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West Kent HaCP - February 2025
Published: 27/03/2025 NHS Digital, West Kent Patient Population: 521,028
GP Surgery Appointments
198,492
Did Not Attend (DNA)
6,723
Appointments with a GP
97,757
Face-to-Face All Appointments
145,955
Face-to-Face with a GP
60,376
That’s 38% of the population of West Kent HaCP having an appointment in General Practice in February 2025.
National and Kent & Medway Data
- General practice receives 5p in every NHS pound but delivers 95% of patient contacts in the NHS
- 54 practices lost in Kent & Medway since 2018
- 142 FTE GPs needed in Kent & Medway to reach the national average
- On average 1 GP (FTE) to 2779 patients in K&M
- Most recent Kent LMC Practice survey:
- GP contractors report working 53% above their working hours in an average week
- 60% report significant stress
- 31% report workload is rarely manageable and 19% report workload in unmanageable
- 30% have ceased recruitment due to financial uncertainty
- GP appointment capacity will need to increase by 1.7m appointments per annum by 2030 to meet the needs of the increasing population and ageing population of Kent & Medway.
