GP Practice Lists
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the GP-to-patient ratio was in (a) Broxtowe constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2024.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
As of December 2024, the number of full time equivalent doctors in general practice (GP) per 10,000 registered patients was:
- 6.9 in the Broxtowe constituency;
- 6.5 in Nottinghamshire;
- 5.9 in the East Midlands; and
- 5.6 in England.
Data from before September 2015 is not comparable. Each GP is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their patients. There is no NHS England recommendation for how many patients a GP should have assigned, or the ratio of GPs or other practice staff to patients. The demands each patient places on their GP are different and can be affected by many different factors, including rurality and patient demographics. It is necessary to consider the workforce for each practice as a whole, not only GPs but also the range of health professionals available who are able to respond to the needs of their patients.
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