diff --git a/server/hedley/modules/custom/hedley_restful/plugins/restful/node/HedleyRestfulSync.class.php b/server/hedley/modules/custom/hedley_restful/plugins/restful/node/HedleyRestfulSync.class.php
index 91e51e7d52..a079227601 100644
--- a/server/hedley/modules/custom/hedley_restful/plugins/restful/node/HedleyRestfulSync.class.php
+++ b/server/hedley/modules/custom/hedley_restful/plugins/restful/node/HedleyRestfulSync.class.php
@@ -319,10 +319,17 @@ public function getForHealthCenterStatistics($uuid) {
     $cached_hash = hedley_stats_handle_cache(HEDLEY_STATS_CACHE_GET, HEDLEY_STATS_SYNC_STATS_CACHE, $health_center_id);
     if (empty($cached_hash)) {
       // There's no cached data for health center - trigger statistics
-      // calculation by adding an AQ item.
-      hedley_general_add_task_to_advanced_queue_by_id(HEDLEY_STATS_CALCULATE_STATS, $health_center_id, [
-        'health_center_nid' => $health_center_id,
-      ]);
+      // calculation, unless health center is member of exclusion list.
+      $excluded_health_centers = variable_get('hedley_statistics_excluded_health_centers', '');
+      $excluded_health_centers = explode(',', $excluded_health_centers);
+      if (array_search($health_center_id, $excluded_health_centers) === FALSE) {
+        // This health center is not excluded - trigger statistics calculation
+        // by adding an AQ item.
+        hedley_general_add_task_to_advanced_queue_by_id(HEDLEY_STATS_CALCULATE_STATS, $health_center_id, [
+          'health_center_nid' => $health_center_id,
+        ]);
+      }
+
       return $return;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/hedley/modules/custom/hedley_stats/hedley_stats.module b/server/hedley/modules/custom/hedley_stats/hedley_stats.module
index 8e0ea0f3e0..ec9223e403 100644
--- a/server/hedley/modules/custom/hedley_stats/hedley_stats.module
+++ b/server/hedley/modules/custom/hedley_stats/hedley_stats.module
@@ -335,9 +335,7 @@ function hedley_stats_calculate_stats_for_health_center($health_center_id) {
   // Get all clinics of type 'FBF' for the HC.
   $fbf_clinics = hedley_health_center_get_clinics_by_health_center($health_center_id, 'fbf');
   // Calculate statistics that are provided for FBF clinics only.
-  if (!empty($fbf_clinics)) {
-    hedley_stats_get_session_attendance_stats_by_health_center($health_center_id, $fbf_clinics);
-  }
+  hedley_stats_get_session_attendance_stats_by_health_center($health_center_id, $fbf_clinics);
 
   $villages_with_residents = hedley_stats_get_villages_with_residents($health_center_id);