
at
NHS
day
care
facilities
(B26) Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
 
In
2002
-
03
,
Primary
Care
Trusts
and
Health
Authorities
in
England
paid
for
9.7
million
NHS
sight
tests
,
a
decrease
of
1
.
5
%
on
2001
-
02
and
75%
increase
on
1992
-
93
.
This
is
the
first
year
NHS
sight
test
numbers
have
fallen
.
(B3) General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
 
In
2002
-
03
,
3.5
million
vouchers
were
reimbursed
,
a
decrease
of
3
.
7
%
on
2001
-
02
and
an
increase
of
9%
on
1992
-
93
.
The
number
of
vouchers
reimbursed
by
HAs
(
previously
FHSAs
)
increased
between
the
first
full
year
of
the
scheme
(
1987
-
88
)
and
1996
-
97
.
(B3) General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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