GP practices in West and North London: access, ratings and patient survey
West and North London covers 509 GP practices with 4,646,554 registered patients (September 2026). 75% of patients described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 25th highest of 36 ICBs (England: 77%). There are 2,497 patients per qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
Latest data: September 2026. Registered patients September 2026; GP Patient Survey 2026.
Results across West and North London from 50,428 responses, against England.
| Survey question | West and North London | England |
|---|---|---|
| Overall experience good | 75% | 77% |
| Easy to contact by phone | 62% | 57% |
| Easy to contact via the website | 57% | 58% |
| Easy to contact via the NHS App | 54% | 54% |
| Reception team helpful | 83% | 85% |
| Last contact good | 73% | 73% |
| Wait for appointment about right | 68% | 69% |
| Listened to well | 86% | 87% |
| Treated with care and concern | 84% | 86% |
| Confidence and trust in the clinician | 92% | 93% |
| Needs met | 89% | 90% |
There are 2,497 registered patients per full-time-equivalent qualified GP in West and North London, more than England's 2,171. Practices recorded 469 appointments a month per 1,000 patients (England: 510), 60% of them face to face. 48% of appointments took place on the day they were booked (England: 45%). 12% of registered patients are aged 65 or over (England: 19%).
| Measure | West and North London | England |
|---|---|---|
| Patients per qualified GP | 2,497 | 2,171 |
| Appointments per 1,000 patients a month | 469 | 510 |
| Face-to-face appointments | 60% | 63% |
| Same day as booked | 48% | 45% |
| Did not attend | 5% | 4% |
| Patients aged 65 or over | 12% | 19% |
Patients per qualified GP by council area, for practices located in each.
| Council area | Practices | Registered patients | Patients per GP | Same-day appointments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent | 56 | 580,124 | 3,340 | 45% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 28 | 327,083 | 2,842 | 38% |
| Ealing | 69 | 465,773 | 2,801 | 43% |
| Hillingdon | 44 | 345,820 | 2,688 | 47% |
| Hounslow | 42 | 335,062 | 2,525 | 44% |
| Westminster | 37 | 318,623 | 2,418 | 46% |
| Enfield | 31 | 357,079 | 2,402 | 53% |
| Islington | 31 | 299,757 | 2,375 | 51% |
| Haringey | 33 | 335,145 | 2,360 | 54% |
| Barnet | 46 | 440,990 | 2,301 | 59% |
| Harrow | 28 | 273,793 | 2,259 | 47% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 32 | 226,589 | 2,058 | 50% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 27 | 236,837 | 1,920 | 43% |
| Camden | 31 | 316,936 | 1,915 | 50% |
| Hackney | 37 | 345,460 | 1,785 | 55% |
Among practices with at least 100 survey responses, Caversham Group Practice has the highest share of patients rating their overall experience good (97%) and Squires Lane Medical Practice the lowest (46%).
| Practice | Town | Overall experience good | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caversham Group Practice | London | 97% | 112 |
| Brook Green Medical Centre | London | 96% | 125 |
| St Peter's Medical Centre | Harrow | 95% | 124 |
| Adelaide Medical Centre | London | 94% | 107 |
| The Streatfield Medical Centre | Harrow | 94% | 114 |
| Dr RP Aurora's Practice | Ruislip | 94% | 116 |
| The Mayfair Medical Centre | London | 94% | 120 |
| Kynance Practice | London | 92% | 103 |
| Woodbridge Medical Centre | Southall | 92% | 101 |
| The Belmont Medical Centre | Uxbridge | 91% | 112 |
| Blue Wing Family Doctor Unit | Hounslow | 61% | 102 |
| Latymer Road Surgery | London | 61% | 101 |
| The Connaught Square Practice | London | 61% | 104 |
| Heathfielde Medical Centre | London | 60% | 115 |
| Wentworth Medical Practice | London | 60% | 100 |
| Dormers Wells Medical Centre | Southall | 59% | 101 |
| The Barnabas Medical Centre | Northolt | 59% | 116 |
| MHP - Forest Road Group Practice | London | 58% | 130 |
| Ellis Practice | Wembley | 55% | 105 |
| Squires Lane Medical Practice | London | 46% | 107 |
Relative to England, the register furthest above England's rate at practices in West and North London is serious mental illness (1.2% against 1.0%), and the furthest below is copd (1.0% against 1.9%).
