To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of general practice appointments that took place on each working day in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2019.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
31 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