Same-day GP appointments by area

45% of GP appointments in England took place on the day they were booked over the three months to August 2026. By council area it ranges from 29% in Melton to 64% in Rugby.

By council area
By integrated care board
Other rankings

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

Council area	Same-day appointments	Appointments per 1,000 patients a month
Rugby	64%	460
Barnet	59%	482
Bedford	57%	752
Coventry	57%	473
Solihull	57%	589
Liverpool	56%	460
Stoke-on-Trent	56%	477
Wolverhampton	55%	509
Hackney	55%	521
Runnymede	55%	546
Bracknell Forest	54%	481
Oadby and Wigston	54%	663
Telford and Wrekin	54%	482
Haringey	54%	412
Fenland	54%	793
Enfield	53%	443
Watford	53%	536
Crawley	53%	584
Sandwell	53%	604
Rushcliffe	53%	619
Huntingdonshire	52%	736
South Kesteven	52%	697
Basildon	52%	571
Warrington	52%	507
Three Rivers	52%	463
South Hams	52%	741
Staffordshire Moorlands	52%	497
Guildford	52%	486
Newcastle-under-Lyme	52%	451
Islington	51%	412
Broxbourne	51%	540
Torbay	51%	622
Dudley	51%	508
Burnley	51%	494
Manchester	51%	418
Bromsgrove	51%	584
Plymouth	51%	681
Redbridge	51%	490
Sutton	51%	474
Camden	50%	378
Woking	50%	535
Ipswich	50%	451
Nuneaton and Bedworth	50%	464
North Warwickshire	50%	502
Kingston upon Thames	50%	441
Kensington and Chelsea	50%	535
Basingstoke and Deane	50%	512
Newcastle upon Tyne	50%	527
Rossendale	50%	498
Blackburn with Darwen	50%	434
Epping Forest	50%	459
Hertsmere	50%	432
Bromley	50%	427
Broxtowe	49%	638
Birmingham	49%	523
Uttlesford	49%	450
Mid Sussex	49%	546
Harlow	49%	460
Malvern Hills	49%	582
Sheffield	49%	584
Dover	49%	548
Bassetlaw	49%	830
Thanet	49%	597
Bradford	49%	691
Warwick	49%	490
South Staffordshire	49%	535
Southend-on-Sea	49%	492
Horsham	49%	550
Thurrock	49%	528
Rushmoor	49%	574
Preston	49%	449
Reigate and Banstead	48%	537
Sefton	48%	477
Worcester	48%	488
Stratford-on-Avon	48%	560
Tewkesbury	48%	602
Tamworth	48%	507
East Hampshire	48%	599
Gedling	48%	645
Wirral	48%	639
East Hertfordshire	48%	437
Nottingham	47%	472
Sevenoaks	47%	527
Waltham Forest	47%	391
West Suffolk	47%	557
Lambeth	47%	418
Windsor and Maidenhead	47%	400
Hillingdon	47%	529
Gosport	47%	754
Harrow	47%	502
Mid Devon	47%	684
Epsom and Ewell	47%	481
Rochdale	47%	446
Halton	47%	430
Peterborough	47%	599
Westminster	46%	449
Luton	46%	477
Boston	46%	592
Calderdale	46%	536
Middlesbrough	46%	525
East Staffordshire	46%	464
Merton	46%	395
Walsall	46%	626
East Riding of Yorkshire	46%	575
Worthing	46%	597
Barking and Dagenham	46%	498
Lincoln	46%	589
Portsmouth	46%	509
Central Bedfordshire	46%	561
West Berkshire	46%	515
Arun	46%	641
St. Helens	46%	445
West Northamptonshire	46%	534
North East Lincolnshire	46%	604
Milton Keynes	46%	497
North Lincolnshire	45%	662
North Northamptonshire	45%	536
Salford	45%	486
Stafford	45%	484
Mid Suffolk	45%	608
Surrey Heath	45%	467
Barnsley	45%	520
Elmbridge	45%	392
Wealden	45%	573
Spelthorne	45%	478
Hyndburn	45%	462
Chelmsford	45%	411
South Oxfordshire	45%	490
Oldham	45%	438
Leeds	45%	498
Shropshire	45%	508
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	45%	582
Slough	45%	449
Greenwich	45%	407
Buckinghamshire	45%	442
Cambridge	45%	396
Brent	45%	471
Wandsworth	44%	439
Fareham	44%	518
Forest of Dean	44%	632
Bath and North East Somerset	44%	545
Hounslow	44%	531
Bexley	44%	431
East Devon	44%	633
Vale of White Horse	44%	489
Ashford	44%	507
Cheshire East	44%	479
Hastings	44%	553
Cornwall	44%	632
Pendle	44%	467
York	44%	518
Wyre	44%	564
Wakefield	44%	576
Leicester	44%	564
Babergh	44%	544
Tower Hamlets	44%	478
West Oxfordshire	44%	551
Exeter	44%	548
Stockport	44%	492
Welwyn Hatfield	44%	375
Wychavon	44%	606
Southwark	44%	361
South Cambridgeshire	44%	616
West Lindsey	44%	670
Croydon	44%	453
Tunbridge Wells	43%	431
Cheshire West and Chester	43%	470
Castle Point	43%	388
