Publication, Part of Appointments in General Practice

Appointments in General Practice August 2019

Official statistics in development

Publication Date:: 26 Sep 2019
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: Regions, Integrated Care Boards, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, GP practices
Date Range:: 01 Mar 2018 to 31 Aug 2019

Summary

The aim of the publication is to inform users about activity and usage of GP appointments historically and how primary care is impacted by seasonal pressures, such as winter.

NHS Digital publishes this information to support winter preparedness and provide information about some activity within primary care. The publication covers historic appointments, marked as attended or did not attend, from national to CCG coverage. The aim is to inform users, who range from a healthcare professional to an inquiring citizen, about appointments within primary care.

The publication includes data from participating practices using EMIS, TPP, MICROTEST and VISION GP systems.

NHS Digital produce this information monthly, containing information about the most recent month and previous months.

The publication includes important information, however it does not show the totality of GP activity/workload. The data presented only contains information which was captured on the GP practice systems. This limits the activity reported on and does not represent all work happening within a primary care setting or assess the complexity of activity.

No patient identifiable information has been collected or is included in this release.

NHS Digital regularly solicit feedback for users of its publications which are experimental statistics to help further development.

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308 million appointments are estimated to have happened between 01 September 2018 and 31 August 2019

In August 2019 there were an estimated 23 million appointments

At least 90% of appointments were attended in August 2019

69% of appointments happened within 7 days of being booked in August 2019

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