GP Practice Health Check

Compare your practice against published NHS benchmarks

This tool helps GP partners see how their practice compares to published NHS data. Enter your numbers below to get an honest assessment — whether that's reassurance that you're on track, or a gentle prompt to look at certain areas.

All benchmarks are from official NHS sources (2024/25 and 2025/26 data).

Compare your practice to others in your PCN, ICB, and region →

1. Basic Practice Information

Practice list size (patients)

Total WTE GPs (partners + salaried)

2. Financial Picture

Practice Income

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Annual staff costs (salaries, NI, pensions - excluding partner drawings)

3. Detailed Breakdown (Optional)

Add more detail for a fuller picture of your practice.

WTE Practice Nurses

WTE Admin Staff

Number of Partners (WTE)

About ARRS-Funded Roles

The benchmarks above focus on practice-funded staff. Your PCN should also provide ARRS-funded roles at no direct cost to the practice:

Clinical Pharmacists (up to £66,972 reimbursed per WTE)
Care Coordinators
Social Prescribing Link Workers
First Contact Physiotherapists
Paramedics and Physician Associates
Mental Health Practitioners
Newly qualified GPs (from 2024/25)
Practice Nurses (from 2025/26)

ARRS funding for 2025/26: £1.70 billion nationally (£26.63 per weighted patient).

The Bigger Picture

If your practice is stretched, you're not alone. The data shows systemic pressure across general practice:

27.5%

fewer GP partners since 2015

+15%

more patients per GP since 2015

20%

fewer practices in the last decade

+40%

average list size increase

Data Sources

All figures in this tool come from published NHS and official sources: