Table 5.

Clinical responses following Advanced Symptom Management System (ASyMS) alerts

Outcome	No of amber alerts	No of red alerts
Self-care	2241	1658
Acute oncology referral	507	1207
Patient not contacted	305	0
Other	317	257
Unable to contact patient; amber alert closed	150	-
No intervention recorded	60	178
Out of hours services	38	18
Emergency services referral	25	77
General practitioner referral	27	29
Hospital referral: clinic review	7	11
Hospital referral: general ward	6	5
Hospital referral: acute oncology referral	5	5
Hospital referral: emergency department	3	4
Hospital referral: specialist	3	2
District nurse referral	2	1
Palliative care team: hospital	2	1
Total*	3698	3453

^*Totals are greater than number of alerts as healthcare professionals could select more than one outcome.