NHS England General Practice Data

Productivity Overview: January 2026

• 63.7 million registered patients
• 29.3 million attended appointments
• 40.8 million patient contacts (not including walk-in contacts)

NATIONAL Productivity Overview Jan 2026

Workforce Overview: January 2026

• 63.7 million patients
• Registered to 6,170 active practices
• 27,736 GP Partners and Salaried GPs
• 2,300 patients per GP

NATIONAL Workforce Overview Jan 2026

General Practice and Secondary Care Workforce – March 2026

• 63,6m registered patients (as of 1 Apr 2026)
• Secondary Care: 110k consultants & doctors = 579 patients per consultant/doctors
• Primary Care: 29k GPs = 2,203 patients per GP

NHSE General Practice and Secondary Care Workforce Mar 2026

GP Patient Survey 2026

77% of patients that responded to the survey had  a good overall experience of their GP practice in 2026. An increase from 75% in 2025.

NHSE 2026 Patient Survey

Appointment Data: June 2026

• 33.8 million appointments
• 20 million face-to-face appointments
• 45% same-day appointments
• 1.4 million missed appointments

NHSE Appointment Data – June 2026

Appointment Overview: January 2026

• 29.3 million attended appointments
• 14.7 million GP-led appointments
• 14.7 million Same-day appointments

NATIONAL Appointment Overview Jan 2026

Patient Demand: January 2026

• 40.8 million online and telephone contacts
• 12.3 million contacts between 8am and 10am
• 1.9 million – the average number of daily calls and submissions

NATIONAL Patient Demand Jan 2026

An average day in NHS England 2025/2026

General Practice handles 81% of same-day NHS England contacts

An Average Day In The NHS 2025-2026

Missed appointments in June 2026 – the cost to the NHS

• 1.4m missed appointments
• 294k lost clinical hours
• £65.3m – the cost of lost staff time to the NHS

Cost of DNA – NHSE – June 2026

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.

NHSE 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