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  • 1Health Protection Agency West Midlands, Regional Surveillance Unit, 2nd Floor, Lincoln House, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS. sally.harcourt@hpa.org.uk

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The Royal College of General Practitioners Weekly Returns Service (WRS) population is less deprived than the general population, with exaggerated differences in deprivation levels. This highlights the need for WRS to recruit practices from more deprived areas to improve representativeness.

Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Background:

  • The Royal College of General Practitioners Weekly Returns Service (WRS) collects weekly data on diagnosed illnesses in England and Wales.
  • The WRS is crucial for infectious disease surveillance, particularly for influenza.
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques are employed to assess WRS population representativeness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if the practice populations within the WRS network are representative of the general population in England and Wales.
  • To analyze the socio-economic status of WRS practice populations compared to the general population.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for spatial analysis.
  • Compared WRS practice populations against the general population using the Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR) Indices of Deprivation 2000 scores for English wards.

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Main Results:

  • Nationally, the WRS population is less deprived than the general population.
  • Supra-regionally, WRS exhibits North-South differences mirroring the general population but with more pronounced variations in deprivation levels.
  • The WRS lacks representation from the most deprived wards in London.

Conclusions:

  • The observed socio-economic disparities impact the WRS's ability to reflect general population consulting patterns.
  • Future WRS practice recruitment should target more deprived areas in the South and less deprived areas in the North of England.
  • This study underscores the utility of GIS in enhancing public health surveillance systems.