The phrase 'minority of practices' is correct and can be used in written English.
It generally refers to a smaller group of activities, customs, or behaviors that are specific to a certain field or area. For example, "In comparison to other educational systems, the U.S. has a minority of practices that are considered unique."
But that's only because of our scheduling system, which only a minority of practices utilize.
Mr Burnham told Sky News most patients were not seeing any benefit from the Challenge Fund, suggesting it was only dealing with "a minority" of practices and patients.
Initial reports suggest that only a small minority of practices achieved high scores by exception reporting[ 8].
General dentists provide the majority of care and dental hygienists are employed in only a minority of practices [ 5, 6].
Such use of computers is present in more than half of Czech practices and in minority of practices in Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Russia.
It is notable that two of these systems Synergy and Premiere were installed in a diminishing minority of practices (falling from 9.5%to7.4%4% over the study period) and are now likely to be withdrawn from the market.
As suspected, only a minority of physiotherapists practiced in contexts where there were formal team-based processes.
Despite evidence that links cognitive impairment to vascular risk factors, only a minority of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of vascular risk factors consider cognition as either an adverse outcome or as a factor to consider in treatment.
A small minority (3.8%) of practices operated on a 'walk-in only' basis.
To enhance comparability, a blinded researcher (NHC) stratified and matched participating clusters according to the following criteria: percentage of patients in practice from ethnic minorities, type of practice (single handed, one or more partner practice, or healthcare centre), practice location (urban/rural), age of general practitioner, and sex of general practitioner.
However, removing the provision might subject a substantial minority of patients attending practices performing below the upper payment thresholds to coercion.
