General Practitioners

(asked on 10th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of general practice appointments took place in person in (a) October 2019, (b) November 2019 and (c) December 2019.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 31st January 2022

The following table shows the proportion of face-to-face general practice appointments in the months requested, excluding COVID-19 vaccination appointments. Data for December 2021 is not yet available.

October 2019

November 2019

December 2019

October 2021

November 2021

81%

80.3%

79.5%

64.4%

62.7%

Note:

Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.

Information on the number of vaccinations appointments on each working day is not held. However, the following table shows an estimate of the average appointments per working day for the months requested, excluding COVID-19 vaccination appointments. Data for December 2021 is not yet available.

October 2019

November 2019

December 2019

October 2021

November 2021

1,340,000

1,307,143

1,209,000

1,447,619

1,385,909

Source: NHS Digital https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/appointments-in-general-practice

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