Workforce
Productivity Overview: January 2026
- 1 million registered patients
- 500k attended appointments
- 600k patient contacts (not including walk-in contacts)
BSW Productivity Overview – Jan 2026
Workforce Overview: January 2026
- 1 million patients
- Registered to 83 active practices
- 458 GP Partners and Salaried GPs
- 2,210 patients per GP
BSW Workforce Overview – Jan 2026
General Practice and Secondary Care Workforce: March 2026
- 1,011,184 registered patients (as of 1 Apr 2026)
- Secondary Care: 1,462 consultants & doctors = 692 patients per consultant/doctor
- Primary Care: 472 GPs = 2,142 patients per GP
BSW General Practice and Secondary Care Workforce Mar 2026
GP Patient Survey 2026
81% of patients who answered the survey described their GP practice as good or very good. A rise from 80% in 2025 and 2024 surveys.
Workload
BSW OPEL Rating: July 2026
OPEL 
July comments show sustained pressure from high patient demand alongside staff shortages caused by sickness, annual leave and parental leave. Practices reported reaching safe capacity, long waits for routine appointments and heavy same-day triage workloads, raising concerns about staff wellbeing and burnout.
Appointment Data: June 2026
- 584k appointments booked
- 359k face-to-face appointments
- 40% same-day appointments
- 17k missed appointments
BSW Appointment Data – June 2026
Appointment Overview: January 2026
- 500k attended appointments
- 220k GP led appointments
- 230k Same-day appointments
BSW Appointment Overview – Jan 2026
Patient Demand: January 2026
- 600k online and telephone contacts
- 180k contacts between 8am and 10am
- 28k – the average number of daily calls and submissions
BSW Patient Demand Overview – Jan 2026
An average day in NHS England 2025/2026
General Practice handles 81% of same-day NHS England contacts
Funding
Missed appointments in June 2026 – the cost to the NHS
- 17.1k missed appointments
- 3.6k lost clinical hours
- £792k – the cost of lost staff time to the NHS
82% of Same-Day Appointments, Just 8.3% of the Funding
Primary care is handling the vast majority of same-day face-to-face demand, while A&E accounts for a smaller but critical share of immediate care activity.
BSW A & E vs Same Day GP Appointments 2025-2026
General Practice Funding Value since 2019
General Practice Funding is now worth £620 million LESS than in April 2019 due to inflation.
General Practice Funding value has fallen due to inflation
90% of NHS Consultations for 7% of the budget.
90% of NHS consultations occur in General Practice for 7% of the NHS Budget.
% of NHS Funding spent on General Practice
Less than the cost of an apple
General practice received only 34p per patient per day — less than the price of a single apple.
General Practice – Cheaper than an apple
General Practice is being overwhelmed. Here is why …
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