Table 2.

Provision of hospital oncology services between March 1 and May 31, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019 across all participating centres

	Number of centres that provided data	March–May, 2019, n	March–May, 2020, n	Percentage reduction*	April–May, 2019, n	April–May, 2020, n	Percentage reduction*
New patient registrations	40	112 270	51 760	54%	75 725	24 977	67%
Total outpatient clinic visits	37	634 745	340 984	46%	43 5577	167 032	62%
Hospital admissions	39	88 801	56 885	36%	60 190	31 685	47%
Major surgeries	38	17 120	8677	49%	11 563	4245	63%
Minor surgeries	36	18 004	8630	52%	12 229	3677	70%
Outpatient chemotherapy	40	173 634	109 107	37%	116 584	60 154	48%
Patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy	37	51 142	39 365	23%	34 558	19 183	44%
Imaging reports (CT and MRI)	31	93 449	53 560	43%	62 763	26 961	57%
Pathology reports	32	398 373	246 616	38%	269 238	127 554	53%
Palliative care referrals	27	19 474	13 890	29%	13 694	6671	51%

^*Compared with the same period in 2019.