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Shortest wait for a GP appointment in County Durham 2026

61 GP practices in County Durham 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 61 ranked practices in County Durham reported 193,137 appointments, 85.1% of them within two weeks of booking, the practices' shares running from 61.4% to 97.6%.

Shortest wait now: Annfield Plain Surgery with 97.6% 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
1Annfield Plain Surgery97.6%1,231August 2026
2Oakfields Health Group97.3%2,526August 2026
3Old Forge Surgery97.3%928August 2026
4Bishops Close Medical Practice97.1%1,780August 2026
5Dunelm Medical Practice97.0%3,435August 2026
6Murton Medical Centre96.3%2,765August 2026
7Lanchester Medical Centre95.9%1,327August 2026
8Southdene Medical Centre95.4%1,280August 2026
9Pelton & Fellrose Medical Group95.2%3,337August 2026
10Marlborough Surgery95.0%4,380August 2026
11Coxhoe Medical Practice94.2%1,945August 2026
12Cestria Health Centre93.5%2,104August 2026
13Chastleton Medical Group93.3%2,219August 2026
14Hallgarth Surgery93.1%2,260August 2026
15Consett Medical Centre93.0%3,984August 2026
16Bewick Crescent Surgery92.7%5,013August 2026
17Cedars Medical Group92.4%1,986August 2026
18Auckland Medical Group92.0%6,832August 2026
19William Brown Centre90.7%8,008August 2026
20St Andrew's Medical Practice90.7%5,069August 2026
21West Rainton Surgery90.4%2,445August 2026
22Blackhall and Peterlee Practice90.2%2,704August 2026
23Browney House Surgery90.2%1,439August 2026
24West Cornforth Medical Centre89.5%1,024August 2026
25Woodview Medical Practice89.1%1,429August 2026
26Gainford Surgery89.0%1,441August 2026
27East Durham Medical Group88.9%5,960August 2026
28Claypath & University Medical Group88.4%4,456August 2026
29Great Lumley Surgery88.2%2,154August 2026
30The Horden Group Practice87.5%3,620August 2026
31Cheveley Park Medical Ctr87.5%1,601August 2026
32Middle Chare Medical Group87.3%2,395August 2026
33Sacriston Medical Centre87.2%4,130August 2026
34The Weardale Practice87.2%2,427August 2026
35Ferryhill and Chilton Medical Practice87.1%4,622August 2026
36Pinfold Medical Practice86.1%1,648August 2026
37Villages Medical Group85.5%1,644August 2026
38Bishopgate Medical Centre85.3%6,531August 2026
39Silverdale Family Practice84.0%3,786August 2026
40The Medical Group82.0%9,169August 2026
41North House Surgery81.9%5,757August 2026
42Bridge End Surgery81.7%2,630August 2026
43Leadgate Surgery80.9%3,616August 2026
44Bowburn Medical Centre80.3%462August 2026
45Station View Medical Centre79.4%3,422August 2026
46Queens Road Surgery77.0%7,326August 2026
47Bevan Medical Group76.7%3,039August 2026
48Stanley Medical Group76.1%4,202August 2026
49Skerne Medical Group76.0%8,854August 2026
50Willington Medical Group75.3%2,870August 2026
51Tanfield View Medical Group74.9%5,069August 2026
52The Haven Surgery74.2%1,111August 2026
53Barnard Castle Surgery72.7%2,798August 2026
54Byron Medical Practice72.3%3,209August 2026
55Belmont & Sherburn Medical Group71.4%1,432August 2026
56Evenwood Medical Practice71.3%1,323August 2026
57Drs Lambert & Ng70.8%1,905August 2026
58Wingate Medical Practice Intrahealth70.2%1,377August 2026
59The New Seaham Medical Group69.3%1,289August 2026
60Pease Way Medical Centre68.5%2,217August 2026
61Jubilee Medical Group61.4%2,195August 2026

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