GP practices in Greater Manchester: access, ratings and patient survey
Greater Manchester covers 406 GP practices with 3,277,491 registered patients (September 2026). 79% of patients described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 11th highest of 36 ICBs (England: 77%). There are 2,055 patients per qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
Latest data: September 2026. Registered patients September 2026; GP Patient Survey 2026.
Results across Greater Manchester from 41,549 responses, against England.
| Survey question | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|
| Overall experience good | 79% | 77% |
| Easy to contact by phone | 63% | 57% |
| Easy to contact via the website | 61% | 58% |
| Easy to contact via the NHS App | 58% | 54% |
| Reception team helpful | 86% | 85% |
| Last contact good | 76% | 73% |
| Wait for appointment about right | 71% | 69% |
| Listened to well | 88% | 87% |
| Treated with care and concern | 87% | 86% |
| Confidence and trust in the clinician | 93% | 93% |
| Needs met | 91% | 90% |
There are 2,055 registered patients per full-time-equivalent qualified GP in Greater Manchester, close to England's 2,171. Practices recorded 445 appointments a month per 1,000 patients (England: 510), 66% of them face to face. 44% of appointments took place on the day they were booked (England: 45%). 16% of registered patients are aged 65 or over (England: 19%).
| Measure | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|
| Patients per qualified GP | 2,055 | 2,171 |
| Appointments per 1,000 patients a month | 445 | 510 |
| Face-to-face appointments | 66% | 63% |
| Same day as booked | 44% | 45% |
| Did not attend | 6% | 4% |
| Patients aged 65 or over | 16% | 19% |
Patients per qualified GP by council area, for practices located in each.
| Council area | Practices | Registered patients | Patients per GP | Same-day appointments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury | 25 | 210,348 | 2,361 | 42% |
| Bolton | 49 | 333,072 | 2,222 | 43% |
| Oldham | 32 | 255,946 | 2,138 | 45% |
| Tameside | 32 | 238,947 | 2,137 | 38% |
| Wigan | 56 | 351,723 | 2,135 | 37% |
| Manchester | 82 | 736,594 | 2,066 | 51% |
| Trafford | 26 | 246,556 | 2,018 | 38% |
| Rochdale | 36 | 252,170 | 2,004 | 47% |
| Salford | 36 | 322,473 | 1,879 | 45% |
| Stockport | 32 | 329,662 | 1,797 | 44% |
Among practices with at least 100 survey responses, Dr Robert Mathewson has the highest share of patients rating their overall experience good (99%) and Dr I K Babar & Partners the lowest (45%).
| Practice | Town | Overall experience good | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Robert Mathewson | Stockport | 99% | 115 |
| Manor Medical Practice | Stockport | 97% | 120 |
| South Wigan Medical Practice | Wigan | 96% | 105 |
| Marple Bridge Surgery | Stockport | 96% | 108 |
| Timperley Health Centre - Westwood | Altrincham | 96% | 106 |
| Mesnes View Surgery | Wigan | 96% | 119 |
| Edgworth Medical Practice | Bolton | 95% | 121 |
| Milnrow Village Practice | Rochdale | 95% | 110 |
| The Village Surgery | Altrincham | 95% | 101 |
| Leesbrook Surgery | Oldham | 95% | 101 |
| Kapur Family Care | Oldham | 64% | 117 |
| Walkden Medical Practice | Manchester | 63% | 142 |
| Ashton GP Service | Ashton-under-lyne | 63% | 120 |
| Westleigh Medical Practice | Leigh | 62% | 107 |
| Dr Mahadeva Selvarajan | Bolton | 61% | 130 |
| Standish Medical Practice | Wigan | 61% | 101 |
| The Northenden Group Practice | Manchester | 59% | 107 |
| Whittaker Lane Medical Centre | Manchester | 59% | 105 |
| Springfield House | Oldham | 51% | 105 |
| Dr I K Babar & Partners | Rochdale | 45% | 112 |
Relative to England, the register furthest above England's rate at practices in Greater Manchester is depression (17.2% against 14.3%), and the furthest below is atrial fibrillation (1.9% against 2.2%).
