(a) Religious holidays | 6 | 18 | 24 (20) |
(b) Communication difficulties | 3 | 17 | 20 (17) |
(c) Child no longer ill | 6 | 10 | 16 (13) |
(d) Child on holiday abroad | 3 | 9 | 12 (10) |
(e) Forgot | 4 | 12 | 16 (13) |
(f) Child too ill to attend | 2 | 6 | 8 (7) |
(g) Was not aware that an appointment would be sent, that is, GP had not made it clear | 5 | 3 | 8 (7) |
(h) Did not receive notification of appointment or changed address | 3 | 3 | 6 (5) |
(i) Could not get through to cancel | 1 | 5 | 6 (5) |
(j) Thought attending was a waste of time as it appeared that the doctors were not interested in sorting out the problem | 0 | 3 | 3 (2.5) |
(k) Other, for example, staff were rude | 0 | 1 | 1 (0.5) |
Total | 33 | 87 | 120 (100) |