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Number of urgent care services in an area per 1,000 population (10299) Metric type
- Help text
- This metric is derived by the LGA (Local Government Association) from the CQC (Care Quality Commission's) Care Directory file, the file contains a complete list of the places in England where care is regulated by CQC. Using the National Statistics Postcode Lookup, we have counted the number of urgent care services located in an area and then created a crude rate per 1,000 resident population. These services are provided in parallel with an accident and emergency department and vary greatly from one service to another. They generally comprise a triage service, run by doctors and nurses.
They will not usually screen people whose symptoms require immediate, very urgent or emergency care. Instead, they screen standard cases where time is not of the essence, and where possible, refer these for immediate consultation with an on-site primary care provider.
They may provide services such as:- Consultations with a doctor
- Physical examinations and simple physiological testing and measurement
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Prescribing medicines
- Referrals to other primary care services.
Examples of services that fit under this category:- Minor injury units
- Urgent care centres
- Walk-in centres.
Data are extracted once a quarter and provide a snapshot in time. It should be noted that due to changes to postcodes a small proportion cannot be matched to the latest National Statistics Postcode Lookup file and are therefore excluded from these figures.
- Modified
- 06 Nov 2023
- Data last updated
- 25 Dec 2022
- Short label
- No. of urgent care centres per 1,000 population
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 3
- Polarity
- a high value is good
- Measure
- per 1000 people
- Dataset
- Amenities for calendar quarter
- Collection
- Local collection
- Source
- Local collection
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