NHS Wales GP Referrals for First Out-patient Appointments: March 2008

Statistics on GP Referrals received at Welsh NHS Trusts for a first out-patient appointment include data for Wales for the period March 2007 to March 2008. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 2 April 2008.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The number of GP Referrals for a first out-patient appointment received at Welsh NHS Trusts was 51,109 in March 2008.
• This is an 12.0% decrease compared to March 2007 and a 8.9% decrease compared to February 2008.

All figures relating to March 2008 are provisional.

Further information can be found at the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3134
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk