Primary Care Network

Darwen PCN

U88348

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Total patients

33,962

3 practices

GP FTE

58

NHS Digital workforce

Patients per GP FTE

586

QOF achievement

93.8%

patient-weighted

CQC good or outstanding

100.0%

2 rated

Items per patient

2

prescribing volume

GPPS overall good

80.3%

patient experience

Access KPIs · August 2025

Same-day %

45.1%

Month: August 2025

Appts per 1K patients

357

all bookings (incl. triage)

Same-day + triage per 1K (legacy)

183

pending sync — will be replaced by Patient contacts per 1K

28+ day backlog

0%

long-wait share — 0 may be a stale cache, pending sync

3 practices reporting · NHS Digital appointments dataset

Operating model mix · August 2025

Face-to-face68.5%
Telephone22.0%
Video / online2.8%
Triage6.2%

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

Access trend (last 12 months)

2023-072024-082025-080295887Same-day % · 2023-07: 44.1%Same-day % · 2023-08: 43.5%Same-day % · 2023-09: 32.2%Same-day % · 2023-10: 45.1%Same-day % · 2023-12: 48.4%Same-day % · 2024-01: 48.0%Same-day % · 2024-02: 46.3%Same-day % · 2024-03: 45.8%Same-day % · 2024-04: 46.6%Same-day % · 2024-05: 47.5%Same-day % · 2024-06: 48.4%Same-day % · 2024-07: 47.8%Same-day % · 2024-08: 48.1%Same-day % · 2024-09: 44.2%Same-day % · 2024-11: 46.8%Same-day % · 2024-12: 48.5%Same-day % · 2025-01: 47.6%Same-day % · 2025-02: 44.1%Same-day % · 2025-03: 45.2%Same-day % · 2025-04: 47.7%Same-day % · 2025-05: 47.2%Same-day % · 2025-06: 46.0%Same-day % · 2025-07: 44.0%Same-day % · 2025-08: 45.1%F2F % · 2023-07: 70.0%F2F % · 2023-08: 70.7%F2F % · 2023-09: 77.7%F2F % · 2023-10: 70.5%F2F % · 2023-12: 68.0%F2F % · 2024-01: 69.0%F2F % · 2024-02: 70.5%F2F % · 2024-03: 67.8%F2F % · 2024-04: 68.5%F2F % · 2024-05: 68.0%F2F % · 2024-06: 66.9%F2F % · 2024-07: 68.5%F2F % · 2024-08: 67.2%F2F % · 2024-09: 68.1%F2F % · 2024-11: 67.9%F2F % · 2024-12: 65.6%F2F % · 2025-01: 64.1%F2F % · 2025-02: 64.3%F2F % · 2025-03: 63.6%F2F % · 2025-04: 66.7%F2F % · 2025-05: 66.7%F2F % · 2025-06: 66.4%F2F % · 2025-07: 66.1%F2F % · 2025-08: 68.5%Phone % · 2023-07: 26.7%Phone % · 2023-08: 25.5%Phone % · 2023-09: 19.4%Phone % · 2023-10: 25.0%Phone % · 2023-12: 26.4%Phone % · 2024-01: 24.2%Phone % · 2024-02: 24.0%Phone % · 2024-03: 25.1%Phone % · 2024-04: 23.5%Phone % · 2024-05: 24.0%Phone % · 2024-06: 25.6%Phone % · 2024-07: 23.5%Phone % · 2024-08: 23.8%Phone % · 2024-09: 24.0%Phone % · 2024-11: 21.1%Phone % · 2024-12: 23.9%Phone % · 2025-01: 26.1%Phone % · 2025-02: 25.4%Phone % · 2025-03: 26.4%Phone % · 2025-04: 22.3%Phone % · 2025-05: 22.8%Phone % · 2025-06: 24.2%Phone % · 2025-07: 24.1%Phone % · 2025-08: 22.0%Video % · 2023-07: 0.4%Video % · 2023-08: 0.1%Video % · 2023-09: 0.2%Video % · 2023-10: 0.3%Video % · 2023-12: 1.5%Video % · 2024-01: 2.7%Video % · 2024-02: 1.6%Video % · 2024-03: 2.1%Video % · 2024-04: 1.8%Video % · 2024-05: 1.8%Video % · 2024-06: 1.3%Video % · 2024-07: 0.8%Video % · 2024-08: 0.9%Video % · 2024-09: 0.9%Video % · 2024-11: 2.8%Video % · 2024-12: 5.1%Video % · 2025-01: 4.3%Video % · 2025-02: 4.5%Video % · 2025-03: 4.7%Video % · 2025-04: 5.2%Video % · 2025-05: 4.5%Video % · 2025-06: 4.0%Video % · 2025-07: 2.7%Video % · 2025-08: 2.8%Triage % · 2023-07: 12.9%Triage % · 2023-08: 13.0%Triage % · 2023-09: 9.2%Triage % · 2023-10: 12.4%Triage % · 2023-12: 12.0%Triage % · 2024-01: 11.5%Triage % · 2024-02: 12.4%Triage % · 2024-03: 12.5%Triage % · 2024-04: 12.6%Triage % · 2024-05: 12.1%Triage % · 2024-06: 10.2%Triage % · 2024-07: 10.0%Triage % · 2024-08: 10.9%Triage % · 2024-09: 9.9%Triage % · 2024-11: 10.3%Triage % · 2024-12: 11.2%Triage % · 2025-01: 7.4%Triage % · 2025-02: 4.6%Triage % · 2025-03: 5.2%Triage % · 2025-04: 6.1%Triage % · 2025-05: 5.3%Triage % · 2025-06: 5.5%Triage % · 2025-07: 5.3%Triage % · 2025-08: 6.2%

NHS Digital appointments dataset · last 24 months (2023-07 → 2025-08). Click a chip to toggle a series; the y-axis re-zooms to fit.

Total appointments (last 12 months)

2023-072024-082025-0810,20612,91815,63018,3422023-07: 11,576 appointments2023-08: 11,879 appointments2023-09: 17,555 appointments2023-10: 13,109 appointments2023-12: 11,244 appointments2024-01: 13,718 appointments2024-02: 12,699 appointments2024-03: 12,249 appointments2024-04: 12,536 appointments2024-05: 12,702 appointments2024-06: 11,591 appointments2024-07: 12,876 appointments2024-08: 10,993 appointments2024-09: 13,570 appointments2024-11: 13,246 appointments2024-12: 12,650 appointments2025-01: 14,330 appointments2025-02: 13,651 appointments2025-03: 13,601 appointments2025-04: 12,321 appointments2025-05: 12,601 appointments2025-06: 13,308 appointments2025-07: 14,245 appointments2025-08: 12,130 appointments

Raw appointment count per month, last 24 months. Aggregate across 3 reporting practices.

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

2023-072024-082025-083013804605402023-07: 340.9 appts per 1,000 patients2023-08: 349.8 appts per 1,000 patients2023-09: 516.9 appts per 1,000 patients2023-10: 386 appts per 1,000 patients2023-12: 331.1 appts per 1,000 patients2024-01: 403.9 appts per 1,000 patients2024-02: 373.9 appts per 1,000 patients2024-03: 360.7 appts per 1,000 patients2024-04: 369.1 appts per 1,000 patients2024-05: 374 appts per 1,000 patients2024-06: 341.3 appts per 1,000 patients2024-07: 379.1 appts per 1,000 patients2024-08: 323.7 appts per 1,000 patients2024-09: 399.6 appts per 1,000 patients2024-11: 390 appts per 1,000 patients2024-12: 372.5 appts per 1,000 patients2025-01: 421.9 appts per 1,000 patients2025-02: 401.9 appts per 1,000 patients2025-03: 400.5 appts per 1,000 patients2025-04: 362.8 appts per 1,000 patients2025-05: 371 appts per 1,000 patients2025-06: 391.8 appts per 1,000 patients2025-07: 419.4 appts per 1,000 patients2025-08: 357.2 appts per 1,000 patients

Monthly appointments per 1,000 registered patients — list-size-normalised demand. Last 24 months. Patient-weighted across 3 reporting practices.

CQC rating distribution

outstanding1 (33%)
good1 (33%)
requires improvement0 (0%)
inadequate0 (0%)
unrated1 (33%)
2 practices rated · 100.0% good or outstanding

Inspection likelihood

high0 (0%)
medium2 (67%)
low0 (0%)
unknown1 (33%)
0 practices flagged high-risk

Workforce capacity

GP FTE

58

Nurse FTE

14.6

Direct Patient Care FTE

23.7

Admin FTE

94.8

3 practices reporting · 100.0% coverage

Staff group mix

GP58.0 FTE · 30%
Nurse14.6 FTE · 8%
Direct Patient Care23.7 FTE · 12%
Admin94.8 FTE · 50%

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

Clinical system mix

EMIS Web3 (100%)

Practices grouped by EHR/clinical system supplier (NHS Digital mapping). Total: 3 practices.

