GP practices in Thames Valley: access, ratings and patient survey
Thames Valley covers 191 GP practices with 2,476,821 registered patients (September 2026). 76% of patients described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 21st highest of 36 ICBs (England: 77%). There are 2,121 patients per qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
Latest data: September 2026. Registered patients September 2026; GP Patient Survey 2026.
| Survey question | Thames Valley | England |
|---|---|---|
| Overall experience good | 76% | 77% |
| Easy to contact by phone | 56% | 57% |
| Easy to contact via the website | 57% | 58% |
| Easy to contact via the NHS App | 53% | 54% |
| Reception team helpful | 84% | 85% |
| Last contact good | 72% | 73% |
| Wait for appointment about right | 69% | 69% |
| Listened to well | 88% | 87% |
| Treated with care and concern | 87% | 86% |
| Confidence and trust in the clinician | 93% | 93% |
| Needs met | 90% | 90% |
There are 2,121 registered patients per full-time-equivalent qualified GP in Thames Valley, close to England's 2,171. Practices recorded 451 appointments a month per 1,000 patients (England: 510), 60% of them face to face. 45% of appointments took place on the day they were booked (England: 45%). 18% of registered patients are aged 65 or over (England: 19%).
| Measure | Thames Valley | England |
|---|---|---|
| Patients per qualified GP | 2,121 | 2,171 |
| Appointments per 1,000 patients a month | 451 | 510 |
| Face-to-face appointments | 60% | 63% |
| Same day as booked | 45% | 45% |
| Did not attend | 5% | 4% |
| Patients aged 65 or over | 18% | 19% |
Patients per qualified GP by council area, for practices located in each.
| Council area | Practices | Registered patients | Patients per GP | Same-day appointments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slough | 13 | 185,491 | 2,637 | 45% |
| Bracknell Forest | 9 | 134,310 | 2,623 | 54% |
| Wokingham | 10 | 168,935 | 2,592 | 43% |
| Reading | 18 | 245,192 | 2,419 | 43% |
| Runnymede | 7 | 87,621 | 2,102 | 55% |
| Buckinghamshire | 45 | 582,271 | 2,053 | 45% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 19 | 173,844 | 2,039 | 47% |
| Cherwell | 14 | 185,877 | 2,037 | 41% |
| Vale of White Horse | 8 | 124,017 | 2,017 | 44% |
| Oxford | 17 | 230,527 | 1,962 | 43% |
| West Oxfordshire | 11 | 122,802 | 1,944 | 44% |
| South Oxfordshire | 14 | 163,222 | 1,849 | 45% |
| West Berkshire | 13 | 157,458 | 1,769 | 46% |
Among practices with at least 100 survey responses, Berinsfield Health Centre has the highest share of patients rating their overall experience good (98%) and Poplar Grove Practice the lowest (45%).
| Practice | Town | Overall experience good | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berinsfield Health Centre | Wallingford | 98% | 111 |
| Mill Stream Surgery | Wallingford | 98% | 117 |
| Cropredy Surgery | Banbury | 98% | 120 |
| Wychwood Surgery | Chipping Norton | 98% | 112 |
| Dr Howells & Partners | Kintbury | 97% | 112 |
| Sibford Surgery | Banbury | 96% | 191 |
| The Bell Surgery | Henley On Thames | 94% | 117 |
| Manor Surgery | Oxford | 94% | 107 |
| Morland House Surgery | Oxford | 93% | 111 |
| The Boat House Surgery | Reading | 92% | 101 |
| Chapel Medical Centre | Slough | 63% | 100 |
| Tower House Surgery | High Wycombe | 63% | 147 |
| Magnolia House | Ascot | 61% | 107 |
| Shreeji Medical Centre | Slough | 60% | 103 |
| The Swan Practice | Buckingham | 60% | 156 |
| Ringmead Medical Group | Bracknell | 59% | 112 |
| The Orchard Surgery | Slough | 57% | 101 |
| Berrycroft Community Health Centre | Aylesbury | 56% | 109 |
| The Waterfield Practice | Bracknell | 54% | 115 |
| Poplar Grove Practice | Aylesbury | 45% | 104 |
Relative to England, the register furthest above England's rate at practices in Thames Valley is osteoporosis (1.4% against 1.2%), and the furthest below is copd (1.2% against 1.9%).
