Table 1.

Timings of appointments offered after initial contact.

	Number of clinics included in the study	Number of clinics excluded from the study	Within (≤) 2 weeks	>2 weeks but within 3 weeks	>3 weeks but within 4 weeks	More than 4 weeks	Offered bridging method of contraception
Overall	218	23	112 (51.4%)	19 (8.7%)	13 (6.0%)	72 (33%)	16 (7.3%)
Country
England	182	18	93 (51.1%)	15 (8.2%)	12 (6.6%)	60 (33%)	13 (7.1%)
Wales	13	3	8 (61.5%)	2 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (23.1%)	2 (15.4%)
Scotland	17	1	11 (64.7%)	1 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (29.4%)	0 (0.0%)
Northern Ireland	4	1	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (25.0%)	3 (75.0%)	1 (25.0%)
Isle of Man and Jersey	2		0 (0.0%)	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)
BASHH branch
Northern	14	1	8 (57.1%)	2 (14.3%)	3 (21.4%)	1 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)
North West	20	2	6 (30%)	2 (10%)	3 (15.0%)	9 (45.0%)	3 (15.0%)
Cheshire and Merseyside	12	0	5 (41.7%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (50.0%)	1 (8.3%)
Yorkshire	11	3	7 (63.6%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)
Trent	18	2	16 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)
West Midlands	21	3	4 (19.0%)	3 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (66.7%)	3 (14.3%)
East Anglia	9	1	4 (44.4%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (44.4%)	1 (11.1%)
Oxford	11	1	4 (36.4%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (45.5%)	1 (9.1%)
Thames NW	11	1	7 (63.6%)	1 (9.1%)	2 (18.2%)	1 (9.1%)	1 (9.1%)
Thames NE	14	4	7 (50.0%)	1 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (42.9%)	1 (7.1%)
Thames SW	6	0	4 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (33.3%)	1 (16.7%)
Thames SE	12	0	5 (41.7%)	1 (8.3%)	1 (8.3%)	4 (33.3%)	1 (8.3%)
Wessex	12	0	9 (75.0%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)
South West	11	0	7 (63.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (18.2%)	2 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)