Referring departments for the non-routine case referrals
| Department | Number of case referrals |
|---|---|
| Cancer | 17 |
| Cardiology and/or cardiac surgery | 13 |
| General medicine | 13 |
| NICU | 9 |
| Immunology | 8 |
| PICU | 8 |
| Developmental medicine | 6 |
| Gastroenterology and clinical nutrition | 6 |
| Mental health | 6 |
| Adolescent health | 4 |
| Genetics | 4 |
| Neurology | 3 |
| Palliative care service | 3 |
| Social work | 3 |
| Legal | 2 |
| Orthopaedics | 2 |
| Respiratory medicine | 2 |
| Anaesthetics | 1 |
| Audiology | 1 |
| Community health | 1 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 1 |
| General surgery | 1 |
| Gynaecology | 1 |
| Haematology | 1 |
| Infectious diseases | 1 |
| Ophthalmology | 1 |
| Plastics | 1 |
| Renal | 1 |
| Information not available | 8 |
| Total number of referring departments=28* | Total=128† |
*This number may be an underestimate, as the referring department was not recorded for eight referrals.
†This total is larger than the number of referrals (119), as seven of the cases were jointly referred by more than one department.
NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.