Community Services Statistics, July 2023

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 1,561,215 referral requests in total during July 2023. Of these, 292,615 referrals were for children and young people, 453,640 referrals were for adults aged 19 to 64, and 814,130 were for adults aged 65 and over.

Across all submitters of referral data in July 2023, there were 1,116,655 patients with a referral received during the month, of which 256,085 were children and young people, 373,305 were adults aged 19 to 64, and 486,485 were adults aged 65 and over.
 

Referral reason is submitted in 60.7% 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.