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Publication, Part of

Community Services Statistics, February 2023

Experimental statistics, Official statistics in development

Service Type Issue

A recent code review has revealed that the underlying code for the Service Type measures included in the main csv does not wholly match the methodology described in the publication.  The values historically published included non-within month data and contacts may not have been unique.  Initial investigations show national levels for this measure should have been about 2% lower.  This percentage increases at lower levels of the hierarchy due to the influence of small numbers.

Service Type data in this publication has been fixed, however, comparisons with historic values of this data should be treated with caution until these have also been retrospectively corrected.

3 May 2023 09:30 AM

Referrals

Total Referrals

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 1,428,185 referral requests in total during February 2023. Of these, 243,195 referrals were for children and young people, 420,705 referrals were for adults aged 19 to 64, and 763,265 were for adults aged 65 and over.


Patients with a referral

Across all submitters of referral data in February 2023, there were 1,029,190 patients with a referral received during the month, of which 213,285 were children and young people, 349,760 were adults aged 19 to 64, and 465,180 were adults aged 65 and over.


Referral Reason

Referral reason is submitted in 60.5% 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, Haematology/Phlebotomy & Healthy Child Pathway.

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


Last edited: 2 May 2023 9:30 am