England · National

England

NATIONAL

Total patients

63,575,420

6,598 practices

GP FTE

75,674.2

NHS Digital workforce

Patients per GP FTE

840

QOF achievement

93.8%

patient-weighted

CQC good or outstanding

96.0%

4,827 rated

Items per patient

1.7

prescribing volume

GPPS overall good

24.2%

patient experience

Access KPIs · 2025-08

Same-day %

44.6%

Month: 2025-08

Appts per 1K

385.2

per 1,000 patients

SDP per 1K

209.2

same-day + triage / 1K

28+ day backlog

long-wait share

6,114 practices reporting · NHS Digital appointments dataset

Operating model mix · 2025-08

Face-to-face60.9%

Telephone24.4%

Video / online8.3%

Triage11.0%

Share of appointments by delivery channel in the latest reporting month.

Access trend (last 12 months)

NHS Digital appointments dataset · last 12 months (2024-09 → 2025-08). Click a chip to toggle a series; the y-axis re-zooms to fit.

Total appointments (last 12 months)

Raw appointment count per month, last 12 months. Aggregate across 6,114 reporting practices.

Demand — appointments per 1,000 patients (last 12 months)

Monthly appointments per 1,000 registered patients — list-size-normalised demand. Last 12 months. Patient-weighted across 6,114 reporting practices.

CQC rating distribution

outstanding298 (5%)

good4,332 (66%)

requires improvement181 (3%)

inadequate16 (0%)

unrated1,771 (27%)

4,827 practices rated · 96.0% good or outstanding

Inspection likelihood

high726 (11%)

medium3,744 (57%)

low375 (6%)

unknown1,753 (27%)

726 practices flagged high-risk

Workforce capacity

GP FTE

75,674.2

Nurse FTE

32,299.7

Direct Patient Care FTE

35,130.7

Admin FTE

151,627.2

6,100 practices reporting · 92.0% coverage

Staff group mix

GP75674.2 FTE · 26%

Nurse32299.7 FTE · 11%

Direct Patient Care35130.7 FTE · 12%

Admin151627.2 FTE · 51%

Share of total FTE across reporting practices (excludes ARRS roles, which are surfaced separately at the PCN level).

Clinical system mix

EMIS Web3,503 (53%)

SystmOne2,468 (37%)

Unknown627 (10%)

Practices grouped by EHR/clinical system supplier (NHS Digital mapping). Total: 6,598 practices.

Workforce trend

Source: NHS Digital General Practice Workforce — 25 snapshots (2024-03 → 2026-03). Y-axis zoomed to data range.

QOF performance

Achievement (weighted)93.8%

Exceptions (weighted)7.9%

92.0% coverage

Patient experience (GPPS)

Overall good24.2%

Phone easy21.7%

Website easy15.2%

93.0% coverage

Prescribing volume

1.7

items per registered patient (annual)

6,560 practices · 99.0% coverage

Deprivation profile (IMD deciles)

955

842

764

689

579

561

526

458

454

373

← more deprivedless deprived →

Mean decile: 204.6

Most deprived: 29.0%

Least deprived: 13.0%

IMD coverage: 94.0%

6,201 practices with IMD context · postcode source

Access by deprivation decile

Decile	Same-day %	Practices
1 (most deprived)	44.5%	955
2	44.2%	842
3	43.7%	764
4	43.5%	689
5	42.1%	579
6	44%	561
7	44.6%	526
8	43.2%	458
9	43%	454
10 (least)	42.2%	373

Same-day appointment % grouped by practice-site IMD decile. A widening gap between low and high deciles indicates inequitable access.

Coverage & data sources

Practices in scope

6,598

Registered patients

63,575,420

Reporting coverage: patient list 93.0% · CQC 4,827 rated · workforce 92.0% · QOF 92.0%

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal (OGL v3). Practice data: NHS ODS + NHS Digital monthly publications. Per-practice coordinates are intentionally omitted from the public widget; the national map on /insights uses ICB-level boundaries only.

Data sources: NHS Digital (patient list, appointments, workforce, QOF, GPPS, screening, prescribing), CQC API. Aggregations refreshed 5/15/2026.

Aggregate NHS data only · No individual patient data · No named-person contact details.Source: NHS Digital + NHS England open publications.