Table 1.
Mean weekly courses and attendances in the months before and after the start of the first UK lockdown on March 23, 2020
|
Courses |
Attendances |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February, 2020 | March, 2020 | April, 2020 | May, 2020 | June, 2020 | February, 2020 | March, 2020 | April, 2020 | May, 2020 | June, 2020 | |
| Total | ||||||||||
| Observed | 2631 | 2449 | 2024 | 2274 | 2130 | 36 121 | 34 716 | 25 042 | 23 092 | 22 631 |
| Adjusted | 2659 | 2449 | 2024 | 2274 | 2326 | 36 489 | 34 716 | 25 042 | 23 092 | 24 750 |
| SD | 107 | 239 | 226 | 246 | 59 | 514 | 2460 | 1017 | 1665 | 594 |
| Percentage change | −2·9% | −7·8% | −19·9% | −6·2% | −11·6% | −2·4% | −8·5% | −29·1% | −31·4% | −31·5% |
| Palliative | ||||||||||
| Observed | 847 | 827 | 653 | 789 | 788 | 3593 | 3380 | 2270 | 2623 | 2771 |
| Adjusted | 855 | 827 | 653 | 789 | 861 | 3629 | 3380 | 2270 | 2623 | 3030 |
| SD | 33 | 60 | 75 | 113 | 65 | 162 | 415 | 228 | 355 | 241 |
| Percentage change | 1·0% | −1·8% | −20·1% | −1·5% | −5·3% | 0·7% | −7·0% | −35·7% | −20·9% | −20·4% |
| Radical | ||||||||||
| Observed | 1774 | 1614 | 1362 | 1474 | 1332 | 32 426 | 31 227 | 22 684 | 20 376 | 19 792 |
| Adjusted | 1793 | 1614 | 1362 | 1474 | 1454 | 32 756 | 31 227 | 22 684 | 20 376 | 21 645 |
| SD | 83 | 206 | 152 | 137 | 16 | 570 | 2054 | 950 | 1355 | 364 |
| Percentage change | −3·1% | −9·3% | −19·4% | −8·7% | −15·2% | −2·2% | −8·2% | −28·3% | −32·6% | −32·9% |
| Other* | ||||||||||
| Observed | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 103 | 108 | 88 | 93 | 68 |
| Adjusted | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 104 | 108 | 88 | 93 | 75 |
| SD | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 14 |
| Percentage change | −74·3% | −74·5% | −54·4% | 2·5% | 36·5% | −62·9% | −61·6% | −50·2% | −26·2% | −16·4% |
| Females aged younger than 70 years | ||||||||||
| Observed | 848 | 829 | 797 | 839 | 718 | 12 196 | 11 691 | 8974 | 8382 | 7459 |
| Adjusted | 857 | 829 | 797 | 839 | 784 | 12 320 | 11 691 | 8974 | 8382 | 8157 |
| SD | 47 | 50 | 99 | 101 | 19 | 143 | 516 | 400 | 743 | 229 |
| Percentage change | −2·6% | −2·8% | −2·2% | 5·3% | −8·2% | 3·0% | −7·3% | −23·4% | −25·7% | −33·6% |
| Females aged 70 years or older | ||||||||||
| Observed | 487 | 471 | 339 | 419 | 349 | 5464 | 5241 | 3526 | 3347 | 3100 |
| Adjusted | 492 | 471 | 339 | 419 | 381 | 5520 | 5241 | 3526 | 3347 | 3390 |
| SD | 31 | 48 | 21 | 67 | 5 | 107 | 443 | 233 | 362 | 136 |
| Percentage change | −2·3% | −1·8% | −25·8% | −2·1% | −18·9% | −2·9% | −6·9% | −31·9% | −32·6% | −36·1% |
| Males aged younger than 70 years | ||||||||||
| Observed | 584 | 518 | 459 | 508 | 488 | 9159 | 8905 | 6885 | 6560 | 6590 |
| Adjusted | 590 | 518 | 459 | 508 | 533 | 9252 | 8905 | 6885 | 6560 | 7207 |
| SD | 20 | 49 | 73 | 39 | 27 | 284 | 723 | 227 | 346 | 362 |
| Percentage change | 0·3% | −10·0% | −15·1% | −2·7% | −6·7% | −2·8% | −6·8% | −22·8% | −23·0% | −19·2% |
| Males aged 70 years or older | ||||||||||
| Observed | 713 | 631 | 429 | 508 | 575 | 9302 | 8878 | 5657 | 4803 | 5483 |
| Adjusted | 720 | 631 | 429 | 508 | 628 | 9397 | 8878 | 5657 | 4803 | 5996 |
| SD | 45 | 127 | 42 | 56 | 62 | 125 | 820 | 365 | 285 | 585 |
| Percentage change | −6·1% | −15·6% | −39·9% | −25·1% | −14·8% | −8·0% | −12·5% | −40·6% | −46·1% | −37·7% |
Observed weekly mean, weekly mean adjusted for missing data with SD, and percentage change compared with corresponding month of 2019.
*
Cancers for which treatment intent was not specified by the clinician; numbers in this group dropped steeply in 2019 with improvements to data collection, although, given their low frequency, this change is unlikely to have had a significant effect on the results more widely.