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Patients in some parts of the country are nearly four times more likely to have to wait at least a fortnight to see their GP, figures reveal.

More than a quarter of patients in the NHS Swindon CCG area did not see a doctor until at least 21 days after they had booked an appointment in December.

In comparison, just 7.55 per cent of patients who attend surgeries overseen by NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG endured similar waits.

Health leaders today slammed the figures as being 'extremely concerning', warning access to GP 'must not be dependent on where a patient lives'.  

MailOnline analysed NHS Digital figures to name and shame the 10 areas of England that have the worst records for seeing patients within two weeks. 

More than a quarter of patients in the NHS Swindon CCG area did not see a doctor until at least 21 days after they had booked an appointment in December

Around 3.5million patients were unable to see their GP within two weeks during December, the statistics released yesterday showed.

Of these, 950,000 were forced to endure waits of at least 28 days. A further one million had to wait at least three weeks.

As well as Swindon CCG, four other local bodies topped the 25 per cent of patients waiting two weeks to see their GP mark for December.

They were South West Lincolnshire CCG (25.40), South Norfolk CCG (25.38), Scarborough CCG (25.32) and North Norfolk CCG (25.13).

Newark CCG and Isle of Wight CCG both recorded percentages of 24.98, in terms of patients waiting at least a fortnight.

At the other end of the scale, eight the 10 CCGs with the lowest amounts of waits were in the London area.

Around 3.5million patients were unable to see their GP within two weeks during December, the statistics released yesterday showed

WHERE ARE THE 10 CCGS WITH THE WORST WAITS? 

Swindon: 27.19

South West Lincolnshire: 25.40

South Norfolk: 25.38

Scarborough and Ryedale: 25.32

North Norfolk: 25.13

Newark and Sherwood: 24.98

Isle of Wight: 24.98

Greater Huddersfield: 23.80

Mansfield and Ashfield: 23.59

West Norfolk: 23.02 

WHERE ARE THE 10 CCGS WITH THE BEST WAITING TIMES? 

Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley: 7.55

Waltham Forest: 8.55

City and Hackney: 8.80

South Sefton: 9.39

Merton: 9.58

Barking and Dagenham: 9.68

Knowsley: 9.90

Lambeth: 10.38

Brent: 10.58

Greenwich: 10.62 

They included Waltham Forest CCG (8.55), City and Hackney CCG (8.8), Merton CCG (9.58) and Barking CCG (9.68). 

Rachel Power, chief executive of the Patients Association, told MailOnline: 'These figures reveal that patients in some parts of the country are three times more likely to wait over a fortnight for a GP appointment than people in other areas. 

'This is extremely concerning news that underlines the pressures facing general practice.

'We know from recent studies that patients in areas of deprivation find it harder to get a GP appointment than people in the wealthiest places – and that the number of patients per GP in these places is higher. 

'This remains a worry, and it is important to remember the consequences for patients of having fewer local GPs: increased difficulty in securing an appointment, longer waits for people when they have concerns about their health, and greater risks to patient safety.' 

Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: 'Access to GP care mustn’t be dependent on where a patient lives. 

'We have an ageing and growing population, and an increasing number of patients are living with multiple, long-term conditions, meaning that workload in general practice is escalating both in terms of volume and complexity.

'GPs and our teams are delivering more consultations than ever before – across the country we make around a million patient consultations every day – yet over the last two years, GP numbers have fallen, so we have fewer GPs doing more work, and it simply isn’t sustainable. 

'As a result, our patients are waiting too long to secure an appointment, and as this data shows, it is affecting some areas more than others.' 

The shock figures come amid warnings the unprecedented demand and falling GP numbers has left the primary care sector extremely fragile.

Just last week, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens announced the biggest shake-up involving GP surgeries for 15 years.

Under radical plans to cut waiting times, patients wanting to see a GP will instead be offered appointments with pharmacists, paramedics or physiotherapists.

The shock figures come amid warnings the unprecedented demand and falling GP numbers has left the primary care sector extremely fragile

Mr Stevens revealed the NHS was going to hire 22,000 non-doctors to join family practices and carry out consultations.

They will see patients with minor conditions in a bid to drive down waiting times and free up GPs to see those with the most serious illnesses.

