Figure 1.

Total number of registered contacts and share with identified relation to substance misuse/mental illness. Share of contacts with identified relation to substance misuse/mental illness in nurse registered initial contacts to the casualty clinics (n = 28527) and GP registered consultations, home-visits and emergency call-outs (n = 9487). GP registered contacts where the patient refused to participate in the study are excluded (n = 266). First action GP consultation/home-visit/emergency call-out are initial contacts where the nurses decided that the patient had to be seen by a GP.