Table 1

Sources of referral into local (CPFT) CAMHS

Source of referral	Frequency	Percentage of total	Cumulative percentage
GP referral	8082	41.52	41.52
Other source of referral	2625	13.49	55.00
Consultant other than A & E* (acute)	1777	9.13	64.13
Internal	1434	7.37	71.50
Local authority social services	1412	7.25	78.75
Education establishment/services	1295	6.65	85.41
Other clinical speciality (mental health)	1,029	5.29	90.69
A+E department (mental health)	478	2.46	93.15
Self-referral	271	1.39	94.54
Other—referred to consultant (acute)	185	0.95	95.49
Not known	135	0.69	96.18
Allied health professional (AHP)	109	0.56	96.74
Specialist nurses or AHPs	108	0.55	97.30
Legal courts (mental health)	96	0.49	97.79
Consultant referral request	95	0.49	98.28
A & E referral (acute)	87	0.45	98.73
Specialist nurse (secondary care)	70	0.36	99.09
Following emergency admission	60	0.31	99.39
Consultant for the trust	32	0.16	99.56
Emergency services (A+E)	26	0.13	99.69
Following A+E attendance (cancer)	22	0.11	99.80
Probation services (mental health)	7	0.04	99.84
Carer (mental health)	6	0.03	99.87
Same consultant	5	0.03	99.90
Police	3	0.02	99.91
GPs with special interest	2	0.01	99.92
General dental practitioner	2	0.01	99.93
High security (mental health)	2	0.01	99.94
Optometrist	2	0.01	99.95
Permanent transfer from mental health unit	2	0.01	99.96
‘Choose and book’†	1	0.01	99.97
Consultant referral (cancer)	1	0.01	99.97
Health Care Professional (HCP) A+E	1	0.01	99.98
Medium security (mental health)	1	0.01	99.98
Minor injuries units	1	0.01	99.99
National screening Programmes	1	0.01	99.99
Optometrists and orthoptists	1	0.01
Total	19466	100.00

The categories of referral were collapsed retaining those for the first 95% (bold) and collapsing the remainder (grey) into a single ‘other’ category for figure 1.
*Accident and emergency hospital.
†NHS electronic patient self-booking system.
CPFT, Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; CAMHS, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.