Appointments that happened on the day…

Practices in NHS sub-ICB location 10R (formerly NHS Portsmouth CCG), whose area matches Portsmouth City Council. Counts people registered with these practices, not residents.

Appointments that happened on the day they were booked

46.7% September 2026

1.7 percentage points higher than England (45%).

Up 12 percentage points since October 2022 (35.1%).

Management information

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: What share of GP practice appointments happen on the same day they are booked?

Appointments that happened on the day they were booked

October 2022 to September 2026

Portsmouth GP practices · %

Reviewed figures: October 2022 to September 2026.

Shown on this chart: From October 2022 to September 2026, appointments that happened on the day they were booked rose by 11.6 percentage points in Portsmouth GP practices and rose by 6.1 percentage points in England.

Both places compared over October 2022 to September 2026, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth GP practices; All GP practices in England..

Actual values

Portsmouth GP practicesEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Appointments that happened on the day they were booked · % of appointments
Period	Portsmouth GP practices	Southampton GP practices	England
2026-09	46.7%	41.5%	45%
2026-08	47.2%	42.3%	45%
2026-07	45.3%	41.3%	44.7%
2026-06	45.3%	41.2%	45%
2026-05	46.1%	42.2%	45%
2026-04	45.9%	41%	44.6%
2026-03	46.6%	41.7%	44.7%
2026-02	46.4%	41.5%	44.4%
2026-01	46.8%	42.1%	45.1%
2025-12	47.7%	42.5%	46%
2025-11	45.6%	39.2%	43.1%
2025-10	43.4%	34.4%	38.7%
2025-09	45%	39.5%	44.1%
2025-08	44.2%	40%	44.4%
2025-07	43%	39%	43.7%
2025-06	44.3%	39%	44.2%
2025-05	43.7%	39.3%	44.2%
2025-04	43.7%	39.7%	44.2%
2025-03	45%	39.7%	44.2%
2025-02	45.4%	40.1%	44.1%
2025-01	45.6%	41.3%	44.8%
2024-12	46.3%	42.6%	46%
2024-11	43.9%	39.5%	42.5%
2024-10	40.8%	35.5%	37.9%
2024-09	42.5%	40.2%	43.2%
2024-08	43.4%	41.4%	44.5%
2024-07	43.9%	41.5%	43.6%
2024-06	43.7%	41.5%	44%
2024-05	45%	42.4%	44.3%
2024-04	44.8%	43%	44.6%
2024-03	44.2%	42.7%	43.9%
2024-02	43.9%	43.6%	43.7%
2024-01	43.6%	45.1%	44.7%
2023-12	45.9%	46.4%	45.7%
2023-11	43.6%	43.5%	42.6%
2023-10	38%	40.9%	39.3%
2023-09	37.7%	41.7%	39.7%
2023-08	41.5%	45.3%	43.7%
2023-07	42.2%	44.7%	43.6%
2023-06	42.6%	44.7%	43.3%
2023-05	42.5%	45.3%	43.9%
2023-04	42.5%	46.4%	43.8%
2023-03	40.9%	45.2%	43.2%
2023-02	42.2%	46.4%	44%
2023-01	43.4%	48.5%	45.3%
2022-12	46.5%	50.6%	48.1%
2022-11	38.5%	43%	41.6%
2022-10	35.1%	38.1%	38.9%

Definition: Appointments in the month whose time from booking to appointment was the same day, as a share of all appointments recorded at the same practices that month. NHS England publishes this collection as official statistics in development, built from management information in practice booking systems.

This is the time between booking and the appointment, not the time from first trying to get help. Many long waits are planned follow-ups, vaccinations or reviews booked well ahead.
Appointments are counted from practice booking systems. They include all practice staff (GPs, nurses, pharmacists and others), not only GPs.
Some appointments have no recorded booking time ("unknown"); they stay in the total, as in NHS England's own percentages.
Other comparison cities not shown: Chichester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location 70F (NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB - 70F), which covers 7 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city. Winchester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location D9Y0V (NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB - D9Y0V), which covers 13 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city.

NHS England (NHS England Digital): Appointments in General Practice, Practice Level Crosstab ↗ · Every file, with SHA-256 and the months taken from it: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments.json (denominators: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments-denominator.json) · retrieved 2026-11-09

Practices in NHS sub-ICB location 10R (formerly NHS Portsmouth CCG), whose area matches Portsmouth City Council. Counts people registered with these practices, not residents.

Appointments within two weeks of booking

82% September 2026

1.2 percentage points higher than England (80.8%).

Up 1.7 percentage points since October 2022 (80.3%).

Management information

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: What share of appointments take place within 14 days of being booked?