| Condition register | Age group | Greater Manchester (2024/25) | England | Patients on register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression | 18+ yrs | 17.2% | 14.3% | 446,714 |
| High blood pressure | All ages | 14.4% | 15.2% | 473,861 |
| Diabetes | 17+ yrs | 8.2% | 7.9% | 215,809 |
| Asthma | 6+ yrs | 6.8% | 6.6% | 210,598 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 18+ yrs | 4.2% | 4.6% | 109,857 |
| Cancer | All ages | 3.3% | 3.8% | 110,369 |
| Coronary heart disease | All ages | 2.9% | 3.0% | 96,476 |
| COPD | All ages | 2.3% | 1.9% | 74,963 |
| Atrial fibrillation | All ages | 1.9% | 2.2% | 62,322 |
| Stroke and TIA | All ages | 1.8% | 1.9% | 60,167 |
| Serious mental illness | All ages | 1.1% | 1.0% | 37,210 |
| Heart failure | All ages | 1.0% | 1.1% | 33,982 |
| Osteoporosis | 50+ yrs | 1.0% | 1.2% | 11,042 |
| Epilepsy | 18+ yrs | 0.9% | 0.8% | 22,214 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 16+ yrs | 0.7% | 0.8% | 19,230 |
| Dementia | All ages | 0.7% | 0.8% | 23,542 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | All ages | 0.7% | 0.6% | 21,736 |
| Learning disability | All ages | 0.6% | 0.6% | 20,319 |
| Palliative care | All ages | 0.6% | 0.6% | 18,301 |
- Altrincham Healthcare Alliance PCN (5 practices)
- Ardwick and Longsight PCN (10 practices)
- Ashton PCN (8 practices)
- Better Health McR PCN (2 practices)
- Bolton Central PCN (13 practices)
- Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme PCN Ltd (5 practices)
- Breightmet & Little Lever PCN (6 practices)
- Broughton Health Alliance PCN (6 practices)
- Bury PCN (8 practices)
- Canalside PCN (7 practices)
- Cheadle Network PCN (4 practices)
- Cheetham Hill & Crumpsall PCN (6 practices)
- Chorley Roads Network PCN (5 practices)
- City Centre & Ancoats PCN (3 practices)
- Clayton Beswick & Openshaw PCN (7 practices)
- Denton PCN (6 practices)
- Didsbury Chorlton Park & Burnage PCN (4 practices)
- Eccles & Irlam PCN (7 practices)
- Farnworth & Kearsley PCN (4 practices)
- Gorton and Levenshulme PCN (7 practices)
- H-Blackley Harpurhey & Charlestown PCN (9 practices)
- Heatons Group Network PCN (3 practices)
- Heywood PCN (5 practices)
- Hindley PCN (6 practices)
- Horizon PCN (7 practices)
- Horwich Network PCN (3 practices)
- Hulme & City Centre South PCN (3 practices)
- Hwl Network PCN (6 practices)
- Hyde PCN (8 practices)
- Leigh PCN (10 practices)
- Liga Wigan PCN (8 practices)
- Middleton PCN (6 practices)
- Miles Platting Newton Heath & Moston PCN (7 practices)
- Milltown Alliance PCN (7 practices)
- North Trafford PCN (4 practices)
- North Wigan PCN (4 practices)
- Northenden & Brooklands (Wythenshawe) PCN (5 practices)
- Oldham Central PCN (11 practices)
- Oldham East PCN (6 practices)
- Oldham North PCN (4 practices)
- Oldham South PCN (5 practices)
- Pennines PCN (6 practices)
- Prestwich PCN (6 practices)
- Rochdale North PCN (7 practices)
- Rumworth PCN (4 practices)
- Sale Central PCN (5 practices)
- Salford South East PCN (10 practices)
- South Trafford PCN (6 practices)
- Stalybridge, Dukinfield & Mossley PCN (9 practices)
- Stockport East and South PCN (8 practices)
- Swan Network Wigan PCN (7 practices)
- Swinton PCN (4 practices)
- Taba Wigan PCN (11 practices)
- Tame Valley PCN (8 practices)
- The Bridge PCN (5 practices)
- Trafford West PCN (6 practices)
- Turton PCN (6 practices)
- Victoria PCN (4 practices)
- Walkden & Little Hulton PCN (9 practices)
- West Central Manchester PCN (6 practices)
- Westhoughton Network PCN (2 practices)
- Whitefield District & Community PCN (4 practices)
- Wigan Central PCN (9 practices)
- Withington & Fallowfield PCN (6 practices)
- Wythenshawe PCN (7 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)
- Gloucestershire (81% 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 Greater Manchester?
406, with 3,277,491 registered patients in September 2026.
How do patients rate GP practices in Greater Manchester?
79% described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 11th highest of 36 ICBs.
How many patients are there per GP in Greater Manchester?
2,055 per full-time-equivalent qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
What share of GP appointments in Greater Manchester are face to face?
66%, against 63% across England.