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<p>The most recent data on the time between booking an appointment with a general
practice and having the appointment (in days) for Redbridge Clinical Commissioning
Group (CCG), London and England are presented in the following table as the average
over the 12 months from September 2018 to August 2019.</p><p>The data is taken from
the NHS Digital publication ‘Appointments in General Practice’. This is a new experimental
data collection which is still being refined and improved.</p><p>It should be noted
that the ‘time from booking to appointment’ refers only to the time elapsed between
the successful booking of an appointment and the appointment actually taking place.
The data does not take into consideration that many patients will be appropriately
booking ahead as part of the continuity of care they receive for long-term conditions.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Redbridge CCG</p></td><td><p>London Regional Local Office</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Distribution of average time elapsed between booking an
appointment and the appointment taking place, September 2018 to August 2019. (Numbers
may not add to 100% due to rounding.)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Same Day</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1
Day</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2
to 7 Days</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8
to 14 Days</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15
to 21 Days</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22
to 28 Days</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More
than 28 Days</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- There are several factors that drive the time from a booking
to an appointment. This includes appointment availability at the practice, patient
availability, the urgency of the appointment and general practitioner (GP) advice.</p><p>-
The data does not differentiate between emergency and routine appointments in general
practice.</p><p>- The data does not include any information about the patients or
clinical information</p><p>- The data in the response includes appointments with all
healthcare professional types, including GPs and other practice staff.</p><p>- Not
all practices in England are included in the appointments in general practice publication,
meaning the total number of appointments is not known.</p><p>- Same day and next day
bookings are of particular interest so are presented here separately. Further bookings
are presented grouped by weeks.</p><p>- The number of appointments that have already
happened is provided as recorded in participating practices in England. The data presented
only contains information which was captured on the GP practice systems. This limits
the activity reported on and does not represent all work happening within a primary
care setting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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