Community Services Statistics, August 2024

A service referral is a request for a care service to be provided for a person needing care. This could include patient self-referrals for an appointment to see or to be in contact with a care professional. 

Across all submitters of referrals data, there were 1,628,635 referral requests in total during August 2024. Of these, 279,140 referrals were for children and young people, 462,455 referrals were for adults aged 19 to 64, and 886,130 were for adults aged 65 and over.

Across all submitters of referral data in August 2024, there were 1,147,880 patients with a referral received during the month, of which 246,740 were children and young people, 379,180 were adults aged 19 to 64, and 521,130 were adults aged 65 and over.

Referral reason is submitted in 65.5% of records. Where recorded (excluding 'Reason for referral not known' and 'Missing Value / Value Outside Parameters'), the top 3 reasons
for referral are Musculoskeletal Problems, Healthy Child Pathway & Wound Care.

More detailed information on referral reason, including breakdowns by age band and gender are available in the accompanying data file.