Table 10 Waiting times over the National Health Service standards, according to characteristics of General Practitioners
% over maximum waiting timea | % over 3 working days | ||||||||
GP characteristics | urgent consultation | non urgent consultation | home visit | prescription renewal | medical report | telephone call with GP | e-mail with GP | test results review | |
sex | |||||||||
female | 24.1 | 48.0 | 92.6 | 14.5 | 45.5 | 6.9 | 29.4 | 54.2 | |
male | 28.0 | 37.8 | 94.1 | 15.1 | 41.5 | 7.8 | 23.4 | 40.2 | |
p-value | 0.427 | 0.064 | 0.605 | 0.864 | 0.473 | 0.755 | 0.260 | 0.012 | |
age (years) | |||||||||
≤ 35 | 31.0 | 65.7 | 95.7 | 22.5 | 53.5 | 17.6 | 50.0 | 65.2 | |
36–45 | 21.7 | 50.3 | 96.3 | 16.9 | 47.5 | 7.1 | 27.7 | 56.3 | |
46–55 | 26.1 | 50.0 | 80.4 | 13.0 | 47.8 | 2.2 | 20.0 | 50.0 | |
> 55 | 26.3 | 17.7 | 91.7 | 6.3 | 29.8 | 2.2 | 14.1 | 28.0 | |
p-value | 0.500 | < 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.022 | 0.010 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
region of practice | |||||||||
North | 27.8 | 51.9 | 91.7 | 12.0 | 43.0 | 3.9 | 21.7 | 49.0 | |
Centre | 25.4 | 45.7 | 93.7 | 15.1 | 53.6 | 13.9 | 38.9 | 54.0 | |
Other | 21.1 | 31.5 | 94.4 | 18.9 | 32.6 | 3.4 | 21.8 | 45.5 | |
p-value | 0.503 | 0.008 | 0.676 | 0.337 | 0.009 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.452 | |
Family Practice model | |||||||||
‘UCSP’ | 35.1 | 53.2 | 94.8 | 15.6 | 45.5 | 5.6 | 23.3 | 49.3 | |
model A | 22.8 | 49.6 | 95.9 | 20.5 | 50.8 | 8.3 | 28.9 | 58.3 | |
model B | 22.1 | 37.8 | 90.2 | 10.4 | 39.3 | 6.5 | 28.4 | 44.2 | |
p-value | 0.072 | 0.034 | 0.133 | 0.054 | 0.145 | 0.766 | 0.657 | 0.059 | |
nonclinical roles | |||||||||
no | 24.9 | 46.0 | 92.8 | 13.7 | 44.5 | 6.8 | 28.1 | 50.4 | |
yes | 23.8 | 45.2 | 95.2 | 23.8 | 45.2 | 9.5 | 26.8 | 61.9 | |
p-value | 0.873 | 0.924 | 0.755 | 0.082 | 0.932 | 0.520 | 0.867 | 0.160 | |
other paid work | |||||||||
no | 22.7 | 45.3 | 93.8 | 13.6 | 44.3 | 7.2 | 31.2 | 50.8 | |
yes | 30.8 | 44.4 | 92.2 | 17.2 | 44.0 | 7.1 | 20.2 | 48.2 | |
p-value | 0.094 | 0.876 | 0.584 | 0.361 | 0.950 | 0.959 | 0.029 | 0.652 | |
% over maximum waiting time | % over 3 working days | ||||||||
GP characteristics | urgent consultation | non urgent consultation | home visit | prescription renewal | medical report | telephone call with GP | e-mail with GP | review test results | |
contracted weekly workload (hours) | |||||||||
up to 35 | 35.8 | 41.8 | 97.0 | 10.4 | 49.3 | 6.1 | 27.3 | 54.5 | |
36–40 | 24.8 | 47.4 | 92.5 | 17.0 | 43.1 | 7.7 | 29.1 | 49.0 | |
> 40 | 15.7 | 36.5 | 90.4 | 9.6 | 42.0 | 6.1 | 22.0 | 48.0 | |
p-value | 0.041 | 0.303 | 0.286 | 0.214 | 0.632 | 0.952 | 0.585 | 0.697 | |
within versus over maximum waiting time | within versus over 3 working days | ||||||||
crude list size | |||||||||
mean difference [95% IC] | 29 [-28, 86] | 20 [-29, 70] | 76 [-11, 164] | 83 [32, 135] | 58 [2, 113] | 72 [23, 121] | |||
p-value | 0.316 | 0.421 | non-normal | 0.086 | 0.002 | non-normal | 0.041 | 0.004 | |
weighted list size | |||||||||
mean difference [95% IC] | 45 [-31, 121] | 18 [-48, 83] | -9 [-98, 79] | 51 [-158, 116] | 45 [-30, 120] | 40 [-25, 105] | |||
p-value | 0.242 | 0.597 | non-normal | 0.833 | 0.128 | non-normal | 0.236 | 0.231 | |
average weekly hours | |||||||||
mean difference [95% IC] | -0.5 [-2.6, 1.6] | -0.6 [-2.4, 1.2] | 0.5 [-2.1, 3.1] | 0.4 [-1.5, 2.2] | -0.2 [-3.9, 3.4] | -0.4 [-2.5, 1.6] | 0.2 [-1.6, 2.1] | ||
p-value | 0.61 | 0.522 | non-normal | 0.683 | 0.685 | 0.901a | 0.672 | 0.818 | |