Table 3

Consultations (per 1000 patients) with potential cancer indicators reported in April–July 2020 compared with 2019

	April–July 2019		April–July 2020		Change in rates of consultations with potential cancer indicators (2020 vs 2019)
GP consultations	N	%*	N	%*	IRR	95% CI	P value
Overall	236.5	19	176.4	15	0.79	0.74 to 0.84	<0.001
By consultation provision							<0.001†
Face-to-face	187.8	21	25.4	17	0.84	0.76 to 0.92	<0.001
Remote	48.7	13	151.0	14	1.17	1.07 to 1.29	0.001
Nurse/Paramedic consultations	N	%	N	%	IRR	95% CI	P value
Overall	53.6	9	31.9	7	0.69	0.56 to 0.85	<0.001
By consultation provision							<0.001†
Face-to-face	50.2	10	15.7	6	0.61	0.44 to 0.83	0.002
Remote	3.4	7	16.1	9	1.60	1.10 to 2.33	0.014

IRRs and corresponding 95% CIs and p values from negative binomial models.
*Percentages are calculated out of all consultations in each category.
†P values presented on these rows are the p values for the interaction between year and consultation provision.
GP, general practitioner; IRR, incidence rate ratio.