Data Insight: Assessing access to primary care in rural and urban Wales

A collaboration between ADR Wales researchers and Rural Health Care for Wales (RHCW) was formed to conduct a pilot study on inequalities in rural primary healthcare accessibility. The research questions related to distances travelled to General Practice (GP) surgeries in rural areas. Specifically, the questions posed were: (1) do individuals use their nearest GP surgeries in rural areas, (2) how far people travel to attend their GP surgeries in rural areas, and (3) how does this compare to distance travelled by patients to their GPs in more urban areas?