NHS GP Referrals for First Out-patient Appointments, March 2012

Statistics on GP Referrals received at Welsh Local Health Boards for a first outpatient appointment include data for Wales for the period March 2011 to March 2012. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 4 April 2012.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The number of GP referrals for a first outpatient appointment received at a Welsh Local Health Board was 68,901 in March 2012;
• This is a 1.2% decrease compared with March 2011 and a 5.1% increase compared with February 2012, at an all Wales level.

All figures relating to March 2012 are provisional.

We publish a detailed quality report on NHS Wales GP Referrals statistics that also contains details of our users. We would appreciate any feedback on the content and usefulness of the quality report.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

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

Next update

7 June 2012