NOV_UPDATE_TEST_2_Outpatient referrals, April 2012 onwards

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Data valuesData descriptionDateLocal health board providerLocal health board of residenceSource of referralSpecialty
1,113,993Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsAll specialties
61Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsAccident & Emergency
51,190Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsAdult Mental Illness
3,976Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsAllied Health Professional Services
10,342Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsAnaesthetics
427Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsAudiological Medicine
58Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsAudiology
59,086Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsCardiology
2,850Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsCardiothoracic Surgery
1,701Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsChemical Pathology
18,547Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsChild & Adolescent Psychiatry
119Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsClinical Genetics
20,447Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsClinical Haematology
774Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsClinical Immunology And Allergy
2,301Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsClinical Neurophysiology
7,579Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsClinical Oncology
428Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsClinical Pharmacology
1,983Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsClinical Physiology
56Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsClinical Psychology
3,773Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsDementia Assessment Service
1,047Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsDental Medicine Specialties
73,440Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsDermatology
57,473Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsEar, Nose and Throat
1Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsEating Disorders Service
14,099Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsEndocrinology
224Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsForensic Psychiatry
44,960Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsGastroenterology
28,068Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsGeneral Medicine
104,631Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsGeneral Surgery
12,386Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsGeriatric Medicine
72,667Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsGynaecology
176Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsInfectious Diseases
1,364Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsLearning Disability
1Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsMaxillofacial Surgery
1,987Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsMedical Oncology
47Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsMedical Opthalmology
13Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsMedical Virology
12,332Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsMidwifery
7,059Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsNephrology
18,816Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsNeurology
1,403Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsNeurosurgery
12,725Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsObstetrics
13,387Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsOld Age Psychiatry
87,248Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsOphthalmology
1,037Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsOptometry
28,899Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsOral Surgery
3,253Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsOrthodontics
133Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsOrthoptics
1,115Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Dentistry
53Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Diabetic Medicine
483Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Epilepsy
2Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Gastroenterology
19Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Inherited Metabolic Medicine
593Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Neurology
1Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Plastic Surgery
3Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Rheumatology Service
1,027Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatric Surgery
35,690Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPaediatrics
8,527Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPain Management
2,513Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPalliative Medicine
9,012Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPlastic Surgery
65Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPodiatric Surgery
2,957Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsPsychotherapy
4,440Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsRadiology
34,403Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsRehabilitation
31,569Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsRespiratory Medicine
3,879Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsRespiratory Physiology
2,388Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsRestorative Dentistry
24,119Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsRheumatology
118,657Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsTrauma & Orthopaedics
47,904Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesAll referralsUrology
658,912Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsAll specialties
8Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsAccident & Emergency
25,024Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsAdult Mental Illness
345Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsAllied Health Professional Services
2,032Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsAnaesthetics
427Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsAudiological Medicine
1Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsAudiology
37,832Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsCardiology
325Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsCardiothoracic Surgery
1,383Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsChemical Pathology
7,277Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsChild & Adolescent Psychiatry
51Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsClinical Genetics
14,875Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsClinical Haematology
622Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsClinical Immunology And Allergy
67Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsClinical Neurophysiology
94Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsClinical Oncology
354Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsClinical Pharmacology
277Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsClinical Physiology
35Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsClinical Psychology
1,732Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsDementia Assessment Service
819Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsDental Medicine Specialties
65,124Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsDermatology
40,844Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsEar, Nose and Throat
9,170Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsEndocrinology
34,945Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsGastroenterology
13,482Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsGeneral Medicine
82,896Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsGeneral Surgery
6,902Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsGeriatric Medicine
50,818Total outpatient referrals2025WalesAll residencesGP referralsGynaecology
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Next update expected:23 October 2025

Updates

23rd October 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Management information
Data provider
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
Data source
Outpatient Referral Dataset (OPR)
Time period covered
January 2012 to December 2025

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

This table provides the total outpatient referrals made each month.

‘GP referrals’ cover both referrals from General Medical Practitioners and General Dental Practitioners.

Resubmissions of the Referrals data in the Outpatient Referrals Dataset (OPR DS) occur each month. As a result, data in the release and Stats Wales is revised to reflect this. Please see the latest release for the impact of the revisions.

Data collection or calculation

Please find this information in the related statistical release, as per the given weblink.

From 1st April 2019, health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names changed, with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board. For more information, refer to the statement from the Minister for Health and Social Services (see ‘Related Reports’).

New treatment function codes were introduced in April 2016 but were not used consistently across all Local Health Boards initially; for example, patients receiving vascular surgery may have been recorded in either “General Surgery” or “Vascular Surgery” treatment functions. To reduce uncertainty and make counts more reliable, the new treatment function codes were removed temporarily and treatment functions were recorded under the more general headings until consistent recording of the treatment functions was confirmed across all Local Health Boards. This was actioned back to April 2016.

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related statistical release, as per the given weblink.

Please note that the data included in this dataset covers a time period during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which affected both how some NHS services were offered as well as people's choices regarding health services. See the latest release for more information.

Hywel Dda did not submit any data for mental health treatment codes from August 2020 due to the Mental Health Migration project. In the months following the pandemic, this accounted for between 90 to 180 referrals, but before the pandemic, this would have accounted for around 240 referrals a month.

‘Clinical Neurophysiology’ was previously known as 'Obstetrics (for patients using a bed)'. Prior to April 2016, some outpatient referrals were incorrectly recorded under this treatment function. In other instances, the definition of 'patients using a bed' may have been misinterpreted.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cwm Taf Morgannwg set up a new service code to capture antibody testing and research. This resulted in a rise in the number of referrals for infectious diseases in July 2020.

Related reports

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Welsh Government
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stats.housing@gov.wales

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