| Waiting times for GU clinics in the UK |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 269 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 49 |
| Clinics with walk in | 72 (27%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 15 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 65 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 20 (7%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 196 (73%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 189 (70%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 21 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 8 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 0 |
| Clinics with walk in | 4 (50%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 11 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 27 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 1 (12%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 6 (75%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 7 (88%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 0 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 15 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 3 |
| Clinics with walk in | 3 (20%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 14 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 21 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 0 (0%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 11 (73%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 11 (73%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 1 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 49 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 16 |
| Clinics with walk in | 22 (45%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 16 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 65 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 3 (6%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 40 (82%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 38 (78%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 6 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 4 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 0 |
| Clinics with walk in | 1 (25%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 28 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 29 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 1 (25%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 3 (75%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 3 (75%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 1 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 15 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 1 |
| Clinics with walk in | 3 (20%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 18 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 49 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 3 (20%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 8 (53%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 10 (67%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 0 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 31 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 9 |
| Clinics with walk in | 1 (3%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 8 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 39 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 5 (16%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 25 (81%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 21 (68%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 1 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 20 (23) |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 0 |
| Clinics with walk in | 7 (35%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 17 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 30 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 0 (0%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 11 (55%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 16 (80%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 4 |
|
(The two figures for total number of clinics is due to Lanarkshire having one mobile GU clinic which operates on four sites)
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 13 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 1 |
| Clinics with walk in | 4 (31%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 16 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 36 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 2 (15%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 10 (77%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 11 (85%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 1 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 13 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 0 |
| Clinics with walk in | 4 (31%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 11 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 32 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 1 (8%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 10 (77%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 7 (54%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 2 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 18 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 6 |
| Clinics with walk in | 7 (39%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 7 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 21 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 4 (22%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 15 (83%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 13 (72%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 1 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 23 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 1 |
| Clinics with walk in | 6 (26%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 26 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 42 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 0 (0%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 12 (52%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 9 (39%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 2 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 22 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 2 |
| Clinics with walk in | 3 (14%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 16 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 56 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 0 (0%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 16 (73%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 20 (91%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 1 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 9 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 3 |
| Clinics with walk in | 3 (33%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 14 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 22 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 0 (0%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 7 (78%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 4 (44%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 0 |
|
| Waiting times for GU clinics |
| Description | Result |
| Clinics | 26 |
| Clinics operating a restrictive system | 7 |
| Clinics with walk in | 4 (15%) |
| Average waiting time for a routine appointment | 16 days |
| Longest waiting time for a routine appointment | 30 days |
| Clinics who offered routine appointment within 48 hours | 1 (4%) |
| Clinics who could treat client with symptoms within 48 hours | 22 (85%) |
| Clinics who could treat client who had sexual contact with a confirmed gonorrhoea case within 48 hours | 19 (73%) |
| Number of 'walk-in only' clinics | 1 |
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No comprehensive list of GUM clinics exists for the UK. Cross-checking a number of sources Panorama has striven to identify every clinic. We believe the number of clinics to be 269 and we have spoken to every one.
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