HOW DOES THE UK COMPARE TO THE REST OF EUROPE FOR NUMBERS OF GPS? 

The UK has fewer GPs per person than Romania, Malta and Estonia, it was revealed last month.

In official EU statistics, Britain was ranked 16th out of 21 countries for family doctors with just 76 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Only Spain, Latvia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Greece fared worse with 75, 72, 68, 64, and 42 GPs respectively. 

THE FULL LEAGUE TABLE 

Portugal 

Ireland 

Austria 

Netherlands 

France 

Belgium 

Lithuania 

Germany 

Cyprus 

Italy 

Luxembourg 

Croatia 

Estonia 

Malta 

Romania

United Kingdom

Spain

Latvia

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Greece

253

179

159

157

153

114

100

98

92

89

87

82

81

79

77

76

75

72

68

64

42 

That announcement came just a week after damning official statistics revealed the UK has fewer GPs per person than Romania, Malta and Estonia.

Britain was ranked 16th out of 21 countries for family doctors with just 76 per 100,000 inhabitants. Only Spain, Latvia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Greece fared worse.

More than 1,000 GPs have left the NHS since 2015, blaming unmanageable workloads and increased demands from an ageing population.

Many are retiring in their 50s, or choosing to go abroad with four in ten GPs are quitting the NHS within five years of finishing their training.

The number of GPs applying for certificates to work abroad has almost doubled since 2008, with the promise of higher salaries and 40-hour working weeks.

Many have blamed this for worsening the UK’s GP recruitment crisis, alongside those retiring early to avoid hefty taxes when their pension pot exceeds £1million.

Pressures faced by doctors also include a rising number of patients, some with multiple complex health conditions.

This has led to concerns that the average consultation time of 10 minutes in the UK – thought to be the shortest in the developed world - is simply not enough.

Every day, almost one million people see a GP in England, with more than one in ten patients waiting 21 days or more for an appointment.

Earlier in January, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the Government's £2.4billion plan pledge to employ 5,000 extra GPs by 2020 could take five more years.

In the same interview, he said GPs could receive more generous pensions in a bid to stop them leaving the health service early.

GPs currently have to pay tax on any pension savings above £1million but this law could be relaxed to encourage them to work into their 60s.

Last week, it was revealed NHS chiefs are using Shakespeare, Harry Potter and Manchester United as bargaining tokens to lure doctors from Australia. 

And in 2017 desperate bosses tried to coax thousands of foreign GPs to work in the UK by telling them how beautiful the British countryside is.

SO, HOW MANY PATIENTS HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST TWO WEEKS TO SEE THEIR GP IN YOUR AREA? 

