How easy is it to book a GP appointment in Greater Manchester? Your recent experiences of the NHS

We asked people how easy they find booking an appointment at their local GP surgery in Greater Manchester, off the back of some recent stats about the busiest practices.

By Jessica Hay

Published 11th Apr 2022, 14:28 BST

Figures published by NHS Digital show that the average GP practice in England has nearly 10,000 patients on its books - but with a widely varying number of doctors per patient.

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, most face-to-face appointments were changed to telephone consultations, but most surgeries are now offering a mix of both.

We asked people how easy it is to book a GP appointment in their experience and if their GP practice has returned to the way it was pre-pandemic.