National 1992 [34] | National 2005 [34] | WestREN 2009 [33] | National 2015 [34] | ULEARN-GP 2018 | |
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No. of practices | 428 | 545 | 71 | 462 | 134 |
Response rate | 68% | 87% | 73% | 72% | 100% |
Practice Type | |||||
GMS() + Private | 91% | 96% | 100% | 89% | 100% |
Private practice only | 9% | 4% | 0% | 11% | 0% |
GMS List Size | |||||
< 500 | 25% | 27% | 4% | 18% | 10% |
500–1900 | 72% | 71% | 82% | 75% | 58% |
> 2000 | 3% | 2% | 14% | 7% | 32% |
Practice Location | |||||
Rural location | 33% | 21% | 50% | 21% | 34% |
Urban location | 47% | 43% | 25% | 42% | 18% |
Mixed location | 20% | 36% | 25% | 37% | 48% |
Premises | |||||
Purpose built premises | 27% | 43% | 54% | 54% | 37% |
Adapted premises | 46% | 46% | 40% | 43% | 53% |
Attached to residence | 27% | 11% | 5.7% | 3% | 1% |
Practice Organisation | |||||
Computerisation | 27% | 89% | 100% | 94% | 100% |
Out of Hours | |||||
Internal rota | 25% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 0% |
External rota | 60% | 15% | 19% | 6% | 6% |
Co-operative | 0% | 42% | 61% | 93% | 94% |
Practice staff | |||||
Single handed GP | 57% | 35% | 25% | 18% | 15% |
Practice nurse | 17% | 75% | 92% | 82% | 99% |
Education | |||||
Involved in postgraduate training | 8% | 18% | 42% | 22% | 63% |