Table 3.

Type of referrals given to patients within 2 weeks after visiting the GP with one or more of the six features

Features	Number of patients who did not receive an urgent referral	Number of patients who did receive an urgent referral	Referral types*
			Two Week Wait referrals	Urgent referrals
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)*	N (%)*
Anaemia (n=1268)	1007 (79.4%)	261 (20.6%)	176 (13.9%)	85 (6.7%)
Rectal bleeding (n=13 067)	10 752 (82.3%)	2315 (17.7%)	1427 (10.9%)	888 (6.8%)
Dysphagia (n=8197)	6813 (83.1%)	1384 (16.9%)	990 (12.1%)	394 (4.8%)
Breast lump (n=16 118)	5111 (31.7%)	11 007 (68.3%)	8052 (50.0%)	2955 (18.3%)
Haematuria†(n=6529)	4043 (61.9%)	2486 (38.1%)	1479 (22.7%)	1007 (15.4%)
Post-menopausal bleeding (n=3536)	1319 (37.3%)	2217 (62.7%)	1598 (45.2%)	619 (17.5%)
Total (n=48 715)	29 045 (59.6%)	19 670 (40.4%)	13 722 (28.2%)	5948 (12.2%)

This table was created by the authors.

*Patients may have received several referral types within 2 weeks. The table describes whether patients received a Two Week Wait referral, and if not, whether they received an urgent referral.

†For haematuria, the number of referrals is based on referrals within 2 weeks after the first visit, referrals within 2 weeks after the second visit if patients received urinary tract infection treatment the first time, and referrals within 2 weeks after the third visit if patients received treatment during their first and second visit.

GP, general practitioner.