Table 4 Practice and workforce characteristics: summary statistics, N = 208 practices

PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS

n

%

Decile

n

%

Location^a

Urban

170

82.1

National deprivation decile^a:

1 least deprived,

10 most deprived

1–2

39

18.8

Rural

37

17.9

3–4

54

26.1

Practice trains GPs (Foundation years 1,2 (FY1,2) and / or specialist GP registrars (ST1-4)

Yes

118

56.7

5–6

57

27.5

No

90

43.3

7–8

32

15.5

Practice employs GP locum(s)

Yes

24

11.5

9–10

25

12.1

No

184

88.5

N

Mean

SD

Median

Minimum

Maximum

25th percentile

75th percentile

Practice size, number of patients, 000s (June 2022)^b

208

11.495

9.019

9.485

1.500

90.000

6.783

13.787

% of patients aged over 65

208

18.610

7.393

18.376

0.079

43.541

13.138

23.076

WORKFORCE CHARACTERISTICS ^c

% of total practice FTE that is clinical (GP + NURSE + DPC)

208

46.4

9.6

45.0

20.9

100 [n = 1]

40.7

51.5

% of total clinical FTE performed by GPs

208

48.4

16.6

48.9

0 [n = 1]

100 [n = 2]

36.1

58.8

% of total GP FTE performed by partners

207

65.7

26.3

68.7

0 [n = 9]

100 [n = 38]

50.0

84.0

% of total GP FTE performed by female GPs

207

52.7

24.8

52.2

0 [n = 13]

100 [n = 15]

38.4

69.2

% of total GP headcount who are aged 54 and under

207

74.3

25.8

80.0

0 [n = 11]

100 [n = 52]

62.5

100.0

% of total GP headcount qualified in the UK

208

74.5

25.0

80.0

0 [n = 9]

100 [n = 52]

60.0

98.4

Average GP FTE per GP headcount (indicates GP part time working)

207

0.78

0.20

0.74

0.34

1.87

0.65

0.89

Total Practice FTE per 1000 patients (workload)

208

2.22

0.77

2.12

0.50

5.68

1.72

2.55

Total GP FTE per 1000 patients (workload)

208

0.47

0.17

0.46

0 [n = 1]

0.99

0.36

0.57