GP practices in South East London: access, ratings and patient survey
South East London covers 189 GP practices with 2,078,479 registered patients (September 2026). 76% of patients described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 23rd highest of 36 ICBs (England: 77%). There are 2,350 patients per qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
Latest data: September 2026. Registered patients September 2026; GP Patient Survey 2026.
Results across South East London from 20,437 responses, against England.
| Survey question | South East London | England |
|---|---|---|
| Overall experience good | 76% | 77% |
| Easy to contact by phone | 57% | 57% |
| Easy to contact via the website | 58% | 58% |
| Easy to contact via the NHS App | 55% | 54% |
| Reception team helpful | 85% | 85% |
| Last contact good | 73% | 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 2,350 registered patients per full-time-equivalent qualified GP in South East London, close to England's 2,171. Practices recorded 399 appointments a month per 1,000 patients (England: 510), 54% of them face to face. 45% of appointments took place on the day they were booked (England: 45%). 13% of registered patients are aged 65 or over (England: 19%).
| Measure | South East London | England |
|---|---|---|
| Patients per qualified GP | 2,350 | 2,171 |
| Appointments per 1,000 patients a month | 399 | 510 |
| Face-to-face appointments | 54% | 63% |
| Same day as booked | 45% | 45% |
| Did not attend | 7% | 4% |
| Patients aged 65 or over | 13% | 19% |
Among practices with at least 100 survey responses, Valley Road Surgery has the highest share of patients rating their overall experience good (95%) and Forest Hill Group Practice the lowest (51%).
| Practice | Town | Overall experience good | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Road Surgery | London | 95% | 106 |
| Elm Lodge Surgery | London | 93% | 126 |
| The Grantham Practice | London | 93% | 105 |
| Ingleton Avenue Surgery | Welling | 93% | 174 |
| Woolstone Medical Centre | London | 93% | 113 |
| Pickhurst Surgery | Bromley | 90% | 110 |
| Nightingale Surgery | London | 89% | 123 |
| Dr Atul Arora | Bromley | 89% | 128 |
| Manor Brook PMS | London | 89% | 102 |
| Clapham Park Group Practice | London | 89% | 116 |
| Dr Plana & Partners | London | 61% | 111 |
| The Vale Surgery | London | 60% | 108 |
| Wells Park Practice | London | 60% | 124 |
| London Lane Clinic | Bromley | 59% | 123 |
| Plumstead Health Centre PMS | London | 58% | 101 |
| Tudor Way Surgery | Orpington | 58% | 109 |
| The Crescent Surgery | Orpington | 55% | 113 |
| Royal Arsenal Medical Centre | London | 54% | 124 |
| Tessa Jowell GP Surgery | London | 53% | 113 |
| Forest Hill Group Practice | London | 51% | 112 |
Relative to England, the register furthest above England's rate at practices in South East London is serious mental illness (1.2% against 1.0%), and the furthest below is osteoporosis (0.6% against 1.2%).
| Condition register | Age group | South East London (2024/25) | England | Patients on register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | All ages | 12.1% | 15.2% | 252,247 |
| Depression | 18+ yrs | 12.0% | 14.3% | 204,381 |
| Diabetes | 17+ yrs | 7.0% | 7.9% | 120,533 |
| Asthma | 6+ yrs | 5.0% | 6.6% | 99,373 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 18+ yrs | 3.5% | 4.6% | 59,835 |
| Cancer | All ages | 2.9% | 3.8% | 60,250 |
| Coronary heart disease | All ages | 1.8% | 3.0% | 37,038 |
| Atrial fibrillation | All ages | 1.3% | 2.2% | 26,521 |
| Stroke and TIA | All ages | 1.2% | 1.9% | 26,015 |
| COPD | All ages | 1.2% | 1.9% | 25,847 |
| Serious mental illness | All ages | 1.2% | 1.0% | 24,957 |
| Heart failure | All ages | 0.7% | 1.1% | 13,845 |
| Osteoporosis | 50+ yrs | 0.6% | 1.2% | 3,819 |
| Epilepsy | 18+ yrs | 0.6% | 0.8% | 9,686 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 16+ yrs | 0.5% | 0.8% | 9,536 |
| Dementia | All ages | 0.5% | 0.8% | 10,543 |
| Learning disability | All ages | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10,011 |
| Palliative care | All ages | 0.3% | 0.6% | 7,288 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | All ages | 0.3% | 0.6% | 7,192 |
- Apl Bexley PCN (3 practices)
- Aplos Health PCN (4 practices)
- At Medics Streatham PCN (2 practices)
- Beckenham PCN (5 practices)
- Blackheath and Charlton PCN (4 practices)
- Brixton and Clapham Park PCN (4 practices)
- Bromley Connect PCN (3 practices)
- Clapham PCN (4 practices)
- Clocktower PCN (5 practices)
- Croxted PCN (3 practices)
- Eltham PCN (6 practices)
- Five Elms PCN (5 practices)
- Fiveways PCN (5 practices)
- Frognal PCN (3 practices)
- Greenwich West PCN (4 practices)
- Hayes Wick PCN (5 practices)
- Heritage PCN (5 practices)
- Hills, Brooks & Dales Group PCN (6 practices)
- Lewisham Alliance PCN (5 practices)
- Mottingham, Downham & Chislehurst PCN (2 practices)
- North Bexley PCN (7 practices)
- North Lambeth PCN (6 practices)
- North Lewisham PCN (10 practices)
- North Southwark PCN (13 practices)
- Orpington PCN (9 practices)
- Penge PCN (6 practices)
- Ravensbourne PCN Ltd (3 practices)
- Riverview Health PCN (5 practices)
- Sevenfields PCN (4 practices)
- South Southwark PCN (18 practices)
- Stockwellbeing PCN (5 practices)
- Streatham PCN (6 practices)
- The Crays Collaborative PCN (6 practices)
- Unity (Greenwich) 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)
- 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 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 South East London?
189, with 2,078,479 registered patients in September 2026.
How do patients rate GP practices in South East London?
76% described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 23rd highest of 36 ICBs.
How many patients are there per GP in South East London?
2,350 per full-time-equivalent qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
What share of GP appointments in South East London are face to face?
54%, against 63% across England.