Table 4

Timing of first endoscopy, rebleeding and mortality

	All patients undergoing endoscopy n=5004		Pre-endoscopy Rockall score 0–2 n=2329		Preendoscopy Rockall score ≥3 n=2675		Pre-endoscopy Rockall score ≥5 n=838
	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
Time of endoscopy
In normal hours^*	82	4109	84	1965	80	2144	76	637
Out of hours 1^†	14	698	12	273	16	425	20	164
Out of hours 2^‡	2.8	142	2.7	64	2.9	78	3.9	33
Not known	1.0	55	1.2	27	1.0	28	0.5	4
Time to endoscopy
Within 24 h	50	2515	51	1184	50	1331	55	463
24–71 h	30	1512	32	744	29	786	28	233
72+ hours	17	846	15	351	19	495	14	116
Time not known	2.6	131	2.1	50	3.0	81	3.1	26