Hampshire and Isle of Wight – General Practice Data

Productivity Overview: January 2026

• 2.1 million registered patients
• 1 million attended appointments
• 1.28 million patient contacts (not including walk-in contacts)

HIOW Productivity Overview – Jan 2026

Workforce Overview: January 2026

• 2.1 million patients
• Registered to 142 active practices
• 962 GP Partners and Salaried GPs
• 2,247 patients per GP

HIOW Workforce Overview – Jan 2026

General Practice and Secondary Care Workforce – March 2026

• 2,158,540 registered patients (as of 1 Apr 2026)
• Secondary Care: 3,728 consultants & doctors = 579 patients per consultant/doctor
• Primary Care: 1,045 GPs – 2,066 patients per GP

HIOW General Practice and Secondary Care Workforce Mar 2026

GP Patient Survey 2026

74% of patients who answered the survey described their GP practice as good or very good. An increase from 72% in 2025 and 71% in 2024.

HIOW 2026 Patient Survey

HIOW OPEL Rating for August 2026

OPEL

Summer leave, sickness and recruitment gaps have reduced capacity, causing appointment shortages, longer waits and low staff morale.
Demand remains exceptionally high—especially online—while heat and local wild fires add further disruption.

HIOW OPEL Aug 2026 Summary

Appointment Data: July 2026

• 1.2 million appointments
• 660k face-to-face appointments
• 43% same-day appointments
• 54k missed appointments

HIOW Appointment Data July 2026

Appointment Overview: January 2026

• 1 million attended appointments
• 534k GP-led appointments
• 501k Same-day appointments

HIOW Appointment Overview January 2026

Patient Demand: January 2026

• 1.28 million online and telephone contacts
• 368k contacts between 8am and 10am
• 61k – the average number of daily calls and submissions

HIOW Patient Demand January 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

• 54k missed appointments
• 11k lost clinical hours
• £2.5m – the cost of lost staff time to the NHS

Cost of DNA – HIOW – June 2026

80% 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.

HIOW 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