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Shortest wait for a GP appointment in Blackburn with Darwen 2026

21 GP practices in Blackburn with Darwen ranked by how soon appointments take place: the share of appointments within two weeks of booking, from NHS England’s Appointments in General Practice (latest month: August 2026).

In August 2026, the 21 ranked practices in Blackburn with Darwen reported 43,554 appointments, 86.9% of them within two weeks of booking, the practices' shares running from 64.6% to 98.8%. 1 practice is listed without a place.

Shortest wait now: William Hopwood Street Surgery with 98.8% within two weeks.

Ranking: share within two weeks, highest first

The practices with the highest share of appointments within two weeks of booking come first. Only practices with at least 100 appointments in the month are ranked; a high share on a handful says nothing. On an equal share the larger number of appointments comes first, and when both are exactly equal the practices share a place. The number of appointments and the month are on every row.

#PracticeWithin two weeksAppointmentsMonth
1William Hopwood Street Surgery98.8%1,217August 2026
2Roman Road Health Centre97.9%2,494August 2026
3Limefield Surgery97.0%1,121August 2026
4Olive Medical Centre96.1%1,020August 2026
5Blakewater Healthcare93.8%2,943August 2026
6Oakenhurst Medical Practice93.7%2,341August 2026
7Stepping Stone Practice93.1%982August 2026
8Darwen Healthlink92.6%3,182August 2026
9Family Practice91.8%1,415August 2026
10Brownhill Surgery91.3%2,218August 2026
11Pringle Street Surgery90.4%873August 2026
12Witton Medical Centre89.4%2,132August 2026
13Little Harwood Health Centre87.8%2,754August 2026
14Redlam Surgery87.1%1,336August 2026
15The Cornerstone Practice86.2%3,685August 2026
16Darwen Healthcare83.2%3,540August 2026
17Primrose Bank Medical Centre79.8%2,634August 2026
18Shifa Surgery78.7%2,312August 2026
19Bentham Road Health Centre77.9%1,140August 2026
20Spring-Fenisco Healthlink75.2%811August 2026
21St Georges Surgery64.6%3,404August 2026

Without enough data

These GP practices in Blackburn with Darwen have no appointment figures with enough appointments for the month (fewer than 100, or none reported), or serve one group of patients only. We list them openly rather than leave them out, but do not rank them: a share without enough behind it would mislead.

How we count, source and method

The figures are NHS England’s Appointments in General Practice: for each practice and month, the appointments that took place, and how long after booking, in the categories of NHS England’s measure ACC-08. Each practice is shown with its latest month.

  • The ranking needs enough appointments. Only practices with at least 100 appointments in the month are ranked, the same threshold as when appointments count towards the Practice Grade.
  • The data are official statistics in development. They come from practices’ booking systems, practices record differently, and the time from booking is not the whole wait.

Source: NHS England, Appointments in General Practice (up to August 2026). Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence. Appointments in General Practice