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GPs, dentists and pharmacies · 2 measures

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Part of GPs, dentists and pharmacies in Portsmouth

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Patients registered with Portsmouth GP practices (sub-ICB 10R), divided by residents of Portsmouth (ONS mid-year estimate).

Registered GP patients per 100 residents

111 registered patients per 100 residents 2025

2.3 per 100 residents higher than England (109), calculated from unrounded figures.

Up 4.3 per 100 residents since 2015 (107).

Mixed survey and administrative evidence

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: Are there more people on GP lists than live in the city?

Registered GP patients per 100 residents

2015 to 2025

Portsmouth · registered patients per 100 residents

Reviewed figures: 2015 to 2025.

Shown on this chart: From 2015 to 2025, registered GP patients per 100 residents rose by 4% in Portsmouth and rose by 4.6% in England.

Both places compared over 2015 to 2025, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth; Patients registered with all practices in England, divided by residents of England (ONS mid-year estimate)..

Actual values

PortsmouthEngland

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

Registered GP patients per 100 residents · registered patients per 100 residents
PeriodPortsmouthSouthamptonEngland
2026–––
2025111 registered patients per 100 residents130 registered patients per 100 residents109 registered patients per 100 residents
2024111 registered patients per 100 residents129 registered patients per 100 residents109 registered patients per 100 residents
2023110 registered patients per 100 residents127 registered patients per 100 residents108 registered patients per 100 residents
2022110 registered patients per 100 residents123 registered patients per 100 residents108 registered patients per 100 residents
2021110 registered patients per 100 residents117 registered patients per 100 residents108 registered patients per 100 residents
2020110 registered patients per 100 residents117 registered patients per 100 residents107 registered patients per 100 residents
2019110 registered patients per 100 residents117 registered patients per 100 residents107 registered patients per 100 residents
2018109 registered patients per 100 residents115 registered patients per 100 residents106 registered patients per 100 residents
2017108 registered patients per 100 residents114 registered patients per 100 residents106 registered patients per 100 residents
2016103 registered patients per 100 residents113 registered patients per 100 residents105 registered patients per 100 residents
2015107 registered patients per 100 residents112 registered patients per 100 residents104 registered patients per 100 residents

Definition: Patients registered with the city's practices in September (GP workforce files) divided by the ONS mid-year (30 June) resident population estimate for the same year, times 100. Above 100 means more registrations than residents.

  • GP lists carry "list inflation": people who moved away, emigrated or died can stay registered for a while. NHS England Digital estimated England's register exceeded the ONS population by almost 3.9 million in 2020.
  • Practice lists also include people who live just outside the city, and miss residents registered with practices elsewhere, so this is not a direct count of residents without a GP.
  • Registrations are counted in September and population at 30 June of the same year.
  • Southampton from 2022 includes patients of a merged practice outside the city (see the place note), which pushes its figure up.
  • 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); Office for National Statistics: GP workforce practice files (registered patients) and ONS mid-year population estimates (Nomis NM_2002_1) ↗ · Registered patients: see data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-gp-workforce.json. Population: ONS mid-year estimates as served by Nomis on 2026-11-09. · retrieved 2026-11-09

Pharmacies listed under the Portsmouth Health and Wellbeing Board area.

Community pharmacies per 100,000 residents

15.6 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents September 2025

2.1 per 100,000 residents lower than England (17.7).

Down 2.5 per 100,000 residents since September 2022 (18.1).

Administrative records

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: How many NHS community pharmacies are there for every 100,000 people living in the city?

Community pharmacies per 100,000 residents

September 2022 to September 2025

Portsmouth · community pharmacies per 100,000 residents

Reviewed figures: September 2022 to September 2025.

Shown on this chart: From September 2022 to September 2025, community pharmacies per 100,000 residents fell by 13.8% in Portsmouth and fell by 8.3% in England.

Both places compared over September 2022 to September 2025, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth; All community pharmacy contracts in England..

Actual values

PortsmouthEngland

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

Community pharmacies per 100,000 residents · community pharmacies per 100,000 residents
PeriodPortsmouthSouthamptonEngland
September 2026–––
September 202515.6 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents15 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents17.7 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents
September 202415.5 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents14.6 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents17.8 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents
September 202315.9 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents14.7 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents18.5 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents
September 202218.1 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents15.8 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents19.3 community pharmacies per 100,000 residents

Definition: Pharmacies with a community pharmacy contract on the NHSBSA Consolidated Pharmaceutical List for July to September (quarter 2) of each financial year, counted by Health and Wellbeing Board (the council area), divided by the ONS mid-year resident population for the same year, times 100,000. Dispensing appliance contractors and local pharmaceutical service contracts are left out. Distance-selling (online) pharmacies hold community contracts and are included.

  • A count of pharmacies does not show opening hours, distance or which services each offers.
  • NHSBSA publishes rates per 100,000 only for NHS regions and ICBs; this local rate is computed here from the listed pharmacies and ONS population.
  • Other comparison cities not shown: Chichester is part of West Sussex; this measure is only published for the whole county. Winchester is part of Hampshire; this measure is only published for the whole county.. A county figure is never shown in place of a city.

NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA); Office for National Statistics: Consolidated Pharmaceutical List (quarterly) and ONS mid-year population estimates ↗ · Quarter 2 lists CONSOL_PHARMACY_LIST_202223Q2, CONSOL_PHARMACY_LIST_202324Q2, CONSOL_PHARMACY_LIST_202425Q2, CONSOL_PHARMACY_LIST_202526Q2, CONSOL_PHARMACY_LIST_202627Q2. Every file, with SHA-256: data/counts/pompey/raw/gp-and-primary-care/manifest-pharmacies.json; population: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_2002_1.data.csv?geography=E06000044,E06000045,E06000010,E92000001&date=2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025,2026&gender=0&c_age=200&measures=20100&select=date_name,geography_code,geography_name,obs_value · retrieved 2026-11-09

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