Table 1

Frequency and proportion of appointments offered within 48 hours for asymptomatic and symptomatic patients by UK country, gender and year

	Asymptomatic patients						Symptomatic patients
	2014		2015				2014		2015
Appointment offered within 48 hours	n/N	%	n/N	%	χ²	p Value	n/N	%	n/N	%	χ²	p Value
Total	180/355	50.7	321/431	74.5	47.6	<0.001	381/399	95.5	396/436	90.8	7.0	0.008
Country
England	173/310	55.9	266/355	74.9	27.0	<0.001	334/347	96.2	327/360	90.7	8.5	0.003
Northern Ireland	0/6	0.0	23/33	69.7	10.2	0.001	5/6	83.3	29/31	93.5	0.7	0.401
Scotland	5/26	19.2	21/27	77.8	18.2	<0.001	27/28	96.4	24/27	88.9	1.2	0.282
Wales	2/13	15.4	11/16	68.7	8.3	0.004	15/18	83.3	16/18	88.9	0.2	0.630
Gender
Male	89/153	58.2	187/206	90.8	52.5	<0.001	188/198	94.9	196/214	91.6	1.8	0.176
Female	91/202	49.0	134/225	59.6	9.0	0.003	193/201	96.0	200/222	90.1	5.6	0.018

Data from telephone calls by mystery shoppers to GUM clinics in the UK, 2014 and 2015.
GUM, genitourinary medicine.