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The last few months in #generalpractice have felt hectic, even by usual #GP standards.
short 🧵👇🏻 looks at what appointment/workforce numbers show, with some thoughts on the important bits that those numbers can't tell us....
short 🧵👇🏻 looks at what appointment/workforce numbers show, with some thoughts on the important bits that those numbers can't tell us....
1. Total appointment numbers in March were high (28.5m), BUT
2. The number of appointments done by GPs was particularly high (14.7m - the highest since the dataset began).
3. GPs did 2.5m more appointments in March '21 than in Feb (nb there were 3 more working weekdays)
2. The number of appointments done by GPs was particularly high (14.7m - the highest since the dataset began).
3. GPs did 2.5m more appointments in March '21 than in Feb (nb there were 3 more working weekdays)
- The absolute number (and %) of F2F appointments is creeping up (15.8m in March) AND
- The number of phone appts in March 21 (11.4m) is also the highest on record.
- The number of phone appts in March 21 (11.4m) is also the highest on record.
