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GP appointments: February 25 Posted or Updated on 10 Apr 2025

Kent & Medway GP appointments: February 2025

Published March 2025 NHS digital Population 2,037,201

GP Surgery Appointments: 883,705

Appointments with a GP: 398,769

Face-to-Face all appointments:70%

Face-to-Face with a GP: 59%

That’s the equivalent of almost 50% of the population of Kent and Medway having an appointment in General Practice in February 2025.

Kent & Medway has the lowest number of GPs per head of population in England: Medway and Swale has 3833 patients to each full time GP and there are 2702 patients per full time GP on aver-age across Kent and Medway
Dealing with impact of ongoing secondary care backlog of work
GPs are managing a huge rise in patients with mental health conditions
GPs are supporting patients whilst they wait for hospital care
Dealing with more patients as number of patients registered is increasing by c. 2,500 per month
The number of GP Practices in Kent & Medway has fallen by 55 since 2018

Get the right treatment when you need it— Stop, think, choose www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/local-services
Waiting for hospital treatments—please contact hospitals directly to check waiting times www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/local-services/hospital-waiting-times
Please be kind to our staff who are working very hard for you.
You may not always need to see a GP: receptionists will be able to guide you to access the most ap-propriate healthcare professional
36,732 people did not attend their appointments in February. We would urge anyone who can no longer attend any appointment to cancel them. This allows the practice to use the time to see other patients in need.

Tel: 01622 851197