5. ACTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE
5.1.6 How many NHS GP consultations are estimated
to have taken place in each year from 1995? (Q45)
Answer
1. Table 45 and figure 45 show
estimated numbers for GP and practice nurse consultations for
each year between 1995 and 2008 for England as a whole. These
are the only years for which the Department has consistent and
robust information. Data for each health authority/PCT is not
available: the databases from which the figures are drawn cover
around one in 10 GP practices. This gives a nationally representative
figure, but cannot give local numbers.
Table 45
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF GP, NURSE AND OTHER CLINICAL
CONSULTATIONS AT GP PRACTICES
|
| Year | GP consultations
(millions)
| Nurse (2) consultations
(millions)
| Other clinician (3)
consultations (millions)
| All consultations in GP practices (millions)
|
|
| 1995 | 171
| 40 | 7
| 217 |
| 1996 | 167
| 45 | 7
| 220 |
| 1997 | 163
| 49 | 9
| 221 |
| 1998 | 158
| 48 | 9
| 215 |
| 1999 | 156
| 52 | 9
| 216 |
| 2000 | 155
| 57 | 10
| 221 |
| 2001 | 162
| 64 | 10
| 237 |
| 2002 | 162
| 71 | 10
| 242 |
| 2003 | 169
| 79 | 9
| 257 |
| 2004 | 171
| 86 | 11
| 267 |
| 2005 | 175
| 93 | 11
| 279 |
| 2006 | 181
| 97 | 11
| 289 |
| 2007 | 185
| 101 | 11
| 297 |
| 2008 | 189
| 101 | 11
| 300 |
|
| Source: |
The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care
(Q-RESEARCH: http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/primary-care/general-practice/
qresearch-report-on-trends-in-consultation-rates-in-general-practices-1995-2008)
|
Footnotes:
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| 1. Figures are based on calendar years.
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| 2. Nurses includes the following descriptions: practice nurses, nurse practitioner, nurse specialist, nurse prescriber, midwife, district nurse, Macmillan nurses, health visitor, school nurse, community-based nurses.
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| 3. Other clinicians includes the following: pharmacists, doctors who are not GPs (eg consultants), medical and nursing students, art therapists, prosthetists and orthotists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, orthoptists, chiropodists and podiatrists, dietitians, operating department practitioners, biomedical scientists, paramedics, radiographers, clinical scientists, occupational therapists, optician, phlebotomist, vaccination clinic, mental health care, other health care workers, counsellor, acupuncturist, aromatherapist, reflexologist, psychologist, RELATE, homeopath, social worker.
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| 4. The figures issued last year were in draft format prior to publication by the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care. These have since been revised for publication.
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| 5. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
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