| Condition register | Age group | Thames Valley (2024/25) | England | Patients on register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | All ages | 14.0% | 15.2% | 348,222 |
| Depression | 18+ yrs | 13.6% | 14.3% | 269,086 |
| Diabetes | 17+ yrs | 6.8% | 7.9% | 135,867 |
| Asthma | 6+ yrs | 6.1% | 6.6% | 143,478 |
| Cancer | All ages | 3.9% | 3.8% | 97,741 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 18+ yrs | 3.8% | 4.6% | 75,194 |
| Coronary heart disease | All ages | 2.5% | 3.0% | 62,305 |
| Atrial fibrillation | All ages | 2.1% | 2.2% | 53,285 |
| Stroke and TIA | All ages | 1.6% | 1.9% | 40,774 |
| Osteoporosis | 50+ yrs | 1.4% | 1.2% | 12,197 |
| COPD | All ages | 1.2% | 1.9% | 30,344 |
| Heart failure | All ages | 1.0% | 1.1% | 25,071 |
| Serious mental illness | All ages | 0.9% | 1.0% | 21,162 |
| Dementia | All ages | 0.7% | 0.8% | 17,822 |
| Epilepsy | 18+ yrs | 0.7% | 0.8% | 14,148 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 16+ yrs | 0.7% | 0.8% | 14,250 |
| Learning disability | All ages | 0.5% | 0.6% | 12,032 |
| Palliative care | All ages | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10,055 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | All ages | 0.4% | 0.6% | 9,859 |
- A34 West Berkshire PCN (3 practices)
- Abingdon Central PCN (2 practices)
- Abingdon and District PCN (4 practices)
- Arc Bucks PCN (5 practices)
- Ascot PCN (4 practices)
- Aylesbury Central PCN (2 practices)
- Banbury Alliance PCN (3 practices)
- Bicester PCN (3 practices)
- Bracknell and District PCN (4 practices)
- Caversham PCN (2 practices)
- Central Maple PCN (3 practices)
- Central Slough Network PCN (5 practices)
- Chesham & Little Chalfont PCN (4 practices)
- City - East Oxford PCN (3 practices)
- City - Ox3+ PCN (2 practices)
- Cygnet PCN (5 practices)
- Dashwood PCN (5 practices)
- Didcot PCN (3 practices)
- Eynsham & Witney PCN (4 practices)
- Healthier Oxford City Network PCN (4 practices)
- Henley Sonnet PCN (4 practices)
- Kennet PCN (3 practices)
- Kidlington, Islip, Woodstock & Yarnton (KIWY) PCN (4 practices)
- Locc PCN (4 practices)
- Maidenhead PCN (9 practices)
- Mid Chiltern PCN (4 practices)
- New Reading PCN (4 practices)
- North Bucks PCN (4 practices)
- North Oxfordshire Rural Alliance (NORA) PCN (5 practices)
- Oxford Central PCN (4 practices)
- Phoenix Health PCN (3 practices)
- Phoenix PCN (2 practices)
- Reading Central PCN (5 practices)
- Reading Holybrook PCN (3 practices)
- Rural West Oxfordshire PCN (4 practices)
- Shape PCN (2 practices)
- South Bucks PCN (5 practices)
- South East Oxford Health Alliance (Seoxha) PCN (3 practices)
- Spine PCN (2 practices)
- Thame PCN (2 practices)
- The Chalfonts PCN (3 practices)
- The Health Triangle PCN (3 practices)
- The Triangle PCN (2 practices)
- Wallingford & Surrounds PCN (3 practices)
- Wantage PCN (2 practices)
- West Berkshire Rural PCN (3 practices)
- West Reading Villages PCN (4 practices)
- Windsor PCN (6 practices)
- Wokingham North PCN (3 practices)
- Wokingham South PCN (2 practices)
- Woosehill and Crowthorne PCN (2 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 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)
- West Yorkshire (76% overall experience good)
- West and North London (75% overall experience good)
How many GP practices are in Thames Valley?
191, with 2,476,821 registered patients in September 2026.
How do patients rate GP practices in Thames Valley?
76% described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 21st highest of 36 ICBs.
How many patients are there per GP in Thames Valley?
2,121 per full-time-equivalent qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
What share of GP appointments in Thames Valley are face to face?
60%, against 63% across England.