Table 1

Primary care trust characteristics

PCTNumber of practices offering extended hours (%)Number of patients/practice, mean (SD)IMD score, mean (SD)
Barnet62/67 (92.5)5210(3292)15.6(4.7)
Bury20/31 (64.5)6118(2348)23.4(5.6)
Darlington10/11 (90.9)9492 (3563)23.6(6.8)
East Riding of Yorkshire18/36(50.0)8555 (4347)14.6 (6.7)
Hasting and Rother22/33 (66.7)5347 (3327)24.6 (7.8)
Mid-Essex25/47 (53.2)7523 (4844)10.3 (3.2)
Norfolk58/89 (65.2)8065 (3963)16.1 (6.3)
North Tyneside19/28(67.9)7055(3178)25.2(7.9)
Nottingham City43/59 (72.9)5264 (4075)40.4(10.0)
Peterborough17/23 (73.9)6791 (3920)22.7 (7.1)
Somerset43/67 (64.2)7654 (4382)15.1 (3.5)
Stoke-on-Trent31/48 (64.6)5072 (3156)33.3 (8.3)
Wirral37/57 (64.9)5679(2755)29.9(12.6)
Study average405/596 (67.9)6616(3935)22.2(11.6)
National average(65.1)a6547 (4009)23.3(12.8)
  • a November 2008. Data obtained fromthe 2006/2007 GPPS (IMD) and 2008/2009 GPPS (list size), see confounding factors.