Appointments within two weeks of booking

October 2022 to September 2026

Portsmouth GP practices · %

Reviewed figures: October 2022 to September 2026.

Shown on this chart: From October 2022 to September 2026, appointments within two weeks of booking rose by 1.7 percentage points in Portsmouth GP practices and rose by 0.4 percentage points in England.

Both places compared over October 2022 to September 2026, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth GP practices; All GP practices in England..

Actual values

Portsmouth GP practicesEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Appointments within two weeks of booking · % of appointments
Period	Portsmouth GP practices	Southampton GP practices	England
2026-09	82%	80.6%	80.8%
2026-08	82.2%	81.6%	81.6%
2026-07	83.7%	82.7%	82%
2026-06	83.3%	81.4%	81.7%
2026-05	83.6%	82%	81.7%
2026-04	82.9%	81.6%	80.9%
2026-03	84.4%	83.8%	82.4%
2026-02	84.6%	83.8%	83.1%
2026-01	84.7%	83.5%	82.7%
2025-12	83.7%	83.9%	82.8%
2025-11	80.9%	82.5%	81.2%
2025-10	79%	74.1%	75.1%
2025-09	81.7%	81.6%	81.7%
2025-08	80.1%	81.8%	81.4%
2025-07	82.5%	82.1%	82%
2025-06	80.8%	80.6%	81.9%
2025-05	79.4%	80.6%	81.8%
2025-04	79%	80.4%	80.8%
2025-03	80.8%	82%	82.1%
2025-02	82.9%	83.5%	82.8%
2025-01	83.4%	83.6%	82.7%
2024-12	82.3%	84.1%	82.7%
2024-11	81.6%	82%	80.7%
2024-10	76.8%	76.5%	74.9%
2024-09	80.5%	82.7%	81.9%
2024-08	79.8%	83.9%	82.5%
2024-07	82.7%	84%	82.5%
2024-06	79.7%	83.3%	82.4%
2024-05	81.7%	83.5%	82.4%
2024-04	81.2%	83.1%	81.8%
2024-03	83.5%	84.5%	83.1%
2024-02	84.2%	84.5%	83.6%
2024-01	85.3%	85.8%	83.8%
2023-12	83.3%	85.5%	83.7%
2023-11	84.6%	85.1%	82.7%
2023-10	78.6%	81.7%	78.4%
2023-09	76.7%	81.8%	78.5%
2023-08	81.5%	85.1%	82.7%
2023-07	82.4%	87%	83.5%
2023-06	80.7%	86.7%	82.9%
2023-05	80.2%	86.5%	82.5%
2023-04	82.1%	86.3%	81.6%
2023-03	84.4%	88.1%	83.4%
2023-02	84.1%	88.8%	84.8%
2023-01	87.5%	89.7%	85.4%
2022-12	83.7%	88.6%	85%
2022-11	83.2%	87.3%	82.8%
2022-10	80.3%	82.8%	80.4%

Definition: Appointments in the month whose time from booking to appointment was 14 days or less, as a share of all appointments recorded at the same practices that month. NHS England publishes this collection as official statistics in development, built from management information in practice booking systems.

This is the time between booking and the appointment, not the time from first trying to get help. Many long waits are planned follow-ups, vaccinations or reviews booked well ahead.
Appointments are counted from practice booking systems. They include all practice staff (GPs, nurses, pharmacists and others), not only GPs.
Some appointments have no recorded booking time ("unknown"); they stay in the total, as in NHS England's own percentages.
Other comparison cities not shown: Chichester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location 70F (NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB - 70F), which covers 7 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city. Winchester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location D9Y0V (NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB - D9Y0V), which covers 13 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city.

NHS England (NHS England Digital): Appointments in General Practice, Practice Level Crosstab ↗ · Every file, with SHA-256 and the months taken from it: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments.json (denominators: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments-denominator.json) · retrieved 2026-11-09

Practices in NHS sub-ICB location 10R (formerly NHS Portsmouth CCG), whose area matches Portsmouth City Council. Counts people registered with these practices, not residents.

Appointments more than four weeks after booking

4.6% September 2026

1.7 percentage points lower than England (6.3%).

Down 2.5 percentage points since October 2022 (7.1%).

Management information

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: What share of appointments take place more than 28 days after being booked?

Appointments more than four weeks after booking

October 2022 to September 2026

Portsmouth GP practices · %

Reviewed figures: October 2022 to September 2026.

Shown on this chart: From October 2022 to September 2026, appointments more than four weeks after booking fell by 2.5 percentage points in Portsmouth GP practices and rose by 0.3 percentage points in England.

Both places compared over October 2022 to September 2026, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth GP practices; All GP practices in England..

