GP practices in Birmingham and Solihull: access, ratings and patient survey
Birmingham and Solihull covers 175 GP practices with 1,619,828 registered patients (September 2026). 73% of patients described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 33rd highest of 36 ICBs (England: 77%). There are 1,990 patients per qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
Latest data: September 2026. Registered patients September 2026; GP Patient Survey 2026.
Results across Birmingham and Solihull from 16,874 responses, against England.
| Survey question | Birmingham and Solihull | England |
|---|---|---|
| Overall experience good | 73% | 77% |
| Easy to contact by phone | 51% | 57% |
| Easy to contact via the website | 51% | 58% |
| Easy to contact via the NHS App | 51% | 54% |
| Reception team helpful | 81% | 85% |
| Last contact good | 68% | 73% |
| Wait for appointment about right | 68% | 69% |
| Listened to well | 84% | 87% |
| Treated with care and concern | 84% | 86% |
| Confidence and trust in the clinician | 92% | 93% |
| Needs met | 89% | 90% |
There are 1,990 registered patients per full-time-equivalent qualified GP in Birmingham and Solihull, close to England's 2,171. Practices recorded 532 appointments a month per 1,000 patients (England: 510), 62% of them face to face. 50% of appointments took place on the day they were booked (England: 45%).
14% of registered patients are aged 65 or over (England: 19%). Lists shrank by 1.7% over the year (England: shrank 1.1%).
| Measure | Birmingham and Solihull | England |
|---|---|---|
| Patients per qualified GP | 1,990 | 2,171 |
| Appointments per 1,000 patients a month | 532 | 510 |
| Face-to-face appointments | 62% | 63% |
| Same day as booked | 50% | 45% |
| Did not attend | 6% | 4% |
| Patients aged 65 or over | 14% | 19% |
Patients per qualified GP by council area, for practices located in each.
| Council area | Practices | Registered patients | Patients per GP | Same-day appointments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solihull | 19 | 237,985 | 2,174 | 57% |
| Walsall | 50 | 310,551 | 2,126 | 46% |
| Birmingham | 156 | 1,390,524 | 1,966 | 49% |
Among practices with at least 100 survey responses, Queslett Medical Centre has the highest share of patients rating their overall experience good (97%) and Hall Green Health the lowest (43%).
| Practice | Town | Overall experience good | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queslett Medical Centre | Birmingham | 97% | 100 |
| The Sheldon Practice | Birmingham | 96% | 112 |
| Sherwood House Medical Practice | Birmingham | 94% | 106 |
| Hampton Surgery | Solihull | 94% | 114 |
| Greenridge Healthcare Ltd | Birmingham | 94% | 103 |
| OHP - Kingsbury Road Surgery | Birmingham | 93% | 106 |
| Dr Asad Zaman | Birmingham | 92% | 115 |
| Kingstanding Circle Surgery | Birmingham | 91% | 100 |
| St Margarets Medical Practice | Solihull | 90% | 101 |
| Woodland Road Surgery | Birmingham | 90% | 119 |
| OHP-Harlequin Surgery | Birmingham | 65% | 110 |
| Solihull Healthcare Partnership | Solihull | 64% | 166 |
| The Swan Medical Centre | Birmingham | 63% | 113 |
| Croft Medical Centre | Birmingham | 62% | 106 |
| Tower Hill Partnership | Birmingham | 62% | 147 |
| Greet Medical Practice | Birmingham | 61% | 112 |
| The Acocks Green Medical Centre | Birmingham | 56% | 108 |
| Bellevue Medical Practice | Birmingham | 53% | 113 |
| Bath Row Medical Practice, Attwood Green Health Centre | Birmingham | 50% | 117 |
| Hall Green Health | Birmingham | 43% | 133 |
Relative to England, the register furthest above England's rate at practices in Birmingham and Solihull is learning disability (0.8% against 0.6%), and the furthest below is atrial fibrillation (1.6% against 2.2%).
