NHS GP Referrals for First Out-patient Appointments, August 2009

Statistics on GP Referrals received at Welsh NHS Trusts for a first out-patient appointment include data for Wales for the period August 2008 to August 2009. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 2 September 2009.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The number of GP Referrals for a first out-patient appointment received at Welsh NHS Trusts was 55,776 in August 2009.
• This is a 10.7% increase compared to August 2008 and a 16.1% decrease compared to July 2009.

All figures relating to August 2009 are provisional

Further information can be found at the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2080 1268
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

4 November 2009