"Figure 3: Elective and non-elective activities increase in Quarter 4 2018","" "Healthcare activities, Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2014 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018, England","" "","" "Notes","1. Quarters highlighted in grey represent Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) of each calendar year. 2. Non-seasonally adjusted data. " "Unit","Quarter-on-quarter percentage growth rates" "","" ""," Elective"," Non Elective"," Out patient First"," Out patient Follow-Up" "2014Q2","-2","1.9","1.3","-1.2" "2014Q3","2","-2.5","2.4","0.9" "2014Q4","0.6","4.4","0","1.2" "2015Q1","1.4","-4.2","-0.6","1.7" "2015Q2","0","3","0.4","-2.3" "2015Q3","1.9","0","3.4","2.8" "2015Q4","0.1","4","1.5","1.2" "2016Q1","-0.7","0.3","-1.3","0.3" "2016Q2","2.1","-0.6","3.9","1.6" "2016Q3","0.3","0.1","-0.2","-1" "2016Q4","-0.6","2.7","0.1","0.2" "2017Q1","1.7","-2.5","0.3","2.8" "2017Q2","-4","1.6","-1.7","-3" "2017Q3","1.8","1.1","0.6","0.2" "2017Q4","0.3","4.7","1.3","1.3" "2018Q1","-1.9","-1.1","-3.1","-1.2" "2018Q2","1.9","0.5","3.7","1.9" "2018Q3","-0.5","-0.2","-0.7","-1.2" "2018Q4","2.4","5.3","2.9","2.4"