Referrals to Speech and Language Department since 2018 (FOI)Referrals to Speech and Language Department since 2018 (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
19 November 2024.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
How many children were referred to the speech and language department per year between 2018-2024? Please separate the answers per year for example, 100 in 2018, 200 in 2019.
Response
Referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy service are uploaded to the individual’s record in the Community Services Electronic Client Record system, and the date of this recorded as the ‘Involvement Start Date’.
The table below details the number of Speech and Language Therapy service users who were under the age of 18 at the time of their Involvement Start Date each year, from 2018 to 2023, and from 01 January 2024 to 31 October 2024.
| Year | Service User Count (involvements started in year) |
| 2018 | 405
|
| 2019 | 375
|
| 2020 | 365
|
| 2021 | 390
|
| 2022 | 498
|
| 2023 | 540
|
| January to October 2024 | 447
|
Data Source: Community Services Electronic Client Record system (CarePartner)
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