Face-to-face GP appointments by area

63% of GP appointments in England were face to face over the three months to August 2026. By council area it ranges from 38% in Plymouth to 84% in Great Yarmouth.

By council area
By integrated care board
Other rankings

Latest data: September 2026. GP Patient Survey 2026; registered patients September 2026.

Council area	Face-to-face appointments	Appointments per 1,000 patients a month
Great Yarmouth	84%	531
Harborough	83%	505
Mansfield	82%	468
Fylde	81%	493
Swindon	80%	452
Castle Point	80%	388
Brentwood	80%	417
Ribble Valley	79%	419
Mole Valley	79%	475
Blaby	79%	505
Preston	78%	449
Boston	78%	592
Cannock Chase	78%	475
Rochford	78%	444
North Kesteven	77%	582
South Tyneside	77%	468
Colchester	76%	446
North Norfolk	76%	652
Epping Forest	76%	459
Chorley	76%	438
Dacorum	76%	394
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	75%	638
Ashfield	75%	538
Darlington	75%	505
South Holland	75%	485
Erewash	75%	458
Sunderland	75%	487
Welwyn Hatfield	75%	375
South Cambridgeshire	75%	616
Redcar and Cleveland	75%	617
Kirklees	75%	602
Broadland	75%	663
Charnwood	74%	501
Stafford	74%	484
Babergh	74%	544
Chesterfield	74%	562
Kensington and Chelsea	74%	535
Derbyshire Dales	74%	606
Uttlesford	73%	450
Hartlepool	73%	511
County Durham	73%	628
Isle of Wight	73%	681
Chelmsford	73%	411
Rotherham	73%	605
Maldon	73%	517
North West Leicestershire	73%	521
Norwich	72%	546
South Derbyshire	72%	479
Leicester	72%	564
Walsall	72%	626
Tonbridge and Malling	72%	410
Amber Valley	72%	483
Blackburn with Darwen	72%	434
Wakefield	72%	576
South Ribble	72%	488
Gateshead	71%	468
Wyre	71%	564
South Staffordshire	71%	535
East Lindsey	71%	565
Wigan	71%	412
Canterbury	71%	522
Barnsley	70%	520
Hyndburn	70%	462
Westminster	70%	449
Maidstone	70%	414
Lichfield	70%	447
Torridge	70%	553
Hinckley and Bosworth	70%	528
North Tyneside	70%	518
East Hertfordshire	70%	437
Bolsover	70%	632
Ealing	70%	524
Rochdale	69%	446
Stockton-on-Tees	69%	477
Oldham	69%	438
East Suffolk	69%	619
North Somerset	69%	514
Gloucester	69%	533
Halton	69%	430
Eastleigh	69%	450
Melton	69%	603
Braintree	69%	475
Havering	68%	402
Swale	68%	407
Dorset	68%	647
Cambridge	68%	396
Milton Keynes	68%	497
Tameside	68%	482
Bolton	68%	498
Tandridge	68%	511
Redditch	68%	502
North East Lincolnshire	67%	604
Doncaster	67%	512
Blackpool	67%	480
Shropshire	67%	508
North Hertfordshire	67%	440
Lewes	67%	475
Newark and Sherwood	67%	532
West Lindsey	67%	670
Wolverhampton	67%	509
Tunbridge Wells	67%	431
South Gloucestershire	67%	459
Lancaster	67%	447
East Devon	67%	633
North East Derbyshire	67%	584
Tendring	66%	571
North Yorkshire	66%	577
West Suffolk	66%	557
Harrow	66%	502
Calderdale	66%	536
Three Rivers	66%	463
Pendle	66%	467
Breckland	66%	572
South Norfolk	66%	588
Middlesbrough	66%	525
Thurrock	66%	528
Cheshire West and Chester	66%	470
Hillingdon	66%	529
Warrington	66%	507
Trafford	66%	396
Wealden	65%	573
Nottingham	65%	472
Stockport	65%	492
West Devon	65%	505
Gedling	65%	645
Rother	65%	562
Cheltenham	65%	555
Luton	65%	477
Chichester	65%	527
Somerset	65%	494
Ipswich	65%	451
North Devon	64%	615
Wychavon	64%	606
West Oxfordshire	64%	551
Westmorland and Furness	64%	520
St Albans	64%	312
Leeds	64%	498
Cherwell	64%	430
Cotswold	64%	554
Merton	64%	395
South Oxfordshire	64%	490
Newcastle-under-Lyme	64%	451
Stoke-on-Trent	64%	477
Peterborough	64%	599
New Forest	63%	525
Bromsgrove	63%	584
Manchester	63%	418
Kingston upon Hull, City of	63%	469
Northumberland	63%	622
Reading	63%	410
Hammersmith and Fulham	63%	412
Elmbridge	63%	392
Adur	63%	442
Southampton	63%	467
Harlow	63%	460
High Peak	63%	592
Dudley	63%	508
East Riding of Yorkshire	63%	575
Wokingham	63%	430
Hackney	63%	521
Birmingham	63%	523
Forest of Dean	62%	632
Tewkesbury	62%	602
Cheshire East	62%	479
Kingston upon Thames	62%	441
Cumberland	62%	574
