NHS data has revealed Hitchin and North Herts doctors surgeries which have the highest and lowest number of patients per GP

The list below ranks surgeries from fewest patients per GP to most patients per GP

1 - Portmill Surgery, Hitchin – 13,854 patients and full-time equivalent (FTE) of 14.1 = 980 patients per GP

2 - Baldock Surgery – 12,876 patients and the FTE of 12.8 GPs = 1,004 patients per GP

3 - Regal Chambers Surgery, Hitchin – 12,660 patients and the FTE of 10.1 GPs = 1,259 patients per GP

4 - King George and Manor House Surgeries, Stevenage – 22,469 patients and the FTE of 15.7 GPs = 1,429 patients per GP 

5 - Shephall Health Centre, Stevenage – 8,974 patients and the FTE of 5.7 GPs = 1,565 patients per GP

6 - Nevells Road Surgery, Letchworth – 10,757 patients and the FTE of 6 GPs = 1,793 patients per GP

7 - Bedwell Medical Centre, Stevenage – 12,913 patients and the FTE of 6.5 GPs = 1,990 patients per GP

8 - Sollershott Surgery, Letchworth – 5,711 patients and the FTE of 2.7 GPs = 2,079 patients per GP

9 - Birchwood Surgery, Letchworth – 12,192 patients and the FTE of 5.7 GPs = 2,152 patients per GP

10 - Garden City Surgery, Letchworth – 8,096 patients and the FTE of 3.6 GPs = 2,254 patients per GP

11 - Symonds Green Health Centre, Stevenage – 4,688 patients and the FTE of 2 GPs = 2,313 patients per GP

12 - Stanmore Medical Group, Stevenage – 51,477 patients and the FTE of 19.7 GPs = 2,610 patients per GP

13 - Knebworth and Marymead Medical Practice, Knebworth and Stevenage – 13,436 patients and the FTE of 4.7 GPs = 2,851 patients per GP

14 - Bancroft Medical Centre, Hitchin – 18,628 patients and the FTE of 6.3 GPs = 2,960 patients per GP

15 - Larksfield Surgery Medical Partnership, Stotfold – 14,484 patients and the FTE of 1.9 GPs = 7,597 patients per GP

NB: the average number of patients in England per GP is 1,719. 

Data taken from NHS Digital snapshot on August 31, 2022

Please note: The data excludes 'other medical staff'. Trainee GPs and locums are included in the figures - however, nurses, midwives and physiotherapists do not feature in the statistics