Publication, Part of Community Services Statistics
Community Services Statistics, February 2024
Experimental statistics, Official statistics in development
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 1,648,900 referral requests in total during February 2024. Of these, 272,785 referrals were for children and young people, 481,840 referrals were for adults aged 19 to 64, and 894,050 were for adults aged 65 and over.
Patients with a referral
Across all submitters of referral data in February 2024, there were 1,171,840 patients with a referral received during the month, of which 238,350 were children and young people, 398,010 were adults aged 19 to 64, and 535,335 were adults aged 65 and over.
Referral Reason
Referral reason is submitted in 63.3% 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: 24 May 2024 11:12 am