Internal Reference Number: FOI_9014
Date Request Received: 05/11/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 11/11/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Referrals
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I'm interested in information on the following regarding referrals in your Trust. 鈥� The total number of referrals received at Trust (per year / per month) | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see the Excel spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  13340 - FOI_9014 - Referrals.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: 鈥� Average time taken to triage/ process a referral | |
| Answer To Question 2: Unable to quantify. | |
| Question Number 3: 鈥� Process for triaging referrals - is this a paper process or electronic? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Both | |
| Question Number 4: 鈥� If electronic, what system(s) are used? | |
| Answer To Question 4: eRS | |
| Question Number 5: 鈥� Number or % of referrals rejected (inappropriate/ incomplete/ needing further investigations) | |
| Answer To Question 5: unable to quantify | |
| Question Number 6: 鈥� Is there a dedicated referrals team? | |
| Answer To Question 6: There is a Central Booking Team which manages a large % of referrals for SFT | |
| Question Number 7: 鈥� Is so please provide a breakdown of roles and bands and number of WTE | |
| Answer To Question 7: 1x Band 6 Manager, 2x Band 5 Deputy Managers, 18x Band 4 and 14x Band 3 & 2 | |
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