Updates
NHS England's October GP workforce and appointments data has shown that 40.3 million appointments were estimated to have been delivered by practices and Primary Care Networks in October 2024. Of these, 1.8 million were Covid-19 vaccinations. A total of 40.1% of all appointments in October 2024 were carried out by a GP and 23.2% were carried out by nurses; and 69.9% of all appointments in October 2024 were carried out face to face.
Ruth Rankine, Primary Care Director at the NHS Confederation, said: ‘These new figures show the staggering amount of work that GPs and their teams are doing, with a record 38.5 million appointments in October. This is up significantly on last year and well above pre-pandemic levels. It is clear that general practice is running extremely hot going into winter – just like other parts of the NHS – and is likely to get worse with the expected rise in winter viruses still ahead of us. As recognised in Lord Darzi's report, primary care is doing more work for a lesser share of the NHS budget. This is simply not sustainable and will make delivering on the government's commitments of moving from treatment to prevention, and delivering care closer to home, significantly harder to achieve.’
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