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Publication, Part of

Community Services Statistics for Children, Young People and Adults - January 2018

Experimental statistics

Publication Date:
9 May 2018
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
NHS Trusts, Hospital Trusts
Date Range:
01 Jan 2018 to 31 Jan 2018
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Summary

This is a monthly report on publicly funded community services for children, young people and adults using data from the Community Services Data Set (CSDS) reported in England for January 2018.

The CSDS is a patient-level dataset providing information relating to publicly funded community services for children, young people and adults. These services can include health centres, schools, mental health trusts, and health visiting services. The data collected includes personal and demographic information, diagnoses including long-term conditions and disabilities and care events plus screening activities.

It has been developed to help achieve better outcomes for children, young people and adults. It provides data that will be used to commission services in a way that improves health, reduces inequalities, and supports service improvement and clinical quality.

Prior to October 2017, the predecessor Children and Young People's Health Services (CYPHS) Data Set collected data for children and young people aged 0-18. The CSDS superseded the CYPHS data set to allow adult community data to be submitted, expanding the scope of the existing data set by removing the 0-18 age restriction. The structure and content of the CSDS remains the same as the previous CYPHS data set. Further information about the CYPHS and related statistical reports is available in the related links below.

References to children and young people covers records submitted for 0-18 year olds and references to adults covers records submitted for those aged over 18. Where analysis for both groups have been combined, this is referred to as all patients.

These statistics are classified as experimental and should be used with caution. Experimental statistics are new official statistics undergoing evaluation. They are published in order to involve users and stakeholders in their development and as a means to build in quality at an early stage. More information about experimental statistics can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website. We hope this information is helpful and would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to complete a short customer satisfaction survey. Please use the survey in the related links to provide us with any feedback or suggestions for improving the report.

Key Facts

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 January 2018 as follows:

  • 111 providers submitted at least the minimum data for the CSDS. Of these, 110 providers submitted referrals data and 104 providers submitted care contact data.
  • There were 981,757 referrals received across all submitters of referral data, relating to 743,396 patients. Of these, 225,852 referrals related to 198,127 children and young people (aged 0-18).
  • Of these 981,757 referrals above, 755,785 referrals related to 545,188 adults (aged over 18). 19 per cent of total referrals were for patients with ages over 85.
  • There were 5,026,636 care contacts with 1,634,320 patients, across all submitters of care contact data. Of these, 975,283 contacts related to 546,849 children and young people.
  • Of these 5,026,636 care contacts above, 4,050,719 contacts related to 1,087,381 adults. 23 per cent of total care contacts were for patients with ages over 85.
  • Of the 198,129 children and young people with a recorded gender and a referral received in the period, 54 per cent (106,219) were males, and of the 546,847 children and young people with a recorded gender and a care contact in the period, 55 per cent (299,243) were males.
  • Of the 545,170 adults with a recorded gender and a referral received in the period, 39 per cent (211,029) were males, and of the 1,087,368 adults with a recorded gender with a care contact in the period, 39 per cent (424,249) were males.
  • Across all submitters of care contact data, 85 per cent (3,791,155) of care contacts were attended by the patient and 5 per cent (215,590) were not attended by the patient (where attendance or non-attendance was recorded). The remaining 10 per cent of care contacts (458,828) were cancelled by the patient or health care provider.
  • 51 providers submitted immunisation data. Across these submitters, 413,871 immunisations for children and young people were reported.
  • There were 161,030 health visitor appointments for children and young people reported by submitters of care activity data. This accounts for 14 per cent of all care activities where an activity code was recorded for this group.

Last edited: 16 May 2018 2:14 pm