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. 2021 Nov 9;72(714):e63–e74. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0380

Box 2.

Service change classification

  1. For April and September:
    • no change: activity remained within 15% of the baseline level;
    • increase: an increase of >15% from baseline;
    • small drop: a reduction of between 15% and 60% from baseline;
    • large drop: a reduction of >60% from baseline.
  2. Overall classification:
    • no change: no change in both April and September;
    • increase: an increase in either April or September;
    • sustained drop: a small or large drop in April, which has not returned to within 15% of baseline by September 2020;
    • recovery: a small or large drop in April, which returned to within 15% of baseline (‘no change’) by September 2020.