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20 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 11 OCTOBER 2026 NEWS WITH SAVIOUR BALZAN THURSDAY AT 10.15PM ON TVM GPs account for 62% of new referrals to Malta's mental health clinics Tabled figures show Qormi carries the biggest active caseload, while Mosta and Qawra hold just over 200 cases each MALTA'S seven community mental health clinics record- ed 4,041 new referrals in 2025, about 62% from GPs, figures ta- bled in Parliament have shown. General practitioners ac- counted for 2,505 referrals, making them the largest source across the seven clinics. The next largest category was "oth- er sources", with 535. The figures were tabled on 5 October in reply to a parlia- mentary question on first ap- pointments at the community mental health services over the past five years. Together, the seven clinics — Qormi, Bormla, Paola, Mosta, Qawra, Floriana and Mtarfa — recorded 4,041 new referrals. Mtarfa received the most referrals in 2025, with 1,292, followed by Paola (928) and Qormi (774). Floriana record- ed 525 and Bormla 485, while Mosta and Qawra recorded 22 and 15, respectively. Beyond GPs and "other sources", the tables listed 346 referrals in the combined cat- egory for Mount Carmel Hos- pital and its outpatient centre, Centru Tommaso Chetcuti. A further 312 came from liaison and emergency services. The Crisis Resolution Home Treatment service accounted for 205 referrals. Another 63 were listed in the combined category for Child, Adolescent and Youth Services and Child and Young People's Services. The perinatal mental health service accounted for 39 referrals, while Corradino Cor- rectional Facility accounted for 36. Across the seven clinics, new referrals fell from 4,225 in 2024 to 4,041 in 2025. Floriana and Mtarfa recorded increases, while the other five clinics re- ceived fewer referrals. Alongside the annual referral figures, the reply provided ac- tive caseloads as of 30 Septem- ber 2026. These totalled 10,702 across the seven clinics. Qormi had the largest active caseload, with 3,040 cases, fol- lowed by Floriana with 2,336 and Mtarfa with 2,079. Togeth- er, the three clinics accounted for nearly 70% of all active cas- es. Paola reported 1,563 active cases, and Bormla had 1,266. Mosta and Qawra had much smaller caseloads, with 212 and 206, respectively. JULIANA ZAMMIT jzammit@mediatoday.com.mt General practitioners accounted for 2,505 referrals, making them the largest source across the seven clinics (File Photo)