Waverley	43%	499
East Cambridgeshire	43%	506
High Peak	43%	592
North Tyneside	43%	518
Gateshead	43%	468
Oxford	43%	427
Sunderland	43%	487
Herefordshire, County of	43%	537
Reading	43%	410
Eastbourne	43%	586
Hart	43%	463
Ealing	43%	524
Adur	43%	442
Derby	43%	471
Kingston upon Hull, City of	43%	469
Dacorum	43%	394
Brentwood	43%	417
East Suffolk	43%	619
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	43%	638
Richmond upon Thames	43%	410
Bolton	43%	498
Wokingham	43%	430
Wiltshire	42%	615
Swale	42%	407
Gravesham	42%	386
Havant	42%	566
Test Valley	42%	448
Braintree	42%	475
Kirklees	42%	602
Bury	42%	397
Rother	42%	562
Dorset	42%	647
Stockton-on-Tees	42%	477
Northumberland	42%	622
Brighton and Hove	42%	460
Wyre Forest	42%	649
Southampton	42%	467
Stroud	41%	600
Rochford	41%	444
Breckland	41%	572
Hinckley and Bosworth	41%	528
Chesterfield	41%	562
St Albans	41%	312
Rotherham	41%	605
Lancaster	41%	447
Folkestone and Hythe	41%	453
North East Derbyshire	41%	584
Dartford	41%	423
Cherwell	41%	430
West Lancashire	41%	505
Doncaster	41%	512
Cheltenham	41%	555
Somerset	41%	494
Cumberland	40%	574
Cannock Chase	40%	475
Mole Valley	40%	475
Newham	40%	416
Chorley	40%	438
Hartlepool	40%	511
Havering	40%	402
New Forest	40%	525
Redcar and Cleveland	40%	617
South Holland	40%	485
Bolsover	40%	632
North Somerset	40%	514
Stevenage	40%	484
Cotswold	40%	554
Charnwood	39%	501
Teignbridge	39%	602
East Lindsey	39%	565
South Tyneside	39%	468
Norwich	39%	546
Ashfield	39%	538
Amber Valley	39%	483
Tendring	39%	571
Chichester	39%	527
Eastleigh	39%	450
Blaby	39%	505
Colchester	39%	446
North Norfolk	38%	652
North Kesteven	38%	582
County Durham	38%	628
Tameside	38%	482
Broadland	38%	663
Fylde	38%	493
Winchester	38%	457
Knowsley	38%	505
North Yorkshire	38%	577
Redditch	38%	502
Medway	38%	398
Trafford	38%	396
Hammersmith and Fulham	38%	412
North Hertfordshire	38%	440
Blackpool	37%	480
Bristol, City of	37%	436
Tandridge	37%	511
Gloucester	37%	533
Wigan	37%	412
South Norfolk	37%	588
North Devon	36%	615
Derbyshire Dales	36%	606
Westmorland and Furness	36%	520
Lewisham	36%	357
Lewes	36%	475
South Gloucestershire	36%	459
Newark and Sherwood	36%	532
Darlington	36%	505
Great Yarmouth	36%	531
Lichfield	35%	447
Maidstone	35%	414
Ribble Valley	35%	419
North West Leicestershire	35%	521
Harborough	35%	505
Torridge	34%	553
Rutland	34%	726
South Ribble	34%	488
West Devon	34%	505
South Derbyshire	34%	479
Maldon	33%	517
Isle of Wight	33%	681
Tonbridge and Malling	32%	410
Mansfield	32%	468
Canterbury	32%	522
Erewash	30%	458
Swindon	29%	452
Melton	29%	603

ICB	Same-day appointments
Coventry and Warwickshire	54%
Black Country	51%
Birmingham and Solihull	50%
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent	48%
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin	48%
West and North London	48%
Cheshire and Merseyside	48%
Central East	48%
North East London	46%
Northamptonshire	46%
South West London	46%
Surrey and Sussex	45%
Devon	45%
West Yorkshire	45%
Essex	45%
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire	45%
South Yorkshire	45%
Thames Valley	45%
Herefordshire and Worcestershire	45%
South East London	45%
Lincolnshire	44%
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	44%
Greater Manchester	44%
Dorset	43%
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	43%
Humber and North Yorkshire	43%
Norfolk and Suffolk	42%
Lancashire and South Cumbria	42%
North East and North Cumbria	42%
Gloucestershire	42%
Kent and Medway	41%
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland	41%
Somerset	41%
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire	40%
Derby and Derbyshire	39%
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire	38%

45% across England.

Rugby: 64%.

Melton: 29%.

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