We are committed to patients having greater choice and control over their healthcare, as this can help drive up standards and improve patient care.<\/p>
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We believe that patient empowerment is vital to the National Health Service in the 21st century. This Government is committed to continuing to develop digital platforms to enable this to happen, such as My NHS and the NHS e-Referral Service.<\/p>
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The NHS e-Referral Service (Choose and Book) Programme Team carried out a patient survey in January and February 2014 via the NHS Choices website. The survey received 2024 fully completed responses.<\/p>
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The full results of this survey are available at:<\/p>
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www.chooseandbook.nhs.uk/staff/gettingmore/benefits/2014_Survey_Results<\/p>
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The survey found that 72% of patients referred via Choose and Book are \u2018satisfied\u2019 or \u2018very satisfied\u2019 with the service.<\/p>
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My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with both National Health Service bodies and patient groups in which a number of different issues are discussed.<\/p>
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In addition to these conversations, teams within the Health and Social Care Information Centre have carried out extensive conversations on both the effectiveness of Choose and Book and the vision for the new NHS e-Referral Service.<\/p>
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Between September 2013 and 31 August 2014, a total of almost 5,000 users representing almost 500 different NHS and independent organisations have taken part in stakeholder engagement events about Choose and Book.<\/p>
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On average, every working day around 40,000 outpatient referrals are booked through Choose and Book and patients from over 90% of GP practices are referred using the Choose and Book service every week. Each month this represents around 500,000 referrals being made from GP practices to first consultant-led outpatient services through Choose and Book.<\/p>
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Use of Choose and Book is, however, significantly greater than this with an additional 200,000 or so referrals per month being booked to other outpatient services, which include allied health professionals, GPs with special interests, diagnostic and assessment services. These are not currently included as part of the utilisation figures below as the denominator data is not currently reported at a national level.<\/p>
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The following table shows the percentage of first outpatient referrals and the total number of referrals booked through Choose and Book between July 2013 and June 2014. Booking reports are available on the Choose and Book website:<\/p>
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Month<\/p><\/td> | Utilisation1<\/sup> % Total number of referrals booked<\/p><\/td><\/tr> July 2013<\/p><\/td> 52%<\/p><\/td> 786,212<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2013<\/p><\/td> 53%<\/p><\/td> 690,431<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2013<\/p><\/td> 53%<\/p><\/td> 717,987<\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 2013<\/p><\/td> 53%<\/p><\/td> 798,605<\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 2013<\/p><\/td> 52%<\/p><\/td> 723,663<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 2013<\/p><\/td> 51%<\/p><\/td> 640,101<\/p><\/td><\/tr> January 2014<\/p><\/td> 54%<\/p><\/td> 803,350<\/p><\/td><\/tr> February 2014<\/p><\/td> 51%<\/p><\/td> 725,563<\/p><\/td><\/tr> March 2014<\/p><\/td> 52%<\/p><\/td> 785,484<\/p><\/td><\/tr> April 2014<\/p><\/td> 51%<\/p><\/td> 756,372<\/p><\/td><\/tr> May 2014<\/p><\/td> 52%<\/p><\/td> 772,120<\/p><\/td><\/tr> June 2014<\/p><\/td> 51%<\/p><\/td> 791,019<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Note:<\/em><\/p> <\/p> 1<\/sup>Utilisation is calculated as the percentage of referrals made to first consultant-led outpatient services using the Choose and Book system, compared to the total number of referrals made to first outpatient services, as reported by provider organisations to the Department.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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