GP appointments in north east London
Each month the NHS publishes national and regional data on GP appointments. You can see in the infographic below that in December 2022, GP practices in north east London provided over 860,000 appointments. 46% of the of these appointments were same day, 57% were within one day and 78% were within one week. 65% were face-to-face and 34% over the phone; and 58% of these appointments were with a GP and 41% with another member of practice staff like a nurse.
We appreciate access to GP appointments is a source of frustration to some, but GP practice staff work hard to support their patients’ access to care. We hope that publishing this data will give people confidence and encourage them to access primary care rather than A&E, apart from in serious emergencies, this winter.
