This report contains key information based on the submissions that have been made by providers to the Community Services Data Set (CSDS) collection and focuses on data relating to activity that occurred in February 2020 as follows:
* 131 providers submitted at least the minimum data for the CSDS. Of these, 130 providers submitted referrals data and 121 providers submitted care contact data.
* There were 1,038,585 referrals received across all submitters of referral data, relating to 805,754 patients. Of these, 208,490 referrals related to 187,621 children and young people (aged 0-18).
* Of these 1,038,585 referrals above, 830,035 referrals related to 618,080 adults (aged over 18). 18 per cent of total referrals were for patients with ages over 85.
* There were 7,877,911 care contacts with 2,342,271 patients, across all submitters of care contact data. Of these, 1,831,568 contacts related to 853,135 children and young people.
* Of these 7,877,911 care contacts above, 6,045,916 contacts related to 1,489,112 adults. 21 per cent of total care contacts were for patients with ages over 85.
* Of the 186,705 children and young people with a recorded gender and a referral received in the period, 55 per cent (102,458) were males, and of the 847,023 children and young people with a recorded gender and a care contact in the period, 55 per cent
(465,801) were males.
* Of the 613,624 adults with a recorded gender and a referral received in the period, 39 per cent (242,123) were males, and of the 1,476,257 adults with a recorded gender with a care contact in the period, 38 per cent (565,492) were males.
* Across all submitters of care contact data, 86 per cent (4,711,768) of care contacts were attended by the patient and 4 per cent (210,564) were not attended by the patient (where attendance or non-attendance was recorded). The remaining 10 per cent of
care contacts (550,347) were cancelled by the patient or health care provider.
* 51 providers submitted immunisation data. Across these submitters, 341,891 immunisations for children and young people were reported.