Workforce trend

2025-082025-112026-0353871104GP · 2025-08: 51 FTEGP · 2025-09: 49 FTEGP · 2025-10: 49 FTEGP · 2025-11: 49 FTEGP · 2026-01: 46 FTEGP · 2026-02: 55 FTEGP · 2026-03: 58 FTENurse · 2025-08: 18 FTENurse · 2025-09: 18 FTENurse · 2025-10: 18 FTENurse · 2025-11: 18 FTENurse · 2026-01: 18 FTENurse · 2026-02: 18 FTENurse · 2026-03: 15 FTEDPC · 2025-08: 20 FTEDPC · 2025-09: 20 FTEDPC · 2025-10: 20 FTEDPC · 2025-11: 20 FTEDPC · 2026-01: 21 FTEDPC · 2026-02: 21 FTEDPC · 2026-03: 24 FTEAdmin · 2025-08: 95 FTEAdmin · 2025-09: 95 FTEAdmin · 2025-10: 95 FTEAdmin · 2025-11: 95 FTEAdmin · 2026-01: 93 FTEAdmin · 2026-02: 93 FTEAdmin · 2026-03: 95 FTE

Source: NHS Digital General Practice Workforce — 7 snapshots (2025-08 → 2026-03). Y-axis zoomed to data range.

QOF performance

Achievement (weighted)93.8%
Exceptions (weighted)7.7%
100.0% coverage

Patient experience (GPPS)

Overall good80.3%
Phone easy36.5%
Website easy101.2%
100.0% coverage

Prescribing volume

2

items per registered patient (latest published period)

3 practices · 100.0% coverage

Deprivation profile (IMD deciles)

1
1
2
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
← more deprivedless deprived →
Mean decile: 2.9
Most deprived: 33.0%
Least deprived: 0.0%
IMD coverage: 100.0%

3 practices with IMD context · postcode source

Access by deprivation decile

DecileSame-day %Practices
2
53.1%
1
3
44.2%
2

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

Practice comparison (3)

PracticePatientsSame-day %Appts/1KF2F %Pts/GPQOF %CQC
Darwen HealthcareP81051
Darwen PCN
14,68343.1%406.866.6%095.9%Outstanding
Darwen HealthlinkP81140
Darwen PCN
15,28345.2%314.167.9%091.5%Good
Spring-Fenisco HealthlinkP81633
Darwen PCN
3,99653.1%339.679.1%094.7%

Click a column header to sort. KPIs are from the latest available NHS Digital appointments month per practice. Some practices may be missing data — see the coverage column on the internal admin view.

Practices missing data (3 of 3)

PracticeApptsCQCWorkforcePrescribingScreening
Darwen Healthcare
Darwen Healthlink
Spring-Fenisco Healthlink

Practices in the most-deprived areas

PracticeIMD decilePatientsSame-day %QOF %
Spring-Fenisco Healthlink
Darwen PCN
23,99653.1%94.7%
Darwen Healthcare
Darwen PCN
314,68343.1%95.9%
Darwen Healthlink
Darwen PCN
315,28345.2%91.5%

Practice-postcode IMD decile (1 = most deprived 10% of England, 10 = least deprived). Listed in ascending decile order.

Practice Heatmap — KPI matrix (3)

PracticeSameDayAppts/1KF2F %28d+Pts/GPQOF %GPPSScreen
Darwen HealthcareP8105143.1%406.866.6%0%095.9%0.9%
Darwen HealthlinkP8114045.2%314.167.9%0%091.5%0.7%
Spring-Fenisco HealthlinkP8163353.1%339.679.1%0%094.7%0.8%
GoodModerateConcernThresholds are fixed national benchmarks, not relative rankings.

Coverage & data sources

Practices in scope

3

Registered patients

33,962

Reporting coverage: patient list 100.0% · CQC 2 rated · workforce 100.0% · QOF 100.0%

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 5/10/2026.

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