CCG	TOTAL APPTS	SAME DAY	8 TO 14 DAYS	15 TO 21 DAYS	22 TO 28 DAYS	>28 DAYS	TOTAL > 14 DAYS	% >14 DAYS
England	20,731,110	9,133,831	2,848,525	1,555,793	1,038,211	954,654	3,553,791	17.14%
NHS Darlington CCG	43,629	15,400	6,590	3,603	2,704	3,167	9,477	21.72%
NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG	146,555	59,633	22,494	10,147	5,025	4,294	19,476	13.29%
NHS North Durham CCG	119,842	55,575	17,551	7,760	4,572	4,305	16,650	13.89%
NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG	107,855	42,869	17,058	8,218	5,239	4,978	18,442	17.10%
NHS Northumberland CCG	149,187	71,091	18,448	12,017	7,248	7,754	27,064	18.14%
NHS South Tees CCG	128,375	56,830	16,760	8,338	5,290	7,305	20,946	16.32%
NHS South Tyneside CCG	55,313	23,518	7,167	3,129	1,704	1,987	6,823	12.34%
NHS Sunderland CCG	102,744	39,573	17,743	5,872	3,885	4,103	13,869	13.50%
NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG	57,148	25,503	8,232	3,565	2,091	1,381	7,040	12.32%
NHS Blackpool CCG	56,306	21,802	8,434	4,712	3,803	2,552	11,093	19.70%
NHS Bolton CCG	84,570	37,025	12,020	5,744	3,721	3,605	13,088	15.48%
NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG	54,456	22,045	7,075	4,419	2,877	3,493	10,797	19.83%
NHS Oldham CCG	84,726	39,035	10,842	5,613	5,012	4,393	15,068	17.78%
NHS East Lancashire CCG	121,254	50,976	17,397	10,783	7,341	6,008	24,196	19.95%
NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG	68,583	28,934	10,089	5,797	3,731	2,647	12,176	17.75%
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG	82,276	33,926	11,865	6,230	4,214	4,057	14,507	17.63%
NHS Greater Preston CCG	55,195	24,316	7,841	4,497	3,674	2,481	10,662	19.32%
NHS Halton CCG	50,205	26,857	5,064	2,670	2,947	1,854	7,475	14.89%
NHS Salford CCG	40,932	18,566	4,856	3,322	2,127	1,741	7,192	17.57%
NHS North Cumbria CCG	145,391	64,502	18,298	9,149	7,092	6,858	23,118	15.90%
NHS Knowsley CCG	61,824	28,705	7,885	3,140	1,612	1,338	6,118	9.90%
NHS Morecambe Bay CCG	131,695	51,926	17,501	10,123	9,091	8,136	27,360	20.78%
NHS South Cheshire CCG	69,221	27,227	9,797	6,137	4,142	3,316	13,613	19.67%
NHS South Sefton CCG	43,704	22,058	6,280	2,197	966	939	4,105	9.39%
NHS Southport and Formby CCG	44,360	20,504	5,308	2,716	2,207	1,935	6,861	15.47%
NHS Stockport CCG	99,540	41,914	15,247	8,442	5,580	3,963	18,041	18.12%
NHS St Helens CCG	60,324	28,997	7,434	4,547	2,962	1,872	9,394	15.57%
NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG	94,430	38,184	14,741	9,050	5,898	4,394	19,363	20.51%
NHS Trafford CCG	62,944	26,024	8,694	4,672	2,678	3,472	10,902	17.32%
NHS Vale Royal CCG	38,277	17,296	6,250	3,337	1,620	786	5,769	15.07%
NHS Warrington CCG	73,530	34,564	9,372	5,910	3,116	3,569	12,623	17.17%
NHS West Cheshire CCG	97,481	44,218	13,740	6,592	4,275	3,423	14,299	14.67%
NHS West Lancashire CCG	39,488	14,514	6,528	3,181	1,760	1,467	6,441	16.31%
NHS Wigan Borough CCG	93,546	37,382	12,668	6,827	4,492	3,613	14,956	15.99%
NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG	73,256	32,002	8,826	5,181	4,737	5,199	15,150	20.68%
NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG	77,243	38,408	8,825	5,121	3,662	5,100	13,884	17.97%
NHS Barnsley CCG	103,954	41,737	16,003	8,976	4,442	5,939	19,432	18.69%
NHS Bassetlaw CCG	50,627	24,817	5,750	2,828	3,062	4,353	10,261	20.27%
NHS Bradford Districts CCG	155,828	71,014	17,598	10,664	7,574	11,522	29,792	19.12%
NHS Calderdale CCG	91,153	41,151	10,635	7,150	5,691	5,243	18,105	19.86%
NHS Bradford City CCG	62,139	32,774	6,448	2,914	1,894	2,632	7,479	12.04%
