GP Extended Opening Hours - Monthly Update, UK

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice
Article Date: 11 Feb 2009 - 4:00 PDT

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Statistical Press notice: GP Extended Opening Hours - monthly update.

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

GP extended opening hours for month ending January 2009.

This data shows the number of GP practices within each Commissioner area (PCTs and Commissioning Care Trusts) and how many of those practices were offering extended opening hours on the census date (21st January 2009) Key findings this month:

- Of 8,258 practices, 5,873 (71.1%) offered extended opening hours on the census date. This compares with 68.9% in December.

- 148 (97.4%) Commissioners have achieved the Operating Framework aim of 50% of their GP Practices offering extended opening hours. In December there were 147 (96.7%) Commissioners that had achieved this aim.

- 1 Commissioner had no GP practices offering extended opening hours (0.7%). In December this was the same.

- 59 (38.8%) Commissioners have 75% or more of their practices offering extended hours. In December this was 56 (36.8%).

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GP Extended Opening Hours data

Department of Health, UK

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