| Condition register | Age group | West and North London (2024/25) | England | Patients on register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | All ages | 11.1% | 15.2% | 524,710 |
| Depression | 18+ yrs | 9.5% | 14.3% | 371,532 |
| Diabetes | 17+ yrs | 7.0% | 7.9% | 277,184 |
| Asthma | 6+ yrs | 4.4% | 6.6% | 199,451 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 18+ yrs | 2.7% | 4.6% | 105,638 |
| Cancer | All ages | 2.5% | 3.8% | 119,600 |
| Coronary heart disease | All ages | 2.0% | 3.0% | 92,442 |
| Serious mental illness | All ages | 1.2% | 1.0% | 56,815 |
| Atrial fibrillation | All ages | 1.2% | 2.2% | 54,832 |
| Stroke and TIA | All ages | 1.1% | 1.9% | 53,005 |
| COPD | All ages | 1.0% | 1.9% | 45,133 |
| Osteoporosis | 50+ yrs | 0.8% | 1.2% | 9,896 |
| Heart failure | All ages | 0.6% | 1.1% | 30,532 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 16+ yrs | 0.5% | 0.8% | 21,469 |
| Epilepsy | 18+ yrs | 0.5% | 0.8% | 19,895 |
| Dementia | All ages | 0.5% | 0.8% | 22,500 |
| Learning disability | All ages | 0.5% | 0.6% | 21,366 |
| Palliative care | All ages | 0.4% | 0.6% | 18,099 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | All ages | 0.3% | 0.6% | 15,862 |
- Acton PCN (13 practices)
- Barnet 1d PCN (4 practices)
- Barnet 1w PCN (4 practices)
- Barnet 2 PCN (12 practices)
- Barnet 3 PCN (7 practices)
- Barnet 4 PCN (3 practices)
- Barnet 5 PCN (6 practices)
- Barnet 6 PCN (9 practices)
- Barnet PCN 7 (2 practices)
- Brent Beacon PCN (3 practices)
- Brent Central Kwh PCN (5 practices)
- Brent North Kwh PCN (7 practices)
- Brent South Kwh PCN (5 practices)
- Brent West Kwh PCN (7 practices)
- Brentworth PCN (7 practices)
- Brompton Health PCN (12 practices)
- Celadine Health & Metrocare PCN (11 practices)
- Central 1 Islington PCN (5 practices)
- Central 2 Islington PCN (5 practices)
- Central Camden PCN (8 practices)
- Central Hampstead PCN (6 practices)
- Chiswick PCN (6 practices)
- Colne Union PCN (5 practices)
- Edmonton PCN (5 practices)
- Enfield Care Network PCN (7 practices)
- Enfield South West PCN (6 practices)
- Enfield Unity PCN (10 practices)
- Feltham and Bedfont PCN (13 practices)
- GP at Hand PCN (2 practices)
- Great West Road PCN (8 practices)
- Greenwell PCN (7 practices)
- Hammersmith & Fulham Central PCN (5 practices)
- Hammersmith & Fulham Partnership PCN (5 practices)
- Haringey - East Central PCN (4 practices)
- Haringey - N15/South East PCN (5 practices)
- Haringey - North Central PCN (6 practices)
- Haringey - North East PCN (5 practices)
- Haringey - North West PCN (4 practices)
- Haringey - South West PCN (4 practices)
- Haringey - Welbourne PCN (6 practices)
- Harness North PCN (10 practices)
- Harness South PCN (10 practices)
- Harrow Collaborative PCN (9 practices)
- Harrow East PCN (3 practices)
- Health Alliance PCN (6 practices)
- Healthsense PCN (7 practices)
- Hh Collaborative PCN (8 practices)
- Hounslow Health PCN (10 practices)
- Inclusive Health PCN (7 practices)
- K and C South PCN (5 practices)
- Kentish Town Central PCN (3 practices)
- Kentish Town South PCN (2 practices)
- Kilburn Partnership PCN (4 practices)
- Long Lane First Care Group PCN (7 practices)
- Neohealth PCN (6 practices)
- Ngp PCN (11 practices)
- North 1 Islington PCN (4 practices)
- North 2 Islington PCN (9 practices)
- North Camden PCN (5 practices)
- North Connect PCN (7 practices)
- North Hammersmith & Fulham PCN (9 practices)
- North Southall PCN (10 practices)
- Northolt PCN (6 practices)
- Regent Health PCN (8 practices)
- South Camden PCN (3 practices)
- South Central Ealing PCN (5 practices)
- South Fulham PCN (7 practices)
- South Islington PCN (7 practices)
- South Southall PCN (8 practices)
- South Westminster PCN (4 practices)
- Sphere PCN (6 practices)
- St John's Wood & Maida Vale PCN (6 practices)
- Synergy PCN (4 practices)
- The Ealing Network PCN (9 practices)
- West Camden PCN (2 practices)
- West End & Marylebone PCN (9 practices)
- West Enfield Collaborative PCN (3 practices)
- West and Central PCN (2 practices)
- West-Hill Health PCN (9 practices)
- Westminster Living Well PCN (3 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)
- Thames Valley (76% overall experience good)
- West Yorkshire (76% overall experience good)
How many GP practices are in West and North London?
509, with 4,646,554 registered patients in September 2026.
How do patients rate GP practices in West and North London?
75% described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 25th highest of 36 ICBs.
How many patients are there per GP in West and North London?
2,497 per full-time-equivalent qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
What share of GP appointments in West and North London are face to face?
60%, against 63% across England.