New research shows patient attendance increases by 10% if appointments are fixed later in the week, with 15 million missed a year
When you’re trying to fix an appointment with your GP do you have a preference for a particular day? Or rather is there a day you’d prefer not to see your doctor? Monday? Well, yes, it turns out that few of us like doctors’ appointments on Mondays.
How do we know that? Through a new study that shows for the first time fixing medical appointments later in the week results in fewer missed appointments and raises patient attendance by at least 10%.
Missed appointments are a long-standing challenge for the NHS.
Analysis carried out in 2019 found at least 15 million GP appointments were wasted every year because patients fail to turn up.