NHS Doncaster CCG	135,978	63,356	17,699	8,593	5,012	5,615	19,239	14.15%
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG	117,019	48,679	17,603	8,868	6,996	7,278	23,146	19.78%
NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG	93,644	37,824	12,272	8,643	5,715	7,917	22,284	23.80%
NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby CCG	61,382	23,922	9,057	4,186	2,882	3,939	11,014	17.94%
NHS Harrogate and Rural District CCG	67,434	28,182	9,820	5,652	3,908	3,872	13,458	19.96%
NHS Hull CCG	102,269	41,590	16,820	9,147	6,169	4,953	20,286	19.84%
NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG	80,853	39,206	10,761	5,743	3,736	3,091	12,572	15.55%
NHS North Kirklees CCG	79,342	33,659	8,701	5,015	3,493	5,290	13,806	17.40%
NHS North Lincolnshire CCG	77,060	34,847	10,459	5,640	3,593	3,683	12,923	16.77%
NHS Rotherham CCG	113,352	45,321	16,292	8,748	5,330	5,449	19,546	17.24%
NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG	57,518	20,466	7,676	5,167	4,330	5,062	14,563	25.32%
NHS Sheffield CCG	250,364	107,998	33,052	19,885	15,081	20,640	55,666	22.23%
NHS Vale of York CCG	127,962	47,698	22,207	14,436	7,478	5,001	26,920	21.04%
NHS Wakefield CCG	174,720	83,390	20,510	11,988	9,192	10,186	31,380	17.96%
NHS Lincolnshire East CCG	108,506	46,016	16,415	9,974	7,250	6,602	23,884	22.01%
NHS Corby CCG	24,189	9,579	3,505	1,928	1,225	967	4,120	17.03%
NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG	147,455	62,547	19,505	11,917	7,581	8,058	27,590	18.71%
NHS Erewash CCG	42,698	15,620	7,021	3,736	2,414	2,740	8,893	20.83%
NHS Hardwick CCG	53,593	21,326	8,203	4,594	3,533	3,223	11,350	21.18%
NHS Leicester City CCG	153,771	67,795	20,804	10,279	7,345	8,414	26,050	16.94%
NHS Lincolnshire West CCG	79,052	32,025	12,007	7,386	4,540	3,658	15,587	19.72%
NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCG	84,888	37,508	9,616	7,503	5,816	6,689	20,026	23.59%
NHS Milton Keynes CCG	111,592	44,946	16,049	9,154	6,294	7,238	22,697	20.34%
NHS Nene CCG	268,926	128,652	33,350	17,906	12,994	14,278	45,197	16.81%
NHS Newark and Sherwood CCG	56,842	23,066	7,079	4,944	4,764	4,491	14,200	24.98%
NHS North Derbyshire CCG	133,414	51,148	19,414	10,863	8,550	10,130	29,601	22.19%
NHS Nottingham City CCG	138,464	60,521	20,227	9,335	5,925	6,195	21,462	15.50%
NHS Nottingham North and East CCG	58,161	24,543	6,944	4,782	3,774	3,965	12,525	21.54%
NHS Nottingham West CCG	43,370	17,847	6,261	2,815	2,800	2,392	8,010	18.47%
NHS Rushcliffe CCG	57,332	23,257	9,317	4,629	3,224	2,311	10,169	17.74%
NHS South West Lincolnshire CCG	55,545	20,172	9,234	6,800	4,113	3,194	14,109	25.40%
NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG	215,552	92,567	29,162	17,535	13,058	14,823	45,438	21.08%
NHS West Leicestershire CCG	166,007	73,601	21,953	13,800	10,331	10,667	34,837	20.99%
NHS Cannock Chase CCG	48,094	19,400	7,753	3,817	2,181	1,504	7,514	15.62%
NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG	147,820	71,748	18,667	8,672	4,975	3,954	17,857	12.08%
NHS Dudley CCG	113,846	46,287	15,266	9,467	6,264	5,413	21,163	18.59%
NHS East Staffordshire CCG	39,171	17,109	5,658	2,599	1,695	1,624	5,921	15.12%
NHS Herefordshire CCG	82,735	37,376	11,277	7,997	5,200	3,293	16,496	19.94%
NHS North Staffordshire CCG	73,381	32,722	10,346	5,034	2,248	2,282	9,577	13.05%
NHS Warwickshire North CCG	23,726	12,571	3,065	1,353	874	836	3,064	12.91%
NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG	71,012	29,140	9,846	5,495	3,887	2,754	12,146	17.10%
NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG	221,373	111,751	24,705	10,284	5,900	8,926	25,265	11.41%
