(2) what percentage of patients in each primary care trust area who visited their general practitioner were referred on in the last 12 months.
Information on the total number patients who visit their general practitioner is not routinely collected.
For the period 2006-07, the total number of commissioner based general practitioner referrals to first consultant outpatient appointment was 9,226,012. The following table provides a breakdown of this figure by primary care trust for the same period.
Strategic health authority Code Name of primary care trust (PCT) GP referrals made Q39 5A3 South Gloucestershire PCT 36,975 Q36 5A4 Havering PCT 35,317 Q36 5A5 Kingston PCT 27,871 Q36 5A7 Bromley PCT 65,999 Q36 5A8 Greenwich Teaching PCT 41,653 Q36 5A9 Barnet PCT 72,221 Q32 5AN North East Lincolnshire PCT 27,077 Q36 5AT Hillingdon PCT 45,300 Q36 5C1 Enfield PCT 48,872 Q36 5C2 Barking and Dagenham PCT . 26,629 Q36 5C3 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 49,144 Q36 5C4 Tower Hamlets PCT 38,422 Q36 5C5 Newham PCT 60,006 Q36 5C9 Haringey Teaching PCT 49,227 Q31 5CC Blackburn with Darwen PCT 26,080 Q34 5CN Herefordshire PCT 33,859 Q38 5CQ Milton Keynes PCT 26,060 Q30 5D7 Newcastle PCT 52,579 Q30 5D8 North Tyneside PCT 41,959 Q30 5D9 Hartlepool PCT 16,236 Q30 5E1 North Tees PCT 33,113 Q32 5EF North Lincolnshire PCT 29,572 Q33 5EM Nottingham City PCT 55,153 Q33 5ET Bassetlaw PCT 24,165 Q39 5F1 Plymouth Teaching PCT 45,927 Q31 5F5 Salford PCT 52,528 Q31 5F7 Stockport PCT 57,022 Q38 5FE Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 35,770 Q39 5FL Bath and North East Somerset PCT 33,498 Q35 5GC Luton PCT 36,011 Q36 5H1 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 26,148 Q32 5H8 Rotherham PCT 48,355 Q31 5HG Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 65,302 Q31 5HP Blackpool PCT 27,441 Q31 5HQ Bolton PCT 54,102 Q36 5HX Ealing PCT 69,048 Q36 5HY Hounslow PCT 48,671 Q31 5J2 Warrington PCT 26,926 Q31 5J4 Knowsley PCT 35,796 Q31 5J5 Oldham PCT 45,361 Q32 5J6 Calderdale PCT 36,758 Q30 5J9 Darlington PCT 16,497 Q32 5JE Barnsley PCT 52,149 Q31 5JX Bury PCT 38,374 Q39 5K3 Swindon PCT 34,892 Q36 5K5 Brent Teaching PCT 52,457 Q36 5K6 Harrow PCT 32,809 Q36 5K7 Camden PCT 46,363 Q36 5K8 Islington PCT 40,998 Q36 5K9 Croydon PCT 54,327 Q30 5KF Gateshead PCT 46,639 Q30 5KG South Tyneside PCT 35,630 Q30 5KL Sunderland Teaching PCT 51,798 Q30 5KM Middlesbrough PCT 23,669 Q38 5L1 Southampton City PCT 35,156 Q37 5L3 Medway PCT 51,360 Q36 5LA Kensington and Chelsea PCT 28,869 Q36 5LC Westminster PCT 40,881 Q36 5LD Lambeth PCT 49,047 Q36 5LE Southwark PCT 38,280 Q36 5LF Lewisham PCT 45,483 Q36 5LG Wandsworth PCT 68,075 Q31 5LH Tameside and Glossop PCT 46,789 Q37 5LQ Brighton and Hove City PCT 54,436 Q34 5M1 South Birmingham PCT 81,166 Q34 5M2 Shropshire County PCT 33,843 Q34 5M3 Walsall Teaching PCT 51,741 Q36 5M6 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 33,301 Q36 5M7 Sutton and Merton PCT 70,419 Q39 5M8 North Somerset PCT 36,539 Q34 5MD Coventry Teaching PCT 61,134 Q34 5MK Telford and Wrekin PCT 16,325 Q34 5MV Wolverhampton City PCT 50,374 