Actual values

Portsmouth GP practicesEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Appointments more than four weeks after booking · % of appointments
Period	Portsmouth GP practices	Southampton GP practices	England
2026-09	4.6%	5.1%	6.3%
2026-08	4.6%	4.6%	5.6%
2026-07	4.6%	4.5%	5.4%
2026-06	3.6%	4.4%	5.3%
2026-05	3.4%	4.1%	5.2%
2026-04	4.5%	5.4%	6.2%
2026-03	3.2%	3.8%	5%
2026-02	2.6%	3.4%	4.3%
2026-01	3.7%	4.8%	6%
2025-12	3.3%	3.6%	4.9%
2025-11	3.4%	4.2%	5.7%
2025-10	5.7%	8.8%	10.4%
2025-09	3.4%	4.9%	5.7%
2025-08	3.7%	4.9%	5.7%
2025-07	3.3%	4.5%	5.2%
2025-06	3.3%	5.2%	5.1%
2025-05	3.9%	5.4%	5.7%
2025-04	3.1%	4.4%	5.6%
2025-03	2.6%	3.6%	5%
2025-02	2%	3.6%	4.3%
2025-01	3.2%	4.9%	5.9%
2024-12	3%	3.8%	4.9%
2024-11	3.8%	4.9%	6%
2024-10	7.5%	9.4%	10%
2024-09	3.9%	4.2%	5.4%
2024-08	3.2%	4.8%	5.3%
2024-07	2.6%	4%	4.9%
2024-06	3.2%	4.4%	5%
2024-05	2.7%	3.8%	4.8%
2024-04	3.3%	4%	5.5%
2024-03	2.5%	3.1%	4.5%
2024-02	2.2%	2.8%	4%
2024-01	2.7%	3.6%	5%
2023-12	3.3%	2.8%	4.5%
2023-11	3%	3%	4.8%
2023-10	6.4%	4.9%	7.7%
2023-09	9.2%	4.6%	7.6%
2023-08	3%	2.9%	4.9%
2023-07	3%	2.2%	4.3%
2023-06	3.1%	2.7%	4.6%
2023-05	3%	2.5%	4.8%
2023-04	2.5%	3%	5.2%
2023-03	2.3%	2.2%	4.2%
2023-02	2.1%	1.6%	3.2%
2023-01	2.3%	2.3%	4.2%
2022-12	2.6%	1.7%	3.8%
2022-11	3.1%	1.8%	4.4%
2022-10	7.1%	3.5%	6%

Definition: Appointments in the month whose time from booking to appointment was more than 28 days, as a share of all appointments recorded at the same practices that month. NHS England publishes this collection as official statistics in development, built from management information in practice booking systems.

This is the time between booking and the appointment, not the time from first trying to get help. Many long waits are planned follow-ups, vaccinations or reviews booked well ahead.
Appointments are counted from practice booking systems. They include all practice staff (GPs, nurses, pharmacists and others), not only GPs.
Some appointments have no recorded booking time ("unknown"); they stay in the total, as in NHS England's own percentages.
Other comparison cities not shown: Chichester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location 70F (NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB - 70F), which covers 7 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city. Winchester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location D9Y0V (NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB - D9Y0V), which covers 13 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city.

NHS England (NHS England Digital): Appointments in General Practice, Practice Level Crosstab ↗ · Every file, with SHA-256 and the months taken from it: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments.json (denominators: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments-denominator.json) · retrieved 2026-11-09

Practices in NHS sub-ICB location 10R (formerly NHS Portsmouth CCG), whose area matches Portsmouth City Council. Counts people registered with these practices, not residents.

GP practice appointments per 1,000 registered patients, per month

535 appointments per 1,000 registered patients per month September 2026

6 per 1,000 registered patients per month lower than England (541).

Up 112 per 1,000 registered patients per month since October 2022 (423).

Management information

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: How many practice appointments are recorded each month for every 1,000 registered patients?

GP practice appointments per 1,000 registered patients, per month

October 2022 to September 2026

Portsmouth GP practices · appointments per 1,000 registered patients per month

Reviewed figures: October 2022 to September 2026.

Shown on this chart: From October 2022 to September 2026, GP practice appointments per 1,000 registered patients, per month rose by 26.5% in Portsmouth GP practices and rose by 4.6% in England.

Both places compared over October 2022 to September 2026, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth GP practices; All GP practices in England..

Actual values

Portsmouth GP practicesEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Definition: All appointments recorded that month at the practices (any staff type, any status, including missed appointments), divided by the patients registered on the first day of the month at the practices that appear in the appointment data, times 1,000.

