General Practitioners
(asked on 11th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many referrals were made by GPs to hospitals in England in December (a) 2010, (b) 2012 and (c) 2014.
This question was answered on 18th December 2014
The numbers of referrals made by general practitioners (GPs) to hospitals in England in December 2010 and December 2012 are shown in the table below. The data for December 2014 will be available in February 2015.
Referrals made by GPs to all specialties, December 2010 and December 2012
| GP referrals made (all specialties) |
December 2010 | 757,046 |
December 2012 | 802,987 |
Source: Monthly Activity Return, NHS England