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Table 1 GP practice recruitment in each region of the UK

From: Recruitment to a large scale randomised controlled clinical trial in primary care: the Helicobacter Eradication Aspirin Trial (HEAT)

UK Region

Date recruitment started in region

Total1 (approx.) number of GP practices in region

Number of GP practices in region recruiting to study

Practices recruiting to study as a percentage of total in region

Number of participating practices recruiting using practice nurses

Practices recruiting using practice nurses as a percentage of practices recruiting

England

 CRN E Midlands

14.09.2012

578

127

22.0

0

0

 CRN Yorks & Humber

20.09.2012

736

119

16.2

29

24.4

 CRN Wessex

27.09.2012

292

101

34.6

27

26.7

 CRN Thames Valley & S Mids

05.11.2012

249

57

22.9

18

31.6

 CRN SW Peninsula

21.11.2012

279

72

25.8

22

30.6

 CRN Eastern

03.12.2012

431

88

20.4

60

68.2

 CRN W of England

13.12.2012

281

80

28.5

30

37.5

 CRN NE & N Cumbria

02.01.2013

418

65

15.6

16

24.6

 CRN W Midlands

27.03.2013

886

202

22.8

6

3.0

 CRN Kent, Surrey, Sussex

27.08.2013

550

63

11.5

37

58.7

 CRN NW Coast

04.01.2014

619

64

10.3

36

56.3

 CRN S London

28.03.2014

454

43

9.5

8

18.6

 CRN N Thames

10.07.2014

837

43

5.1

3

7.0

 CRN NW London

05.11.2014

388

11

2.8

6

54.5

 CRN GTR Manchester

25.11.2014

502

17

3.4

4

23.5

Total in England

 

7500

1152

15.4

302

26.2

Wales

 Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB

03.02.2015

107

11

10.3

7

63.6

 Cardiff and Vale University LHB

05.02.2015

66

10

15.2

10

100

 Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University LHB

10.02.2015

70

6

8.6

5

83.3

 Powys Teaching LHB

13.03.2015

17

4

23.5

2

50.0

 Aneurin Bevan LHB

20.07.2015

80

5

6.2

3

60.0

 Cwm Taf LHB

11.09.2015

42

5

11.9

4

80.0

 Hywel Dda LHB

06.11.2015

51

1

2.0

0

0

Total in Wales

 

433

42

9.7

31

73.8

Northern Ireland

 Belfast HSCT

15.05.2015

82

1

1.2

0

0

 Southeastern HSCT

10.11.2015

54

4

7.4

0

0

 Northern HSCT

04.05.2016

75

1

1.3

0

0

Total in Northern Ireland

 

211

6

2.8

0

0

Scotland

 Tayside LHB

24.01.2017

64

3

4.7

0

0

 Lanarkshire LHB

07.06.2017

104

5

4.8

0

0

Total in Scotland

 

168

8

4.8

0

0

Total in UK

 

8312

1208

14.5

333

27.6

  1. 1Total number of GP Practices in area obtained from:
  2. https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data (as of 31 August 2018)
  3. https://data.england.nhs.uk/dataset/ods-northern-ireland (as of 31 August 2018)
  4. http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/General-Practice/Workforce-and-Practice-Populations/ (as of October 2018)