Referral rates of general practice registrars for behavioural or mental health conditions in children

Abstract

Background There is concern about whether general practice registrars gain sufficient exposure to, and confidence in caring for, many paediatric conditions during their apprenticeship training. General practice registrars' referral patterns for paediatric conditions overall or for specific conditions, including behavioural or mental health diagnoses, are unknown. Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the relative rates of referral by general practice registrars for children, compared with adults, specifically for those with behavioural or mental health diagnoses. Method A secondary analysis of 83,445 encounters from the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) dataset was ..