NHS Shropshire CCG	121,831	52,925	17,542	9,744	7,285	3,752	20,794	17.07%
NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG	79,833	32,441	11,253	6,431	4,726	3,425	14,622	18.32%
NHS South Warwickshire CCG	114,834	56,073	15,274	6,277	3,996	2,949	13,290	11.57%
NHS South Worcestershire CCG	120,728	55,111	16,209	8,937	6,687	5,327	20,962	17.36%
NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG	58,045	26,988	8,558	4,212	3,099	2,565	9,877	17.02%
NHS Stoke on Trent CCG	90,605	40,281	11,886	7,327	3,214	2,671	13,221	14.59%
NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG	68,576	32,606	10,594	4,559	1,899	1,338	7,802	11.38%
NHS Walsall CCG	113,340	43,380	18,534	9,896	4,972	4,396	19,326	17.05%
NHS Wolverhampton CCG	90,191	36,003	14,274	6,523	3,771	4,944	15,247	16.91%
NHS Wyre Forest CCG	64,247	33,769	6,793	3,019	2,591	2,370	8,000	12.45%
NHS Bedfordshire CCG	189,027	81,004	23,697	17,239	12,053	12,628	41,942	22.19%
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG	403,204	198,698	51,399	26,305	16,903	18,983	62,231	15.43%
NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG	191,696	82,925	26,227	16,327	10,725	11,546	38,630	20.15%
NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG	174,559	84,581	20,263	12,493	9,434	11,375	33,313	19.08%
NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG	94,886	42,909	12,708	7,620	5,811	4,148	17,587	18.53%
NHS Herts Valleys CCG	188,777	82,487	27,729	15,095	9,011	5,241	29,397	15.57%
NHS Luton CCG	79,354	35,374	10,282	6,368	4,227	3,792	14,390	18.13%
NHS Mid Essex CCG	144,958	62,213	20,881	11,995	8,325	7,836	28,177	19.44%
NHS North East Essex CCG	145,730	66,345	19,352	10,145	6,935	6,342	23,446	16.09%
NHS North Norfolk CCG	82,165	30,998	11,848	8,008	6,745	5,895	20,652	25.13%
NHS Norwich CCG	98,835	44,894	12,926	7,867	6,558	6,145	20,586	20.83%
NHS South Norfolk CCG	96,657	39,494	12,291	9,594	7,995	6,918	24,536	25.38%
NHS Thurrock CCG	61,962	30,318	6,640	3,259	2,216	1,989	7,544	12.18%
NHS West Essex CCG	101,995	48,005	13,572	8,835	6,344	3,875	19,058	18.69%
NHS West Norfolk CCG	88,268	35,755	11,936	6,871	5,818	7,616	20,318	23.02%
NHS West Suffolk CCG	102,043	48,386	13,250	8,519	5,593	2,832	16,952	16.61%
NHS Barking and Dagenham CCG	57,975	25,490	9,086	3,335	1,325	794	5,610	9.68%
NHS Barnet CCG	95,935	49,535	12,523	6,033	3,964	2,625	12,690	13.23%
NHS Bexley CCG	16,667	6,707	2,763	1,304	1,079	804	3,188	19.13%
NHS Brent CCG	121,644	51,566	21,576	7,798	3,312	1,742	12,870	10.58%
NHS Bromley CCG	85,223	36,308	12,081	6,274	4,088	3,221	13,596	15.95%
NHS Camden CCG	74,242	34,143	10,271	5,496	2,814	1,269	9,585	12.91%
NHS City and Hackney CCG	107,500	58,060	10,919	5,234	2,438	1,778	9,456	8.80%
NHS Croydon CCG	115,834	53,044	14,635	6,666	4,701	2,989	14,386	12.42%
NHS Ealing CCG	152,383	66,193	21,120	10,675	5,266	3,614	19,620	12.88%
NHS Enfield CCG	79,297	35,390	10,674	7,833	2,867	1,822	12,581	15.87%
NHS Hounslow CCG	109,464	41,002	17,087	9,237	4,578	3,245	17,139	15.66%
NHS Greenwich CCG	26,084	12,687	3,939	1,707	570	494	2,771	10.62%
NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG	69,218	27,176	10,003	4,758	2,726	2,059	9,559	13.81%
NHS Haringey CCG	80,944	38,409	10,790	5,989	2,631	1,442	10,187	12.59%
NHS Harrow CCG	84,433	32,271	13,845	6,187	2,781	2,286	11,298	13.38%
NHS Havering CCG	64,368	24,664	10,361	5,282	3,339	2,329	10,981	17.06%
NHS Hillingdon CCG	86,309	38,019	14,019	6,315	2,777	1,569	10,672	12.36%
NHS Islington CCG	72,108	36,048	9,343	4,768	3,221	1,864	9,961	13.81%
