More than 51,500 visits were recorded at GESY's on-call clinics between January 2023 and September 2026, highlighting growing use of the service, particularly by families with children.
Data from the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) show a total of 51,503 visits during the period, including 28,820 paediatric consultations and 22,683 visits by adults. Children accounted for 56% of all visits, compared with 44% for adults.
Demand continues to increase
The number of visits has risen steadily since the service was introduced:
- 2023: 12,185 visits
- 2024: 13,840 visits
- 2025: 15,168 visits
- January-September 2026: 10,310 visits
The 2025 figure represented a 24.5% increase compared with 2023, amounting to 2,983 additional visits over two years.
Paediatric consultations continued to outnumber adult visits each year. Between 2023 and 2025, visits to on-call paediatricians increased by 1,790, while visits to doctors treating adults rose by 1,193.
Paphos records biggest growth
Significant differences were recorded between districts.
In 2025, the highest number of visits was recorded in:
- Nicosia: 3,809
- Paphos: 3,623
- Larnaca: 3,385
- Famagusta: 3,114
- Limassol: 1,237
Paphos registered the strongest growth, with visits rising by 57%, from 2,307 in 2023 to 3,623 in 2025.
Famagusta followed with a 48.4% increase, while Larnaca recorded growth of 23%.
By contrast, Limassol posted only a 6.5% increase, while Nicosia, despite remaining the busiest district, recorded a slight decline of 1.5% compared with 2023.
Awareness campaign launched
The HIO has launched an information campaign to raise awareness of the service, which operates on weekends and public holidays.
According to Alexia Makridou, head of the organisation's communications department, the campaign aims to answer three key questions for beneficiaries:
- When the service operates.
- What types of cases it handles.
- How appointments are arranged.
The organisation says it wants more beneficiaries to understand where they can seek medical care outside normal clinic operating hours and how to access services available through GESY.
