How busy is my GP? The surgeries with the most patients per doctor in Manchester
How easy do you find booking an appointment at your local GP surgery? We look at the stats for the NHS Manchester CCG area.
An average GP practice in England has nearly 10,000 patients on its books, figures published by NHS Digital show.
The latest data shows there is the full-time equivalent of about 35,000 GPs, working across 6,500 surgeries in England.
On average, each GP surgery has 9,445 patients on its practice list. But some practices have a much higher GP-to-patient ratio than others.
Here we reveal 10 of the busiest GP surgeries in the NHS Manchester CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) area, according to the data from NHS Digital which looks at which surgeries have the most patients per GP.
1. Lime Square Medical Centre, Openshaw
There are 13,193 patients per GP. In total there are 7,036 patients and the full-time equivalent of 0.5 GPs. Photo: Google
2. Longsight Medical Practice, Longsight
There are 11,329 patients per GP. In total there are 14,199 patients and the full-time equivalent of 1.3 GPs. Photo: Google
3. Victoria Mill Medical Practice, Miles Platting
There are 5,583 patients per GP. In total there are 3,573 patients and the full-time equivalent of 0.6 GPs. Photo: Google
4. Fallowfield Medical Centre, Fallowfield
There are 5,232 patients per GP. In total there are 4,091 patients and the full-time equivalent of 0.8 GPs. Photo: Google