GP practices in Gloucestershire: access, ratings and patient survey
Gloucestershire covers 63 GP practices with 697,033 registered patients (September 2026). 81% of patients described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 1st highest of 36 ICBs (England: 77%). There are 1,949 patients per qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
Latest data: September 2026. Registered patients September 2026; GP Patient Survey 2026.
| Survey question | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|
| Overall experience good | 81% | 77% |
| Easy to contact by phone | 62% | 57% |
| Easy to contact via the website | 60% | 58% |
| Easy to contact via the NHS App | 56% | 54% |
| Reception team helpful | 89% | 85% |
| Last contact good | 76% | 73% |
| Wait for appointment about right | 66% | 69% |
| Listened to well | 90% | 87% |
| Treated with care and concern | 89% | 86% |
| Confidence and trust in the clinician | 95% | 93% |
| Needs met | 93% | 90% |
There are 1,949 registered patients per full-time-equivalent qualified GP in Gloucestershire, fewer than England's 2,171. Practices recorded 574 appointments a month per 1,000 patients (England: 510), 64% of them face to face. 42% of appointments took place on the day they were booked (England: 45%). 23% of registered patients are aged 65 or over (England: 19%).
| Measure | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|
| Patients per qualified GP | 1,949 | 2,171 |
| Appointments per 1,000 patients a month | 574 | 510 |
| Face-to-face appointments | 64% | 63% |
| Same day as booked | 42% | 45% |
| Did not attend | 3% | 4% |
| Patients aged 65 or over | 23% | 19% |
Patients per qualified GP by council area, for practices located in each.
| Council area | Practices | Registered patients | Patients per GP | Same-day appointments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 12 | 136,223 | 2,048 | 41% |
| Tewkesbury | 8 | 96,962 | 1,999 | 48% |
| Stroud | 13 | 128,802 | 1,964 | 41% |
| Cotswold | 10 | 93,479 | 1,925 | 40% |
| Forest of Dean | 10 | 85,598 | 1,893 | 44% |
| Gloucester | 11 | 156,054 | 1,873 | 37% |
Among practices with at least 100 survey responses, Frithwood Surgery has the highest share of patients rating their overall experience good (96%) and Leckhampton Surgery the lowest (61%).
| Practice | Town | Overall experience good | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frithwood Surgery | Stroud | 96% | 127 |
| Beeches Green Surgery | Stroud | 96% | 113 |
| Mann Cottage Surgery | Moreton in Marsh | 95% | 126 |
| Winchcombe Medical Centre | Cheltenham | 95% | 124 |
| Underwood Surgery | Cheltenham | 94% | 128 |
| Rendcomb Surgery | Cirencester | 94% | 108 |
| Drybrook Surgery | Drybrook | 94% | 121 |
| The White House Surgery | Moreton In Marsh | 93% | 109 |
| Yorkley and Bream Surgery | Yorkley | 93% | 102 |
| St George's Surgery | Cheltenham | 93% | 115 |
| Campden Surgery | Chipping Campden | 74% | 139 |
| The Alney Practice | Gloucester | 73% | 106 |
| Cleevelands Medical Centre | Cheltenham | 73% | 105 |
| Forest Health Care | Cinderford | 72% | 107 |
| Hucclecote Surgery | Gloucester | 72% | 102 |
| Dockham Surgery | Cinderford | 72% | 122 |
| Rosebank Health | Gloucester | 71% | 182 |
| Kingsholm Surgery | Gloucester | 69% | 122 |
| Sixways Clinic | Cheltenham | 69% | 115 |
| Leckhampton Surgery | Cheltenham | 61% | 130 |
Relative to England, the register furthest above England's rate at practices in Gloucestershire is chronic kidney disease (6.0% against 4.6%), and the furthest below is serious mental illness (0.8% against 1.0%).
| Condition register | Age group | Gloucestershire (2024/25) | England | Patients on register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | All ages | 16.4% | 15.2% | 111,723 |
| Depression | 18+ yrs | 12.9% | 14.3% | 71,099 |
| Diabetes | 17+ yrs | 8.1% | 7.9% | 45,154 |
| Asthma | 6+ yrs | 7.5% | 6.6% | 48,533 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 18+ yrs | 6.0% | 4.6% | 32,933 |
| Cancer | All ages | 4.3% | 3.8% | 29,088 |
| Coronary heart disease | All ages | 3.3% | 3.0% | 22,386 |
| Atrial fibrillation | All ages | 2.8% | 2.2% | 19,113 |
| Stroke and TIA | All ages | 2.1% | 1.9% | 14,254 |
| COPD | All ages | 1.9% | 1.9% | 12,848 |
| Osteoporosis | 50+ yrs | 1.2% | 1.2% | 3,364 |
| Heart failure | All ages | 1.1% | 1.1% | 7,739 |
| Dementia | All ages | 1.0% | 0.8% | 6,528 |
| Epilepsy | 18+ yrs | 0.9% | 0.8% | 4,952 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 16+ yrs | 0.9% | 0.8% | 4,929 |
| Serious mental illness | All ages | 0.8% | 1.0% | 5,679 |
| Learning disability | All ages | 0.7% | 0.6% | 5,011 |
| Palliative care | All ages | 0.7% | 0.6% | 4,874 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | All ages | 0.5% | 0.6% | 3,556 |
- Berkeley Vale PCN (4 practices)
- Cheltenham Central PCN (5 practices)
- Cheltenham Peripheral PCN (5 practices)
- Forest Green PCN (4 practices)
- Gloucester Inner City PCN (4 practices)
- Hadwen Quedgeley PCN (2 practices)
- North & South Gloucester (NSG) PCN (5 practices)
- North Cotswolds PCN (5 practices)
- Severn Health PCN (4 practices)
- South Cotswolds PCN (5 practices)
- St Paul's PCN (4 practices)
- Stroud Cotswold PCN (5 practices)
- Twns PCN (5 practices)
- West Forest of Dean PCN (4 practices)
- Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (81% overall experience good)
- Birmingham and Solihull (73% 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)
- 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 Gloucestershire?
63, with 697,033 registered patients in September 2026.
How do patients rate GP practices in Gloucestershire?
81% described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 1st highest of 36 ICBs.
How many patients are there per GP in Gloucestershire?
1,949 per full-time-equivalent qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
What share of GP appointments in Gloucestershire are face to face?
64%, against 63% across England.