Table 1.

Indications for outpatient referral.

	Number of referrals	Percentage of total
General Gastroenterology	753	60.6
Abdominal pain	193	15.5
Abnormal imaging	27	2.2
Anaemia	75	6
GI bleed	145	11.7
Constipation	28	2.3
Heartburn	68	5.5
Dysphagia	70	5.6
Diarrhoea	44	3.5
Nausea	22	1.8
Anorectal disease	19	1.5
Helicobacter pylori	18	1.4
Weight loss	9	0.7
Feeding tube	9	0.7
Inflammatory bowel disease	8	0.6
Diverticular disease	9	0.7
Hospital follow-up	12	1
Other miscellaneous	34	2.7
Colorectal cancer screening or surveillance	300	24.1
Liver disease	190	15.3
Elevated liver enzymes	71	5.7
Cirrhosis	83	6.7
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	12	1
Abnormal liver imaging	13	1
Other miscellaneous	29	2.3
Pancreaticobiliary	38	3.1
Total	1243	100