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. 2026 Feb 10;76(764):e213–e222. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0298

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.