Table 6.

ONS rurality and remoteness from primary and secondary care

	Rural	Rural fringe	Urban	No classification	Total wards
All wards	253 (18%)	154 (11%)	1031 (71%)	10 (1%)	1448 (100%)
GPs
Remote (3 km)	117 (53%)	14 (6%)	84 (38%)	6 (3%)	221 (100%)
Remote (5 km)	20 (53%)	4 (10%)	12 (32%)	2 (5%)	38 (100%)
Remote (7 km)	5 (71%)	1 (14%)	0 (0%)	1 (14%)	7 (100%)
Hospitals
Remote (20 km)	126 (39%)	36 (11%)	158 (49%)	4 (1%)	324 (100%)
Remote (25 km)	69 (43%)	8 (5%)	81 (51%)	2 (1%)	162 (100%)
Remote (30 km)	30 (49%)	1 (2%)	28 (46%)	2 (3%)	61 (100%)
Remote (35 km)	17 (59%)	0 (0%)	12 (41%)	0 (0%)	29 (100%)