Community Services Statistics September 2020

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 1,144,980 referral requests in total during September 2020. Of these, 240,440 referrals were for children and young people, 309,600 referrals were for adults aged 19-64, and 594,940 were for adults aged 65 and over.

Across all submitters of referral data in September 2020, there were 846,145 patients with a referral received during the month, of which 217,220 were children and young people, 257,605 were adults aged 19-64, and 371,365 were adults aged 65 and over.

Referral reason is submitted in 56.1% 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 & Haematology/Phlebotomy.

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