GP Consultations Figure 1:

ESR Sentinel Surveillance of GP consultations for ILI by week during 2007, 2008 and 2009 (Reporting to week 40 for 2009 (which ended at 2400hrs on Sunday, 4/10/09)

The number of GP consultations based on a sample of sentinel practices, continues to decline and is only slightly higher than at the same time in the last two years.

The data is from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research's (ESR) sentinel general practice surveillance system.