Numbers of patients & waiting times at General Practitioner (GP) practices.

Summary

The Department of Health and Social Care responded to a request for data on GP practices by disclosing patient registration numbers, doctor headcounts, and average waiting times for routine appointments.

Key Facts

• Total patient registrations across all GP practices were 88,032 as of 31 December 2019.
• Waiting time data for routine appointments was provided for the period from August to December 2019.
• Doctor numbers are reported as both headcount and Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) as of 3 February 2020.
• Ramsey GP practice had the highest number of registered patients at 14,386.
• Southern GP practice recorded the longest waiting times, reaching 14 days in September and October 2019.

Data Disclosed

• 88032
• 14386
• 9752
• 9033
• 8744
• 8237
• 7472
• 7200
• 5468
• 4924
• 4530
• 4313
• 3973
• 31st December 2019
• 3rd February 2020
• August to December 2019
• 14 days
• 8 days
• 6 days
• 5.9 WTE
• 5.8 WTE
• 4.9 WTE
• 4.5 WTE
• 4 WTE
• 3.6 WTE
• 2.6 WTE
• 2.2 WTE
• 2.1 WTE
• 1.8 WTE

Original Request

Question 1: Please provide the latest figures for the number of patients per GP practice. Question 2: How many doctors are working at each GP practice? Question 3: What is the average waiting time for an appointment with a GP for each practice?

Data Tables (3)

Full Response Text

Chief Executive: Kathryn Magson Freedom of Information Team Department of Health & Social Care Chief Executive's Office Crookall House Demesne Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3QA Tel: (01624) 642621 Email: dhsc@foi.gov.im Website: www.gov.im/dhsc Our ref: 1157621 25th February 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on the 30th January 2020 and states:

"Question 1: Please provide the latest figures for the number of patients per GP practice.

Question 2: How many doctors are working at each GP practice? Question 3: What is the average waiting time for an appointment with a GP for each practice?"

Our response to your request is as follows: Question 1: Please provide the latest figures for the number of patients per GP practice. In response to question 1, we have provided the figures of patients registered at each GP Group Practice as of 31st December 2019 as requested in the table below. Figures are collated on a quarterly basis and the next quarter figures will be available by the end of March 2020:

GP Practice Patients Registered Kensington 9033 Laxey/Onchan 8237 Peel 8744 Hailwood 7472 Palatine 9752 Ballasalla 4530 Finch Hill 4924 Snaefell 5468 Promenade 4313 Ramsey 14386 Castletown 3973 Southern 7200 Total 88032 Question 2: How many doctors are working at each GP practice? The number of GPs currently working on the 3rd February 2020 at each GP Practice is shown below. Between the GPs in each Practice they are working a mixture of full and part-time hours (Whole Time Equivalent – WTE).
GP Practice No of GPs WTE Kensington 5 4 Laxey/Onchan 5 4.5 Peel 7 4.9 Hailwood 4 3.6 Palatine 6 5.9 Ballasalla 3 2.6 Finch Hill 4 2.1 Snaefell 3 2.1 Promenade 2 1.8 Ramsey 8 5.8 Castletown 4 2.2 Southern 6 4 Question 3: What is the average waiting time for an appointment with a GP for each practice? The figures below indicate the waiting time for a routine appointment (in days) which is collated from the Practices, on or around the first working day of the month, from August to December 2019 (The detail excludes weekends).

August September October November December GP Practice Days Days Days Days Days Kensington 6 0 2 1 1 Laxey/Onchan 7 6 2 3 8 Peel 1 1 1 5 3 Hailwood 2 2 1 0 1 Palatine 0 7 0 0 0 Ballasalla 4 4 4 4 4 Finch Hill 5 3 3 3 0 Snaefell 2 2 3 8 2 Promenade 0 0 0 0 0 Ramsey 2 1 3 0 0 Castletown 2 2 3 6 6 Southern 0 14 14 8 12 Please quote the reference number 1157621 in any future communications.

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