27 hours and 15 minutes of missed appointments – which is the equivalent of 164 appointments.
Non-attendance of appointments costs the NHS thousands of working hours each week. In April 2026, Holt Medical Practice offered:
2548 GP appointments
2105 Nurse appointments
Thank you to everyone who promptly attended their appointments.
Unfortunately 114 patients failed to turn up for their appointments and gave us no prior notice. This amounted to 27 hours and 15 minutes of wasted clinical time!
Please let us know in advance of your appointment if you know you are not going to be able to make it so we can reallocate these appointments to patients who need them.
If you receive text message reminders, you can cancel at any time of day or night by replying with the word CANCEL.
Wasted clinical time per month:
May 2025: 50 hours and 25 minutes
June 2025: 47 hours and 15 minutes
July 2025: 48 hours and 8 minutes
August 2025: 56 hours and 25 minutes
September 2025: 49 hours and 5 minutes
October 2025: 44 hours and 45 minutes
November 2025: 33 hours and 10 minutes
December 2025: 36 hours and 50 minutes
January 2026: 35 hours and 50 minutes
February 2026: 26 hours and 45 minutes
March 2026: 28 hours and 5 minutes
April 2026: 27 hours and 15 minutes
Total over last 12 months: 483 hours and 58 minutes of wasted time which is approximately 2601 appointments.