Table 2. Locum consultations as a percentage of GP consultations, UK April 2010 to March 2022a .
| Category | Year, locum consultations as % of GP consultations | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Mean | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 14.8 |
| Standard deviation | 17.7 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 20.6 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 20.4 |
| 25th percentile | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 50th percentile | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| 75th percentile | 16.8 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 16.4 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 16.4 | 18.5 |
aFigures calculated at a practice level and over financial years, that is, 2010 refers to April 2010 to March 2011.