Table 1. Consultations by locums and permanent GPs by consultation type in the UK, April 2010 to March 2022^a .

Financial year	All consultations, n		Face-to-face consultations, n		Telephone and online consultations, n		Total patients, n	Practices, n
	All GPs	Locums	All GPs	Locums	All GPs	Locums
2010	20 505 515	2 160 110	18 732 124	2 031 389	1 773 391	128 721	4 184 690	870
2011	20 747 849	2 292 973	18 848 827	2 148 948	1 899 022	144 025	4 241 700	876
2012	21 183 340	2 369 466	19 080 750	2 201 442	2 102 590	168 024	4 245 588	854
2013	20 655 419	2 241 487	18 436 232	2 061 195	2 219 187	180 292	4 127 214	836
2014	19 140 726	2 154 532	16 964 052	1 969 834	2 176 674	184 698	3 836 633	789
2015	16 582 566	1 917 867	14 682 494	1 757 568	1 900 072	160 299	3 392 982	716
2016	14 376 977	1 665 881	12 769 293	1 546 654	1 607 684	119 227	2 895 826	621
2017	12 801 485	1 482 861	11 391 487	1 377 101	1 409 998	105 760	2 603 629	559
2018	11 892 772	1 407 472	10 619 499	1 310 867	1 273 273	96 605	2 443 610	524
2019	10 987 908	1 311 290	9 719 650	1 214 468	1 268 258	96 822	2 290 261	500
2020	8 935 244	1 003 237	5 910 979	676 680	3 024 265	326 557	1 789 703	461
2021	6 499 969	756 361	4 421 649	527 265	2 078 320	230 096	1 551 491	422

^aFigures calculated over financial years, that is, 2010 refers to April 2010 to March 2011.