Table 1.
Characteristics of participating and non-participating practices
| Participating practices: Bristol (n=12) | Non-participating practices: BNSSG CCGs (n=86) | Participating practices: Manchester (n=11) | Non-participating practices: Manchester CCGs* (n=181) |
All practices: England (n=7674) | Participating practices: Ayrshire and Arran (n=10) | Non-participating practices: Ayrshire and Arran (n=46) | All practices: Scotland (n=982) | |
| Size39 40 | ||||||||
| Average list size (SD) | 11 360 (3950) |
9337 (3792) |
8531 (3768) |
6389 (3861) |
7450 (NR)† |
6874 (2813) |
6869 (3565) |
5736 (3591) |
| Age profiles40 41 | ||||||||
| % aged 65–74 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 10.2% |
| % aged 75–84 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 5.8% |
| % aged 85+ | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.0% |
| Deprivation41 42 | ||||||||
| Deprivation, mean (SD) | 17.3 (13.0) | 20.0 (11.3) | 14.9 (8.3) | 26.5 (11.5) | 21.5 | 28.8 (14.9) | 32.5 (15.5) | |
| QOF29 43 | ||||||||
| QOF achievement (2014/2015) (%) | 98.7 | 96.6 | 96.2 | 96.7 | 95.5 | 99.8 | 98.8 | 97.3 |
| Satisfaction with GP surgery44 45 | ||||||||
| Very positive (%) | 46.4 | 41.9 | 50.0 | 51.3 | 43 | 49.1 | 47 | 87% |
| Positive (%) | 42.4 | 44.2 | 39.6 | 36.8 | 42 | 39.2 | 39 | |
| Neutral (%) | 8.3 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 10 | 9.8 | 12 | 10% |
| Negative (%) | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5 | 1.9 | 2 | 3% |
*Eastern Cheshire, South Cheshire, St Helens, Wigan and Wirral.
†Deprivation is based on IMD 2010 for England and SIMD 2012 for Scotland.
BNSSG, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire; CCGs, Clinical Commissioning Groups; GP, general practitioner; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; QOF, Quality and Outcomes Framework; SMID, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.