| Condition register | Age group | Birmingham and Solihull (2024/25) | England | Patients on register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | All ages | 13.1% | 15.2% | 215,412 |
| Depression | 18+ yrs | 12.8% | 14.3% | 162,777 |
| Diabetes | 17+ yrs | 9.3% | 7.9% | 120,875 |
| Asthma | 6+ yrs | 6.3% | 6.6% | 97,774 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 18+ yrs | 3.8% | 4.6% | 48,821 |
| Cancer | All ages | 2.7% | 3.8% | 44,500 |
| Coronary heart disease | All ages | 2.6% | 3.0% | 42,886 |
| Atrial fibrillation | All ages | 1.6% | 2.2% | 25,551 |
| COPD | All ages | 1.5% | 1.9% | 24,058 |
| Stroke and TIA | All ages | 1.5% | 1.9% | 23,994 |
| Serious mental illness | All ages | 1.3% | 1.0% | 20,718 |
| Osteoporosis | 50+ yrs | 0.9% | 1.2% | 4,266 |
| Heart failure | All ages | 0.8% | 1.1% | 13,081 |
| Epilepsy | 18+ yrs | 0.8% | 0.8% | 9,841 |
| Learning disability | All ages | 0.8% | 0.6% | 12,664 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 16+ yrs | 0.7% | 0.8% | 8,932 |
| Dementia | All ages | 0.6% | 0.8% | 9,500 |
| Palliative care | All ages | 0.5% | 0.6% | 7,839 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | All ages | 0.4% | 0.6% | 6,498 |
- Alliance of Sutton Practices PCN (3 practices)
- Balsall Heath, Sparkhill & Moseley PCN (9 practices)
- Birmingham East Central PCN (5 practices)
- Bordesley East PCN (5 practices)
- Bournville and Northfield PCN (3 practices)
- Community Care Hall Green PCN (3 practices)
- Edgbaston PCN (3 practices)
- Gosk PCN (6 practices)
- Harborne PCN (4 practices)
- Kingstanding, Erdington & Nechells PCN (7 practices)
- Moseley, Billesley & Yardley Wood PCN (6 practices)
- Nechells, Saltley & Alum Rock PCN (5 practices)
- North Birmingham PCN (6 practices)
- North Solihull PCN (5 practices)
- People's Health Partnership PCN (6 practices)
- Pershore PCN (7 practices)
- Pioneers Integrated Partnership PCN (3 practices)
- Quinton and Harborne PCN (2 practices)
- Shard End and Kitts Green PCN (7 practices)
- Sheldon PCN (5 practices)
- Small Heath PCN (8 practices)
- Smartcare Central PCN (10 practices)
- Solihull Rural PCN (4 practices)
- Solihull South Central PCN (4 practices)
- South Birmingham Alliance PCN (5 practices)
- South West Birmingham PCN (4 practices)
- Swb I3 PCN (9 practices)
- Swb Modality PCN (2 practices)
- Swb Urban Health PCN (3 practices)
- Washwood Heath PCN (9 practices)
- Weoley and Rubery PCN (6 practices)
- West Birmingham PCN (7 practices)
- Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (81% overall experience good)
- Black Country (74% overall experience good)
- Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (78% overall experience good)
- Central East (75% overall experience good)
- Cheshire and Merseyside (78% overall experience good)
- Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (79% overall experience good)
- Coventry and Warwickshire (81% overall experience good)
- Derby and Derbyshire (76% overall experience good)
- Devon (79% overall experience good)
- Dorset (80% overall experience good)
- Essex (74% overall experience good)
- Gloucestershire (81% overall experience good)
- Greater Manchester (79% overall experience good)
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight (74% overall experience good)
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire (80% overall experience good)
- Humber and North Yorkshire (79% overall experience good)
- Kent and Medway (73% overall experience good)
- Lancashire and South Cumbria (78% overall experience good)
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (73% overall experience good)
- Lincolnshire (74% overall experience good)
- Norfolk and Suffolk (80% overall experience good)
- North East London (71% overall experience good)
- North East and North Cumbria (80% overall experience good)
- Northamptonshire (74% overall experience good)
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (74% overall experience good)
- Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (77% overall experience good)
- Somerset (79% overall experience good)
- South East London (76% overall experience good)
- South West London (81% overall experience good)
- South Yorkshire (77% overall experience good)
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (80% overall experience good)
- Surrey and Sussex (78% overall experience good)
- Thames Valley (76% overall experience good)
- West Yorkshire (76% overall experience good)
- West and North London (75% overall experience good)
How many GP practices are in Birmingham and Solihull?
175, with 1,619,828 registered patients in September 2026.
How do patients rate GP practices in Birmingham and Solihull?
73% described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 33rd highest of 36 ICBs.
How many patients are there per GP in Birmingham and Solihull?
1,990 per full-time-equivalent qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
What share of GP appointments in Birmingham and Solihull are face to face?
62%, against 63% across England.