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<p>NHS England publishes monthly data on general practice appointments, including
the approximate length of time between appointments being booked and taking place,
although this is not a proxy for waiting times. There are several factors which can
influence the timing of appointments, and it is not possible to estimate the time
between the patient’s first attempt to contact their surgery and an appointment.</p><p>In
England, in November 2023, 42.6% of appointments took place on the same day as they
were booked, and 82.7% took place within two weeks of booking. In the Shropshire,
Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board, 45% of 257,650 general practitioner appointments
in November 2023 occurred on the same day and 83.6% within 14 days. NHS England does
not, however, publish appointment data at United Kingdom or constituency level or
include information on rurality in this publication.</p><p>We have set an expectation
that everyone who needs an appointment at a general practice should get one within
two weeks, with the most urgent patients being seen on the same day.</p>
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