Q34 5MX Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 58,481 Q32 5N1 Leeds PCT 107,676 Q32 5N2 Kirklees PCT 65,532 Q32 5N3 Wakefield District PCT 57,542 Q32 5N4 Sheffield PCT 110,575 Q32 5N5 Doncaster PCT 60,155 Q33 5N6 Derbyshire County PCT 132,350 Q33 5N7 Derby City PCT 48,874 Q33 5N8 Nottinghamshire County PCT 123,061 Q33 5N9 Lincolnshire PCT 131,388 Q36 5NA Redbridge PCT 38,389 Q36 5NC Waltham Forest PCT 31,613 Q30 5ND County Durham PCT 90,731 Q31 5NE Cumbria PCT 102,845 Q31 5NF North Lancashire PCT 61,355 Q31 5NG Central Lancashire PCT 90,878 Q31 5NH East Lancashire PCT 69,026 Q31 5NJ Sefton PCT 63,085 Q31 5NK Wirral PCT 59,252 Q31 5NL Liverpool PCT 110,086 Q31 5NM Halton and St. Helens PCT 61,783 Q31 5NN Western Cheshire PCT 48,754 Q31 5NP Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 77,230 Q31 5NQ Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 43,684 Q31 5NR Trafford PCT 56,929 Q31 5NT Manchester PCT 112,803 Q32 5NV North Yorkshire and York PCT 131,884 Q32 5NW East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 58,967 Q32 5NX Hull PCT 55,605 Q32 5NY Bradford and Airedale PCT 68,094 Q35 5P1 South East Essex PCT 83,451 Q35 5P2 Bedfordshire PCT 73,534 Q35 5P3 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 89,652 Q35 5P4 West Hertfordshire PCT 72,171 Q37 5P5 Surrey PCT 163,219 Q37 5P6 West Sussex PCT 128,310 Q37 5P7 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 65,024 Q37 5P8 Hastings and Rother PCT 35,862 Q37 5P9 West Kent PCT 103,842 Q33 5PA Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 109,605 Q33 5PC Leicester City PCT 56,441 Q33 5PD Northamptonshire PCT 88,184 Q34 5PE Dudley PCT 48,603 Q34 5PF Sandwell PCT 66,326 Q34 5PG Birmingham East and North PCT 78,531 Q34 5PH North Staffordshire PCT 33,356 Q34 5PJ Stoke on Trent PCT 40,102 Q34 5PK South Staffordshire PCT 119,351 Q34 5PL Worcestershire PCT 109,586 Q34 5PM Warwickshire PCT 96,158 Q35 5PN Peterborough PCT 28,000 Q35 5PP Cambridgeshire PCT 88,249 Q35 5PQ Norfolk PCT 111,909 Q35 5PR Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT 47,476 Q35 5PT Suffolk PCT 96,693 Q35 5PV West Essex PCT 48,706 Q35 5PW North East Essex PCT 55,867 Q35 5PX Mid Essex PCT 56,897 Q35 5PY South West Essex PCT 63,812 Q37 5QA Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 118,942 Q38 5QC Hampshire PCT 203,425 Q38 5QD Buckinghamshire PCT 79,799 Q38 5QE Oxfordshire PCT 76,039 Q38 5QF Berkshire West PCT 63,066 Q38 5QG Berkshire East PCT 52,389 Q39 5QH Gloucestershire PCT 85,664 Q39 5QJ Bristol PCT 69,580 Q39 5QK Wiltshire PCT 83,775 Q39 5QL Somerset PCT 87,607 Q39 5QM Dorset PCT 83,368 Q39 5QN Bournemouth and Poole PCT 63,186 Q39 5QP Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 101,449 Q39 5QQ Devon PCT 134,859 Q30 5QR Redcar and Cleveland PCT 21,960 Q38 5QT Isle of Wight NHS Pet 27,805 Q30 TAC Northumberland Care Trust 59,166 Q36 TAK Bexley Care Trust 30,438 Q39 TAL Torbay Care Trust 25,034 Q34 TAM Solihull Care Trust 42,944 England 9,226,012 Source: Department of Health monthly monitoring return
These data are not collected centrally by the Department.