Summary
Monthly specialist advice activity returns are collected from Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) as part of the System Elective Recovery Outpatient Collection (System EROC).
The data are available by ‘type of specialist advice’. For the purposes of this data collection, the different types are categorised as:
Pre-referral Advice & Guidance (A&G)
Post-referral triage services that offer specialist advice
Other equivalent models.
Specialist Advice facilitates expert clinical input in to patient care prior to or instead of referral, enabling patient care to be managed in the most appropriate setting, avoiding unnecessary outpatient referrals, or where a referral is needed, enable relevant investigations to be undertaken earlier and ensure that patients are seen by the right person, in the right place, at the right time.
This data is published on the NHS England website. Please follow the link below.
Last edited: 12 February 2026 9:31 am
