AQW 20963/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 25/06/2021
Answered On Date: 01/07/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of appointments provided by GPs per Health and Social Care Trust area, in each of the past five years; and (ii) the number of people in each trust area.

Answer:

As independent contractors, GP practices are responsible for managing their own appointment systems and waiting times. As such, information on the number of appointments provided by GPs is not available.

The number of registered patients in each LCG area is shown in the table overleaf.

Table 1: The number of registered patients in each LCG1 area, at April 2021.

LCG1	Registered patients
Belfast	438,485
Northern	476,015
South Eastern	334,241
Southern	425,826
Western	332,370
Northern Ireland	2,006,937

Source: National Health Application and Infrastructure Services (NHAIS)

1 The Local Commissioning Groups cover the same geographical areas as the Health and Social Care Trusts