NHS Kingston CCG	53,815	26,388	7,318	3,531	1,903	1,293	6,729	12.50%
NHS Lambeth CCG	114,277	54,917	14,685	7,036	3,137	1,644	11,857	10.38%
NHS Lewisham CCG	98,137	45,307	14,037	5,691	2,943	1,844	10,490	10.69%
NHS Newham CCG	117,229	52,082	15,805	7,470	3,644	2,321	13,440	11.46%
NHS Redbridge CCG	90,207	43,784	12,910	5,613	2,629	1,374	9,756	10.82%
NHS Richmond CCG	10,062	3,893	1,600	831	702	335	1,870	18.58%
NHS Southwark CCG	94,888	41,547	15,501	7,102	3,651	1,562	12,347	13.01%
NHS Merton CCG	58,658	30,244	8,300	3,332	1,550	732	5,619	9.58%
NHS Sutton CCG	58,197	29,292	7,148	3,190	1,682	1,486	6,361	10.93%
NHS Tower Hamlets CCG	120,446	51,375	16,886	8,044	3,837	2,555	14,455	12.00%
NHS Waltham Forest CCG	84,122	39,713	12,463	4,180	2,060	648	7,195	8.55%
NHS Wandsworth CCG	119,542	53,938	15,601	8,235	4,103	2,284	14,638	12.25%
NHS West London CCG	81,335	33,460	11,702	5,289	2,424	2,021	9,770	12.01%
NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG	66,227	27,857	10,384	5,131	3,417	2,324	10,949	16.53%
NHS Ashford CCG	63,939	33,683	7,876	3,926	2,232	2,501	8,662	13.55%
NHS Brighton and Hove CCG	100,842	46,336	12,927	6,520	4,024	3,804	14,370	14.25%
NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG	96,723	42,694	13,273	7,379	5,034	5,638	18,061	18.67%
NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG	85,142	38,472	11,140	5,976	4,025	5,480	15,489	18.19%
NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG	216,310	95,698	29,251	17,982	12,158	11,713	41,882	19.36%
NHS Crawley CCG	48,313	22,742	6,397	4,089	3,453	1,741	9,291	19.23%
NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG	2,967	968	505	117	46	61	224	7.55%
NHS East Surrey CCG	68,442	27,735	10,674	5,041	3,778	3,100	11,923	17.42%
NHS Guildford and Waverley CCG	71,024	28,260	9,708	5,361	4,243	3,604	13,216	18.61%
NHS Hastings and Rother CCG	83,205	38,845	10,277	5,497	3,393	4,771	13,669	16.43%
NHS Medway CCG	71,234	33,453	9,021	6,387	4,224	2,268	12,898	18.11%
NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG	79,054	31,510	10,780	6,291	5,459	6,258	18,050	22.83%
NHS North West Surrey CCG	113,378	49,751	15,001	10,137	7,029	5,980	23,151	20.42%
NHS South Kent Coast CCG	38,494	17,411	5,083	2,976	2,130	2,038	7,145	18.56%
NHS Surrey Heath CCG	39,878	17,627	4,894	3,098	1,636	1,210	5,963	14.95%
NHS Swale CCG	38,999	17,173	4,346	3,061	2,706	3,190	8,957	22.97%
NHS Thanet CCG	51,376	23,401	7,586	4,066	2,369	2,184	8,619	16.78%
NHS North Hampshire CCG	88,521	40,920	12,102	6,476	4,393	2,579	13,448	15.19%
NHS Fareham and Gosport CCG	74,530	29,701	12,501	7,032	6,259	2,628	15,919	21.36%
NHS Isle of Wight CCG	66,093	23,966	8,952	5,862	4,529	6,122	16,513	24.98%
NHS Oxfordshire CCG	270,541	114,696	39,229	21,443	14,346	11,709	47,498	17.56%
NHS Portsmouth CCG	77,804	36,978	10,921	7,185	5,249	2,824	15,258	19.61%
NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG	77,003	37,681	10,074	5,537	3,622	3,005	12,164	15.80%
NHS Southampton CCG	100,213	43,630	15,392	7,359	4,816	4,532	16,707	16.67%
NHS West Hampshire CCG	183,407	78,816	25,938	17,244	10,993	8,909	37,146	20.25%
NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG	83,314	35,615	12,566	6,622	4,048	4,217	14,887	17.87%
NHS Dorset CCG	324,415	123,075	48,073	28,070	18,924	24,953	71,947	22.18%
NHS Gloucestershire CCG	238,377	94,831	34,988	20,174	15,669	14,794	50,637	21.24%
NHS Kernow CCG	138,991	60,382	20,604	11,123	8,014	5,715	24,852	17.88%
NHS Somerset CCG	200,975	88,144	27,675	14,322	10,899	8,951	34,172	17.00%
