Table 1.
Responses to the question ‘Is your GP surgery currently open at times that are convenient for you?’ in the GP Patient Survey 2013–2014, by employment category
| Employment category | Question response, n % | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| No (inconvenient) | Yes (convenient) | ||
| Not workingb | 28 936 (8.6) | 308 818 (91.4) | 337 753 |
| Can take time off work to see GP | 66 213 (22.3) | 231 050 (77.7) | 297 263 |
| Cannot take time off work to see GP | 62 911 (44.2) | 79 504 (55.8) | 142 415 |
|
| |||
| Total | 158 059 (20.3) | 619 371 (79.7) | 777 430 |
a
Data were missing for 7.9% of responses; responses of ‘Don’t know’ are excluded from the table (6.6% of weighted responses).
b
Full-time education, unemployed, sick or disabled, retired, looking after home, other. Responses are weighted to account for survey design and non-response (by age, sex, geographical location, general practice, and other variables) to increase national representativeness.14