DNA figures for October 25 Posted or Updated on 11 Nov 2025

Unattended consultations at the surgery

October was not a good month for the number of wasted consultations at the surgery.

These were all booked by patients who did not turn up for their consultation (DNAs).

• 26 GP consultations (Over 6 hours)
• 6 Nurse Practitioner consultations (Over 1 hours)
• 52 Practice Nurse consultations (Almost 17 hours)
• 9 Health Care Assistant consultations (Almost 2 hours)
• Total consultations 93 (Almost 26 hours)

Please remember to cancel any consultations you no longer require or are unable to make. We can always offer these to other patients if we are given sufficient notice.

Consultations are in great demand as I am sure you are aware, if we can reduce the number of those not used, we can help you.

Thank you.

Unattended consultations in Darlington Primary Care Network 

October was not a good month for the number of wasted consultations across Darlington GP practices.

These were all booked by patients who did not turn up for their consultations (DNAs). The figures are town wide from all 11 GP practices within the Darlington Primary Care Network.

• 142 hours of GP time costing estimated £10,724
• 57 hours of Nurse Practitioner time costing estimated £1,710
• 212 hours of Practice Nurse time costing estimated £4,255
• 158 hours of health care assistant time costing estimated £1787

Please remember to cancel any consultations you no longer require or are unable to make. We can always offer these to other patients if we are given sufficient notice.

Consultations are in great demand as I am sure you are aware, if we can reduce the number of those not used, we can help you.

Thank you.