assessment in 2015-16, 39.9% (2503) underwent fine needle aspiration and/or wide bore needle, while 2.4% (149) required an open biopsy (Table 2). Table 2: Referral for assessment biopsy procedures, all ages, by invite/referral type, 2013-14 to 2015-16 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Needle Open Refer Needle Open Refer Needle Open % % % % % % Bx Bx Bx Bx Bx Bx Total 5971 2452 41.1 155 2.6 6177 2549 41.3 153 2.5 6279 2503 39.9 149 2.4 Prevalent Screen 1857 742 40.0 70 3.8 1899 820 43.2 79 4.2 1968 820 41.7 68 3.5 (KC tables A+B) Incident Screen (KC tables 3495 1472 42.1 75 2.1 3627 1457 40.2 66 1.8 3618 1404 38.8 66 1.8 C1+C2) First invite for routine screening 1653 663 40.1 59 3.6 712 42.8 72 4.3 690 41.9 58 3.5 1663 1647 (KC table A) Routine invite to previous 204 79 38.7 11 5.4 108 45.8 7 3.0 130 40.5 10 3.1 236 321 (KC table B) Routine invite to previous attenders, last screen within 5 3220 1335 41.5 70 2.2 1345 40.2 64 1.9 1247 38.1 60 1.8 3349 3277 years (KC table C1) Routine invite to previous attenders, last screen more 275 137 49.8 5 1.8 112 40.3 2 0.7 157 46.0 6 1.8 278 341 than 5 years previously (KC table C2) Early recalls (KC 99 7 7.1 2 2.0 5 6.8 0 0 4 5.5 2 2.7 73 73 table D) Self/GP referrals (KC tables 520 231 44.4 8 1.5 267 46.2 8 1.4 275 44.4 13 2.1 578 620 E+F1+F2)
assessment in 2015-16, 39.9% (2503) underwent fine needle aspiration and/or wide bore needle, while 2.4% (149) required an open biopsy (Table 2). Table 2: Referral for assessment biopsy procedures, all ages, by invite/referral type, 2013-14 to 2015-16 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Needle Bx % Open Bx % Refer Needle Bx % Open Bx % Refer Needle Bx % Open Bx % Total 5971 2452 41.1 155 2.6 6177 2549 41.3 153 2.5 6279 2503 39.9 149 2.4 Prevalent Screen (KC tables A+B) 1857 742 40.0 70 3.8 1899 820 43.2 79 4.2 1968 820 41.7 68 3.5 Incident Screen (KC tables C1+C2) 3495 1472 42.1 75 2.1 3627 1457 40.2 66 1.8 3618 1404 38.8 66 1.8 First invite for routine screening (KC table A) 1653 663 40.1 59 3.6 1663 712 42.8 72 4.3 1647 690 41.9 58 3.5 Routine invite to previous (KC table B) 204 79 38.7 11 5.4 236 108 45.8 7 3.0 321 130 40.5 10 3.1 Routine invite to previous attenders, last screen within 5 years (KC table C1) 3220 1335 41.5 70 2.2 3349 1345 40.2 64 1.9 3277 1247 38.1 60 1.8 Routine invite to previous attenders, last screen more than 5 years previously (KC table C2) 275 137 49.8 5 1.8 278 112 40.3 2 0.7 341 157 46.0 6 1.8 Early recalls (KC table D) 99 7 7.1 2 2.0 73 5 6.8 0 0 73 4 5.5 2 2.7 Self/GP referrals (KC tables E+F1+F2) 520 231 44.4 8 1.5 578 267 46.2 8 1.4 620 275 44.4 13 2.1