Winchester	62%	457
North Lincolnshire	62%	662
Hertsmere	62%	432
Bath and North East Somerset	62%	545
Broxbourne	62%	540
Teignbridge	62%	602
St. Helens	62%	445
Derby	62%	471
Burnley	62%	494
Central Bedfordshire	62%	561
Wirral	62%	639
Bradford	62%	691
Bristol, City of	61%	436
Rutland	61%	726
Herefordshire, County of	61%	537
Vale of White Horse	61%	489
Lewisham	61%	357
Buckinghamshire	61%	442
Stroud	61%	600
Malvern Hills	61%	582
Bury	61%	397
Hounslow	61%	531
Surrey Heath	60%	467
Exeter	60%	548
York	60%	518
Brighton and Hove	60%	460
West Berkshire	60%	515
Ashford	60%	507
West Northamptonshire	60%	534
Staffordshire Moorlands	59%	497
Wandsworth	59%	439
Solihull	59%	589
Sheffield	59%	584
Wyre Forest	59%	649
North Northamptonshire	59%	536
Barking and Dagenham	59%	498
Eastbourne	59%	586
Knowsley	59%	505
Test Valley	59%	448
Dover	59%	548
Cornwall	59%	632
Arun	59%	641
Basildon	59%	571
Stratford-on-Avon	59%	560
Newcastle upon Tyne	59%	527
East Staffordshire	59%	464
Gravesham	58%	386
Salford	58%	486
Richmond upon Thames	58%	410
Hart	58%	463
Watford	58%	536
Stevenage	58%	484
Redbridge	58%	490
Oxford	58%	427
Wiltshire	58%	615
Waverley	58%	499
Horsham	58%	550
Haringey	58%	412
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	58%	582
Southend-on-Sea	58%	492
Folkestone and Hythe	57%	453
East Cambridgeshire	57%	506
Thanet	57%	597
Enfield	57%	443
North Warwickshire	57%	502
Reigate and Banstead	57%	537
Fareham	57%	518
Telford and Wrekin	56%	482
Mid Sussex	56%	546
Rushcliffe	56%	619
Bassetlaw	56%	830
Medway	56%	398
Dartford	56%	423
Bromley	56%	427
Worcester	56%	488
Woking	56%	535
West Lancashire	56%	505
Tower Hamlets	55%	478
Windsor and Maidenhead	55%	400
Guildford	55%	486
Lincoln	55%	589
Waltham Forest	55%	391
Rossendale	55%	498
Fenland	55%	793
Southwark	55%	361
Brent	55%	471
Croydon	55%	453
Spelthorne	54%	478
Oadby and Wigston	54%	663
Sandwell	54%	604
Tamworth	54%	507
South Hams	54%	741
Nuneaton and Bedworth	53%	464
Warwick	53%	490
Portsmouth	53%	509
Newham	53%	416
Broxtowe	53%	638
Liverpool	53%	460
Rugby	53%	460
Greenwich	53%	407
Coventry	53%	473
Mid Devon	52%	684
Hastings	52%	553
Sefton	52%	477
East Hampshire	52%	599
Havant	52%	566
Sutton	52%	474
Bexley	51%	431
Camden	51%	378
Mid Suffolk	51%	608
Huntingdonshire	51%	736
Slough	51%	449
Torbay	50%	622
Sevenoaks	50%	527
Basingstoke and Deane	50%	512
Rushmoor	50%	574
Barnet	50%	482
South Kesteven	49%	697
Worthing	49%	597
Epsom and Ewell	48%	481
Lambeth	48%	418
Crawley	48%	584
Runnymede	47%	546
Islington	47%	412
Bracknell Forest	45%	481
Gosport	43%	754
Bedford	41%	752
Plymouth	38%	681

ICB	Face-to-face appointments
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland	72%
Lancashire and South Cumbria	70%
Norfolk and Suffolk	70%
Essex	69%
Derby and Derbyshire	68%
North East and North Cumbria	68%
West Yorkshire	66%
Greater Manchester	66%
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent	66%
South Yorkshire	65%
Lincolnshire	65%
Somerset	65%
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire	65%
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire	64%
Humber and North Yorkshire	64%
Gloucestershire	64%
Black Country	64%
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire	64%
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin	63%
Dorset	63%
Central East	62%
Birmingham and Solihull	62%
Kent and Medway	62%
Herefordshire and Worcestershire	62%
West and North London	60%
Cheshire and Merseyside	60%
Thames Valley	60%
Northamptonshire	59%
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	59%
Surrey and Sussex	58%
North East London	58%
South West London	58%
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	58%
Devon	54%
Coventry and Warwickshire	54%
South East London	54%

63% across England.

Great Yarmouth: 84%.

Plymouth: 38%.

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