Workforce
Productivity Overview: January 2026
- 830k registered patients
- 477k attended appointments
- 487k patient contacts (not including walk-in contacts)
DORSET Productivity Overview – Jan 2026
Workforce Overview: January 2026
- 830k patients
- Registered to 68 active practices
- 398 GP Partners and Salaried GPs
- 2,085 patients per GP
DORSET Workforce Overview – Jan 2026
General Practice and Secondary Care Workforce: March 2026
- 828,363 registered patients (as of 1 Apr 2026)
- Secondary Care: 1,192 consultants & doctors = 695 patients per consultant/doctor
- Primary Care: 421 GPs = 1,968 patients per GP
DORSET General Practice and Secondary Care Workforce Mar 2026
GP Patient Survey 2026
80% of patients who answered the survey described their GP practice as good or very good. This has stayed steady since 2024.
Workload
Dorset OPEL Rating for July 2026
OPEL 
Demand stayed high throughout July:
- Routine appointments often delayed up to 8 weeks
- Online consultations adding strain.
- Leave, sickness and recruitment gaps reduced capacity.
- Staff wellbeing and patient satisfaction affected.
- Despite the use of locums and overtime, pressures remained widespread.
Appointment Data: June 2026
- 525k appointments
- 313k face-to-face appointments
- 43% same-day appointments
- 15k missed appointments
Dorset Appointment Data – June 2026
Appointment Overview: January 2026
- 477k attended appointments
- 196k GP-led appointments
- 224k Same-day appointments
DORSET Appointment Overview – Jan 2026
Patient Demand: January 2026
- 487k online and telephone contacts
- 130k contacts between 8am and 10am
- 23k – the average number of daily calls and submissions
DORSET 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
- 15.5k missed appointments
- 3.2k lost clinical hours
- £716k – the cost of lost staff time to the NHS
Cost of DNA – DORSET – June 2026
81% 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.
Dorset 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 is being overwhelmed. Here is why …
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