Table 1.

Breakdown of the NHS comments database

Section	Comments, N	Word counts	Mean words per comment
Acute trusts	1 022	159 385	156
Care organisations	6	1 164	194
Care providers	4 493	422 133	94
CCGs	1	253	253
Clinics	2 887	400 813	139
Dentists	41 958	4 306 698	103
GP practices	111 318	14 093 437	127
Hospitals	55 145	8 605 580	157
Mental health trusts	565	111 557	197
Opticians	1 734	179 493	104
Pharmacies	8 984	690 629	77
All sections	228 113	28 971 142	146

GP, general practitioner; NHS, National Health Service; CCGs, Clinical Commissioning Groups.