More people miss NHS appointments when the clocks go forward

(Lancaster University) The number of missed hospital outpatient appointments increases following the clock change on March 25 2018.Patients are 5% more likely to miss an appointment in the week after the clocks go forward compared with the previous week. NHS figures show that there were 8 million missed appointments in 2016/17. Each hospital outpatient appointment costs £120 so missed appointments represent a significant financial issue for the NHS and have a negative impact on patient care.