The Institute for Government has published a new report looking at General practice across England.
The report looks at the variation in general practice performance across England, comparing GP practice characteristics to examine what might explain differences in performance around the country. Not surprisingly, it shows that patient satisfaction is higher in GP practices that have more GPs (particularly GP partners), have smaller list sizes, deliver more GP appointments, and do more of those appointments face-to-face. However, the number of GP partners continues to fall, particularly among those aged under 40. GP practices do far more appointments remotely than they did before the pandemic. The closure and merging of practices means that patient list sizes continue to creep up.
