FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/03262
- Request Date
- August 12, 2019
- Subject
- Discharge Letters And Referrals
- Description
1). For each time period, how many discharge summaries were sent to GP practices after 24 hours of a discharge of a patient? i.e how many discharge summaries were delayed in sending to GPs? This counts for outpatient, inpatient, day case and A&E care.
2). For each time period, how many discharge summaries included planned and requested actions for GPs?
3). How many consultant to consultant (C2C) referrals were made in each time period?
- Response
1). We only have data for inpatients (which includes day case) as the 24 hour target does not apply to outpatients and letters are manually typed. A&E patients who are admitted become inpatients and are included in the figures below. There is no data or target for letters sent to GPs for patients who are discharged from A&E.
2018 – 18201
2017 – 25282
2016 – 26021
2015 – 26543
2). This information is contained within the discharge letter and not report able from data.
3). 2018 – 15024
2017 – 17786
2016 – 19549
2015 – 18684