GP practices in Black Country: access, ratings and patient survey
Black Country covers 168 GP practices with 1,318,364 registered patients (September 2026). 74% of patients described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 32nd highest of 36 ICBs (England: 77%). There are 2,193 patients per qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
Latest data: September 2026. Registered patients September 2026; GP Patient Survey 2026.
| Survey question | Black Country | England |
|---|---|---|
| Overall experience good | 74% | 77% |
| Easy to contact by phone | 53% | 57% |
| Easy to contact via the website | 54% | 58% |
| Easy to contact via the NHS App | 54% | 54% |
| Reception team helpful | 81% | 85% |
| Last contact good | 68% | 73% |
| Wait for appointment about right | 65% | 69% |
| Listened to well | 85% | 87% |
| Treated with care and concern | 84% | 86% |
| Confidence and trust in the clinician | 92% | 93% |
| Needs met | 89% | 90% |
There are 2,193 registered patients per full-time-equivalent qualified GP in Black Country, close to England's 2,171. Practices recorded 561 appointments a month per 1,000 patients (England: 510), 64% of them face to face. 51% of appointments took place on the day they were booked (England: 45%). 17% of registered patients are aged 65 or over (England: 19%).
| Measure | Black Country | England |
|---|---|---|
| Patients per qualified GP | 2,193 | 2,171 |
| Appointments per 1,000 patients a month | 561 | 510 |
| Face-to-face appointments | 64% | 63% |
| Same day as booked | 51% | 45% |
| Did not attend | 5% | 4% |
| Patients aged 65 or over | 17% | 19% |
Patients per qualified GP by council area, for practices located in each.
| Council area | Practices | Registered patients | Patients per GP | Same-day appointments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton | 31 | 303,785 | 2,328 | 55% |
| Sandwell | 45 | 352,137 | 2,210 | 53% |
| Dudley | 43 | 351,138 | 2,157 | 51% |
| Walsall | 50 | 310,551 | 2,126 | 46% |
| Birmingham | 156 | 1,390,524 | 1,966 | 49% |
Among practices with at least 100 survey responses, Newbridge Surgery has the highest share of patients rating their overall experience good (94%) and Swanpool Medical Centre the lowest (44%).
| Practice | Town | Overall experience good | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbridge Surgery | Wolverhampton | 94% | 109 |
| Dr VK Dewan | West Bromwich | 94% | 114 |
| Penn Surgery | Wolverhampton | 91% | 119 |
| Bloxwich Medical Practice | Walsall | 91% | 111 |
| Chapel Street Surgery | Walsall | 91% | 117 |
| Northgate Medical Centre | Walsall | 91% | 114 |
| Rangeways Road Surgery | Kingswinford | 90% | 112 |
| Northway Medical Centre | Dudley | 90% | 109 |
| Halesowen Health Centre | Birmingham | 90% | 111 |
| Quincy Rise Surgery | Brierley Hill | 89% | 117 |
| Feldon Lane Practice | Halesowen | 65% | 128 |
| The Limes Medical Centre | Stourbridge | 60% | 103 |
| Pelsall Village Surgery | Walsall | 58% | 112 |
| The Smethwick Medical Centre | Smethwick | 57% | 125 |
| Great Bridge Partnership for Health | Tipton | 56% | 115 |
| Stone Cross Medical Centre | West Bromwich | 53% | 101 |
| St John's Medical Centre | Walsall | 50% | 108 |
| Scott Arms Medical Centre | Birmingham | 50% | 101 |
| Black Country Family Practice | Tipton | 49% | 115 |
| Swanpool Medical Centre | Tipton | 44% | 105 |
Relative to England, the register furthest above England's rate at practices in Black Country is palliative care (0.9% against 0.6%), and the furthest below is cancer (3.2% against 3.8%).
| Condition register | Age group | Black Country (2024/25) | England | Patients on register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | All ages | 16.2% | 15.2% | 215,005 |
| Depression | 18+ yrs | 14.8% | 14.3% | 152,539 |
| Diabetes | 17+ yrs | 10.0% | 7.9% | 104,753 |
| Asthma | 6+ yrs | 6.6% | 6.6% | 81,596 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 18+ yrs | 5.5% | 4.6% | 56,613 |
| Coronary heart disease | All ages | 3.5% | 3.0% | 46,524 |
| Cancer | All ages | 3.2% | 3.8% | 43,001 |
| Atrial fibrillation | All ages | 2.1% | 2.2% | 27,986 |
| COPD | All ages | 2.1% | 1.9% | 27,394 |
| Stroke and TIA | All ages | 1.8% | 1.9% | 23,554 |
| Heart failure | All ages | 1.2% | 1.1% | 15,286 |
| Osteoporosis | 50+ yrs | 1.1% | 1.2% | 5,051 |
| Serious mental illness | All ages | 1.0% | 1.0% | 13,417 |
| Epilepsy | 18+ yrs | 0.9% | 0.8% | 9,419 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 16+ yrs | 0.9% | 0.8% | 9,708 |
| Palliative care | All ages | 0.9% | 0.6% | 11,851 |
| Dementia | All ages | 0.7% | 0.8% | 9,930 |
| Learning disability | All ages | 0.6% | 0.6% | 8,154 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | All ages | 0.5% | 0.6% | 7,102 |
- Brierley Hill PCN (7 practices)
- Dudley and Netherton PCN (11 practices)
- Halesowen PCN (6 practices)
- Health Vision Partnership PCN (7 practices)
- Kingswinford & Wordsley PCN (5 practices)
- Oldbury & Smethwick PCN (11 practices)
- Sedgley, Coseley & Gornal PCN (7 practices)
- Stourbridge, Wollescote & Lye PCN (5 practices)
- Swb Caritas PCN (3 practices)
- Swb Central Health Partnerships PCN (7 practices)
- Swb Citrus PCN (5 practices)
- Swb Newcomen PCN (6 practices)
- Swb Together4healthcare PCN (6 practices)
- Walsall East 1 PCN (8 practices)
- Walsall East 2 PCN (5 practices)
- Walsall North PCN (10 practices)
- Walsall South 1 PCN (9 practices)
- Walsall South 2 PCN (4 practices)
- Walsall West 1 PCN (5 practices)
- Walsall West 2 PCN (8 practices)
- Wolverhampton North Network PCN (7 practices)
- Wolverhampton Rwt PCN (3 practices)
- Wolverhampton South East PCN (3 practices)
- Wolverhampton Total Health PCN (6 practices)
- Wolverhampton Unity East PCN (6 practices)
- Wolverhampton Unity West PCN (6 practices)
- Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (81% overall experience good)
- Birmingham and Solihull (73% 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 Black Country?
168, with 1,318,364 registered patients in September 2026.
How do patients rate GP practices in Black Country?
74% described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 32nd highest of 36 ICBs.
How many patients are there per GP in Black Country?
2,193 per full-time-equivalent qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
What share of GP appointments in Black Country are face to face?
64%, against 63% across England.