NHS Swindon CCG	93,626	34,836	13,345	9,956	8,289	7,216	25,461	27.19%
NHS Wirral CCG	131,792	54,968	19,150	7,885	7,490	5,433	20,808	15.79%
NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG	187,945	79,136	25,334	17,223	11,335	7,756	36,314	19.32%
NHS Manchester CCG	196,538	95,550	25,362	15,702	10,710	7,435	33,847	17.22%
NHS Buckinghamshire CCG	167,901	82,554	20,331	11,571	7,618	6,463	25,652	15.28%
NHS Berkshire West	141,308	64,602	19,376	11,886	7,795	4,941	24,622	17.42%
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG	406,901	182,434	56,178	31,025	20,391	14,241	65,657	16.14%
NHS East Berkshire CCG	137,361	67,875	16,752	8,887	4,775	3,619	17,281	12.58%
NHS Birmingham and Solihull CCG	463,364	211,756	61,439	29,993	20,651	19,320	69,964	15.10%
NHS Leeds CCG	358,451	156,430	51,004	30,510	17,741	16,511	64,762	18.07%
NHS Liverpool CCG	181,135	100,513	18,393	8,687	7,150	4,283	20,120	11.11%
NHS North Tyneside CCG	79,113	31,291	12,971	6,962	4,165	4,833	15,960	20.17%
NHS South Lincolnshire CCG	70,329	35,198	8,948	4,821	3,290	3,606	11,717	16.66%
NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG	92,657	41,445	12,580	6,608	4,733	5,009	16,350	17.65%
NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG	58,443	24,369	8,954	4,853	2,851	2,199	9,903	16.94%
NHS Southend CCG	58,405	24,946	9,142	4,308	2,182	1,534	8,024	13.74%
NHS Surrey Downs CCG	103,984	42,350	15,470	8,013	5,047	5,861	18,921	18.20%
NHS West Kent CCG	105,294	42,744	15,094	8,465	5,716	5,877	20,058	19.05%
NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG	65,995	28,747	8,938	4,626	3,165	4,271	12,062	18.28%
NHS North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG	74,566	30,118	12,128	6,944	3,900	2,456	13,300	17.84%
NHS Wiltshire CCG	225,301	95,804	33,166	16,304	12,394	13,551	42,249	18.75%
NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG	419,821	178,107	56,533	30,263	23,440	21,758	75,461	17.97%
NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG	145,742	69,022	17,958	9,318	7,163	6,964	23,445	16.09%

MORE THAN 700 GP SURGERIES COULD CLOSE BY 2023

More than 2.5 million patients across England could see their GP surgeries close in the next five years, experts revealed in November.

The Royal College of General Practitioners said 762 practices in the UK are at risk of closing within the next five years because at least three quarters of their doctors are aged 55 or over and approaching retirement.

Experts said so many closures would have a 'catastrophic' effect on the health service. 

Appointment waiting times could get even longer, workloads would grow and more people could end up queueing at A&E for minor illnesses.

Campaigners warned the potential closures would be 'dangerous' for patients and are calling for 'drastic action' to encourage new GPs to join the profession.

The situation is worst in Southend in Essex, where 13 of the area's 35 GP practices are at risk of closing, potentially affecting nearly 39,000 patients.

A third of surgeries in the London borough of Havering could shut down, and more than 85,000 patients could lose their GP in Sandwell and West Birmingham.

Only around a quarter of areas of England have no practices at risk of closure, according to the RCGP's estimates.

Figures from the Royal College of General Practitioners have revealed 762 GP practices across the UK are at risk of closing in the next five years (Map shows the proportion of surgeries in each area which are at risk of closing)

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