New referrals to the neurology (i.e. neurology and neuroscience) department at Jersey General HospitalNew referrals to the neurology (i.e. neurology and neuroscience) department at Jersey General Hospital
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Request 824850808
Please can you provide the following:
1. The number of new referrals to the neurology (i.e. neurology and neuroscience) department at Jersey General Hospital in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026?
2. The total number of people receiving support/treatment (i.e. existing and new patients) by the neurology department Jersey General Hospital in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026?
Response
1
Details for the number of referrals received by Health and Care Jersey’s Neurology service each year from 2016 to 2025, and from 01 January 2026 to 30 April 2026, are provided in Table 1; this considers all public patient referrals to Neurology and Paediatric Neurology.
Where multiple referrals have been received in a calendar year for the same patient, each is counted.
[LINK Table 1: Neurology referrals 2016 to April 2026]
Changes in data systems and recording practices may affect comparability of referral data across years. The current Patient Administration System was implemented in May 2023, and improvements in data capture may account for some variation in the referral volumes recorded over the timeframe.
2
Figures for patients under the care of Neurology Outpatients each year from 2020 to 2024 have been provided in a Freedom of Information response published to www.gov.je in November 2025:
gov.je/government/freedomofinformation/pages/foi.aspx?ReportID=9053
As this information is available elsewhere, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
Figures for 2020 to 2019, 2025, and for 01 January 2026 to 30 April 2026, are provided in Table 2, detailing the number of unique individuals with activity recorded under Neurology across the Outpatient activity dataset in each year / specified time period.
[LINK Table 2: Neurology caseload data]
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