GPWorkloadStudy

A novel app based study that aims to accurately measure the workload undertaken by GPs in Ireland

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

It has been a long day and counting for the 3.5% of GP Partners still working after 11pm.

Remember this does not include out of hours activity.

It all starts again in a few hours...

https://t.co/AvIdwHVzv5

[illona duffy @illonaduffy]

@GpWorkloadStudy Doing this GP workload study made me realise the unsustainable hours I work in the surgery. I was spending a minimum of 2 hours daily returning patient calls about blood and xray results. I learnt to delegate this role and reduced my return calls by 50% #evidencebringschange

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

10pm....7.9% of GP Partners are still working.

There is 0.6hrs of administrative work to get done before the days out.

Let's hope no-one is waiting up for a bedtime story😬

https://t.co/AvIdwHDYDx

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

20.1% of GP Partners are still working now.

Perhaps they are fitting in a house call around now - they spend an average of 20minutes a day on house calls.

https://t.co/AvIdwHVzv5

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

Nearly time for home?

Not quite - 60.1% of GP Partners are still working after 6pm.

At least they'll miss the traffic🤔

https://t.co/AvIdwHDYDx

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

5pm: nearly time to start the clinical paperwork. GP Partners spend an average of 1.7hrs on this a day.

Reviewing results of investigations, clinic letters, discharge summaries etc...it all takes time!

https://t.co/AvIdwHDYDx

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

3pm: GP Partners are on their way to seeing an average of 26 patients per day.

They will spend an average of 14m36s on each consultation in line with @rcgp recommendations

https://t.co/AvIdwHVzv5

(Data was recorded pre-covid)

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

Midday: GP Partners are most likely in clinical consultation right now. They will spend an average of 6.4hrs a day seeing patients face-to-face (not including teleconsults).

https://t.co/AvIdwHDYDx

(Data was recorded pre-covid)

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

10am and the GP partner demographic are settling into an average 10.2hr working day....a figure than does not include break-time or any out of hours activity...they are only getting started!

https://t.co/AvIdwHDYDx

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

A Day in the Life #GPworkloadstudy: GP Partner

To reflect our realtime method of measuring GP workload we will post some of our study's findings in realtime today

Today we look at the GP Partner demographic-11.7% of whom have already started work by now

https://t.co/AvIdwHDYDx

[Darach Ó Ciardha @darachociardha]

👇a thread on a superb piece of work by Brendan Crosbie et al on real-time tracking and quantifying of GP activity. Definitely a first and it addresses a massive information vacuum in @roinnslainte & @HSELive in relation to the 20million+ consultations annually in GP

[Anthony Staines @astaines]

This is brilliant work. We finally have some good data on GP workload - the major source of healthcare contacts in Ireland.
#resourceGP

[Mike O'Callaghan @mike0callaghan]

More from Dr Brendan Crosbie's novel study on GP workload in Ireland @GpWorkloadStudy published this week in @BJGPjournal
https://t.co/h3DLVtPKlY
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[William Behan 🍉 @DrWilliamBehan]

@mikey0callaghan @NiamhyCahill Thanks to Brendan Crosbie @GpWorkloadStudy 4being a wonderful collaborator w boundless energy & the rest of the team: @mikey0callaghan Stewart O'Flanagan, @DaveBrennan0 & Gavin Keane
@ManageYourTime 4 the use of their App
@BJGPjournal 4 guidance
+all the >200 GPs who participated

[William Behan 🍉 @DrWilliamBehan]

@mikey0callaghan @NiamhyCahill @GpWorkloadStudy @DaveBrennan0 @ManageYourTime @BJGPjournal + a big thank you to the support from @gpbuddy , https://t.co/WjxPJI7djJ and the @Twitter twitterati without whom we would never have successfully recruited such a nationally representative GP population for the
Real-time measurement of GP Workload Study https://t.co/pn8TTdfG4y

[William Behan 🍉 @DrWilliamBehan]

@ManageYourTime We are hoping that Apps such as @ManageYourTime will be recognised as an important tool to easily,reliably & quickly measure healthcare activity from a providers perspective on a large scale
Thank you to @BJGPjournal for promoting a novel concept led by B Crosbie @GpWorkloadStudy

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

See the full paper at BJGP for full details

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

The results of our GP Workload Study have been published in the @BJGPjournal and are available at: https://t.co/AvIdwHDYDx
On behalf of the whole research team thank you to all those who participated in the study - there would be no study without you!

[GPWorkloadStudy @GpWorkloadStudy]

Sub-sample analysis revealed GPs complete an average of 25 consultations daily (not including telephone consulations) at an average duration of just under 15mins per consultation.