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Table 1 NHS Trusts in England providing access to a patient medicines helpline service

From: Operating a patient medicines helpline: a survey study exploring current practice in England using the RE-AIM evaluation framework

Type of NHS Trust/region of England

Percentage of NHS Trusts providing access to a helplinea

Acute Trust

67% (91/136)

Specialist Trust

41% (7/17)

Mental health Trust

29% (16/56)

Community Trust

18% (3/17)

Total NHS Trusts

52% (117/226)

East of England

72% (18/25)

South Central

69% (9/13)

South East

69% (11/16)

London

60% (21/35)

North East

60% (6/10)

Yorkshire & Humber

52% (11/21)

South West

46% (11/24)

North West

41% (16/39)

East Midlands

33% (5/15)

West Midlands

32% (9/28)

  1. aNumbers in parentheses show the actual numbers of NHS Trusts that reported providing access to a helpline, out of the total number of Trusts, for the type of Trust or the region of England