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 September 2019 as follows:
* 134 providers submitted at least the minimum data for the CSDS. Of these, 133 providers submitted referrals data and 126 providers submitted care contact data.
* There were 1,103,659 referrals received across all submitters of referral data, relating to 865,261 patients. Of these, 258,863 referrals related to 235,482 children and young people (aged 0-18).
* Of these 1,103,659 referrals above, 844,697 referrals related to 629,704 adults (aged over 18). 17 per cent of total referrals were for patients with ages over 85.
* There were 8,058,326 care contacts with 2,407,653 patients, across all submitters of care contact data. Of these, 1,898,946 contacts related to 871,718 children and young people.
* Of these 8,058,326 care contacts above, 6,158,719 contacts related to 1,535,875 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 (4,855,025) of care contacts were attended by the patient and 4 per cent (228,995) were not attended by the patient (where attendance or non-attendance was recorded). The remaining 10 per cent of
care contacts (549,176) were cancelled by the patient or health care provider.
* 47 providers submitted immunisation data. Across these submitters, 206,173 immunisations for children and young people were reported.
* There were 340,355 health visitor appointments for children and young people reported by submitters of care activity data. This accounts for 16 per cent of all care activities where an activity code was recorded for this group.