Appointments are counted from practice booking systems. They include all practice staff (GPs, nurses, pharmacists and others), not only GPs.
Some appointments have no recorded booking time ("unknown"); they stay in the total, as in NHS England's own percentages.
Months have different numbers of working days and bank holidays, so compare the same month across years.
Appointments made by primary care networks rather than practices are only published for England as a whole and are not included.
Other comparison cities not shown: Chichester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location 70F (NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB - 70F), which covers 7 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city. Winchester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location D9Y0V (NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB - D9Y0V), which covers 13 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city.

NHS England (NHS England Digital): Appointments in General Practice, Practice Level Crosstab ↗ · Every file, with SHA-256 and the months taken from it: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments.json (denominators: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments-denominator.json) · retrieved 2026-11-09

Practices in NHS sub-ICB location 10R (formerly NHS Portsmouth CCG), whose area matches Portsmouth City Council. Counts people registered with these practices, not residents.

Share of practice appointments with a GP

50.9% September 2026

5.7 percentage points higher than England (45.2%).

Up 17 percentage points since October 2022 (34.2%).

Management information

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: How many practice appointments are with a GP rather than another member of the practice team?

Share of practice appointments with a GP

October 2022 to September 2026

Portsmouth GP practices · %

Reviewed figures: October 2022 to September 2026.

Shown on this chart: From October 2022 to September 2026, share of practice appointments with a GP rose by 16.7 percentage points in Portsmouth GP practices and rose by 0.9 percentage points in England.

Both places compared over October 2022 to September 2026, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth GP practices; All GP practices in England..

Actual values

Portsmouth GP practicesEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Share of practice appointments with a GP · % of appointments
Period	Portsmouth GP practices	Southampton GP practices	England
2026-09	50.9%	47.2%	45.2%
2026-08	50.2%	45.6%	44.5%
2026-07	48.9%	45.6%	44.5%
2026-06	49.8%	47.7%	45.2%
2026-05	49.8%	47.9%	45.2%
2026-04	48.9%	47.1%	44.7%
2026-03	49.1%	46.9%	45.4%
2026-02	48.4%	46.5%	44.8%
2026-01	48.1%	46.1%	45.1%
2025-12	48.8%	46.6%	45%
2025-11	46.9%	45.1%	44%
2025-10	45.1%	42.8%	40.9%
2025-09	45.3%	44.2%	45%
2025-08	41.4%	42.7%	44.4%
2025-07	39.6%	42.5%	44.3%
2025-06	40.6%	43.4%	45.3%
2025-05	40.1%	43%	45.2%
2025-04	39.6%	42.9%	44.8%
2025-03	39.6%	43.9%	45.5%
2025-02	38.9%	43.2%	45%
2025-01	39.5%	43.8%	45.2%
2024-12	38.7%	44%	45.3%
2024-11	38.3%	43%	44%
2024-10	37.1%	42.9%	40.7%
2024-09	38.6%	43.5%	44.6%
2024-08	38.7%	43.1%	44.6%
2024-07	39%	43.3%	44.7%
2024-06	38.5%	43.4%	45.2%
2024-05	38.4%	44%	45.2%
2024-04	37.9%	43.1%	45.1%
2024-03	37.4%	45.2%	45.7%
2024-02	36.6%	44.4%	45.4%
2024-01	35%	44.5%	46.1%
2023-12	36.7%	44.8%	46.6%
2023-11	36.1%	43.6%	45.5%
2023-10	33.2%	43.1%	42.8%
2023-09	34.1%	42.5%	44.6%
2023-08	36.3%	42.9%	46.2%
2023-07	35.9%	42.6%	46.5%
2023-06	37%	44.2%	47.4%
2023-05	37.8%	45.1%	47.7%
2023-04	34.9%	44.9%	47.3%
2023-03	36.2%	47.2%	48.2%
2023-02	36.2%	47.4%	48.1%
2023-01	35.6%	46.8%	48.5%
2022-12	36.7%	46.7%	49.6%
2022-11	35.8%	45.4%	46.7%
2022-10	34.2%	44.8%	44.3%

Definition: Appointments whose health care professional type is "GP", as a share of all appointments recorded at the same practices that month.

A lower share with a GP does not by itself mean worse access: nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and others handle many needs.
Staff type is recorded by practices and some appointments are recorded as "unknown".
Other comparison cities not shown: Chichester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location 70F (NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB - 70F), which covers 7 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city. Winchester is inside the wider NHS sub-ICB location D9Y0V (NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB - D9Y0V), which covers 13 council areas, so no GP practice group matches the city.

NHS England (NHS England Digital): Appointments in General Practice, Practice Level Crosstab ↗ · Every file, with SHA-256 and the months taken from it: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments.json (denominators: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-appointments-denominator.json) · retrieved 2026-11-09

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