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 May 2019 as follows:
* 134 providers submitted at least the minimum data for the CSDS. Of these, 132 providers submitted referrals data and 122 providers submitted care contact data.
* There were 1,148,885 referrals received across all submitters of referral data, relating to 880,619 patients. Of these, 259,033 referrals related to 232,920 children and young people (aged 0-18).
* Of these 1,148,885 referrals above, 889,727 referrals related to 647,620 adults (aged over 18). 18 per cent of total referrals were for patients with ages over 85.
* There were 8,644,635 care contacts with 2,492,934 patients, across all submitters of care contact data. Of these, 2,082,349 contacts related to 927,662 children and young people.
* Of these 8,644,635 care contacts above, 6,561,633 contacts related to 1,565,256 adults. 21 per cent of total care contacts were for patients with ages over 85.
* Across all submitters of care contact data, 86 per cent (4,753,811) of care contacts were attended by the patient and 4 per cent (236,240) were not attended by the patient (where attendance or non-attendance was recorded). The remaining 10 per cent of care contacts (539,119) were cancelled by the patient or health care provider.
* 51 providers submitted immunisation data. Across these submitters, 260,380 immunisations for children and young people were reported.
* There were 328,472 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.