How quickly does your GP practice see patients?
Every month NHS England publishes how long each GP practice in England takes between an appointment being booked and it happening. GP Waits turns that into a page for each of the 6,114 practices, so you can compare yours with the ones nearby.
England in July 2026
The spread between practices is the point
Half of practices see fewer than 57% of routine appointments within a week. The best tenth manage 87% or more; the worst tenth 29% or less. Two practices in the same town are often 40 points apart.
Routine appointments seen within 7 days of booking, July 2026, 5,703 practices with at least 100 routine appointments in the month.
Fastest routine access
| Practice | Within 7 days |
|---|---|
| Delta Healthcare Humber and North Yorkshire ICB | 100% |
| Frizinghall Medical Centre West Yorkshire ICB | 100% |
| Thornton Lodge Surgery West Yorkshire ICB | 100% |
| Harlow Road Surgery North East London ICB | 100% |
| Tandon Medical Centre (Oram & Partners) Black Country ICB | 100% |
| Newholme Surgery Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | 100% |
| Ford Medical Practice Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | 100% |
| Kings Park Surgery North East London ICB | 100% |
| One Care Lambeth South East London ICB | 100% |
| Hockley Medical Practice Birmingham and Solihull ICB | 99.9% |
Slowest routine access
| Practice | Within 7 days |
|---|---|
| Birchwood Medical Practice Norfolk and Suffolk ICB | 1.2% |
| Kirkley Mill Health Centre Norfolk and Suffolk ICB | 5.4% |
| DR Khan & Partners Essex ICB | 5.7% |
| Castle Gardens Surgery Devon ICB | 6.3% |
| Leyburn Medical Practice Humber and North Yorkshire ICB | 8.2% |
| Rustlings Road Medical Centre South Yorkshire ICB | 8.7% |
| The Eric Moore Partnership Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | 9.6% |
| Hanwell Health Centre (Naish) West and North London ICB | 9.7% |
| Chapeltown Family Surgery West Yorkshire ICB | 10.2% |
| The Tollesbury Practice Essex ICB | 10.2% |
A low figure is not necessarily a bad practice. Some practices book routine reviews weeks ahead by design, and some record appointment types differently. The booking gap also includes the patient's own choice of date. How to read the numbers explains the caveats.
Browse by area
Sub-ICB locations, the NHS's local commissioning areas. The figure is the share of routine appointments seen within 7 days.
- Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB 52%
- Birmingham and Solihull ICB 72%
- Black Country ICB 64%
- Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB 54%
- Central East ICB 55%
- Central East ICB 51%
- Central East ICB 54%
- Central East ICB 57%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 56%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 57%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 49%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 70%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 63%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 66%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 62%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 62%
- Cheshire and Merseyside ICB 63%
- Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ICB 48%
- Coventry and Warwickshire ICB 71%
- Derby and Derbyshire ICB 51%
- Devon ICB 48%
- Dorset ICB 39%
- Essex ICB 53%
- Essex ICB 64%
- Essex ICB 58%
- Essex ICB 65%
- Essex ICB 60%
- Essex ICB 51%
- Essex ICB 57%
- Gloucestershire ICB 40%
- Greater Manchester ICB 62%
- Greater Manchester ICB 61%
- Greater Manchester ICB 69%
- Greater Manchester ICB 60%
- Greater Manchester ICB 62%
- Greater Manchester ICB 57%
- Greater Manchester ICB 58%
- Greater Manchester ICB 48%
- Greater Manchester ICB 62%
- Greater Manchester ICB 66%
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB 56%
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB 64%
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB 63%
- Humber and North Yorkshire ICB 71%
- Humber and North Yorkshire ICB 65%
- Humber and North Yorkshire ICB 51%
- Humber and North Yorkshire ICB 60%
- Humber and North Yorkshire ICB 50%
- Humber and North Yorkshire ICB 48%
- Kent and Medway ICB 55%
- Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 46%
- Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 57%
- Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 68%
- Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 56%
- Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 61%
- Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 59%
- Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 60%
- Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB 49%
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB 52%
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB 49%
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB 63%
- Lincolnshire ICB 54%
- Norfolk and Suffolk ICB 42%
- Norfolk and Suffolk ICB 62%
- Norfolk and Suffolk ICB 57%
- North East London ICB 68%
- North East and North Cumbria ICB 54%
- North East and North Cumbria ICB 57%
- North East and North Cumbria ICB 58%
- North East and North Cumbria ICB 49%
- North East and North Cumbria ICB 55%
- North East and North Cumbria ICB 56%
- North East and North Cumbria ICB 64%
- North East and North Cumbria ICB 59%
- Northamptonshire ICB 61%
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB 50%
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB 71%
- Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB 50%
- Somerset ICB 52%
- South East London ICB 60%
- South West London ICB 61%
- South Yorkshire ICB 56%
- South Yorkshire ICB 58%
- South Yorkshire ICB 54%
- South Yorkshire ICB 50%
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB 61%
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB 66%
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB 70%
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB 66%
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB 61%
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB 52%
- Surrey and Sussex ICB 49%
- Surrey and Sussex ICB 54%
- Surrey and Sussex ICB 58%
- Surrey and Sussex ICB 53%
- Thames Valley ICB 65%
- Thames Valley ICB 58%
- Thames Valley ICB 61%
- Thames Valley ICB 57%
- West Yorkshire ICB 58%
- West Yorkshire ICB 63%
- West Yorkshire ICB 58%
- West Yorkshire ICB 48%
- West Yorkshire ICB 52%
- West and North London ICB 71%
- West and North London ICB 67%
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About the data
Source: NHS England, Appointments in General Practice, July 2026 (published 27 August 2026). The practice-level figures for urgent and routine appointments were published for the first time in July 2026. GP Waits updates within a week of each monthly release; the next is due at the end of September. Read the methodology.