Waiting times per practice
Shortest wait for a GP appointment in St. Helens 2026
28 GP practices in St. Helens 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 28 ranked practices in St. Helens reported 46,189 appointments, 91.8% of them within two weeks of booking, the practices' shares running from 77.0% to 100.0%.
Shortest wait now: Newholme Surgery with 100.0% 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.
| # | Practice | Within two weeks | Appointments | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newholme Surgery | 100.0% | 306 | August 2026 |
| 2 | Mill Street Medical Ctr. | 98.4% | 2,464 | August 2026 |
| 3 | Phoenix Medical Centre | 98.0% | 401 | August 2026 |
| 4 | Rainford Health Centre | 97.5% | 1,205 | August 2026 |
| 5 | Kenneth Macrae Med Centre | 97.5% | 920 | August 2026 |
| 6 | Windermere Medical Centre | 97.0% | 993 | August 2026 |
| 7 | Atlas Medical Practice | 96.8% | 2,937 | August 2026 |
| 8 | Rainhill Village Surgery | 96.7% | 747 | August 2026 |
| 9 | Ormskirk House Surgery | 96.6% | 1,092 | August 2026 |
| 10 | Longton Medical Centre | 95.5% | 1,961 | August 2026 |
| 11 | The Bowery Medical Centre | 95.3% | 1,190 | August 2026 |
| 12 | Lingholme Health Centre | 95.3% | 317 | August 2026 |
| 13 | Newton Practice | 95.1% | 1,091 | August 2026 |
| 14 | Parkfield Surgery | 95.0% | 436 | August 2026 |
| 15 | Bethany Medical Centre | 94.7% | 2,523 | August 2026 |
| 16 | Garswood Surgery | 94.7% | 1,740 | August 2026 |
| 17 | Modality St Helens | 94.4% | 4,366 | August 2026 |
| 18 | Hall Street Medical Centre | 94.0% | 680 | August 2026 |
| 19 | Marshalls Cross Medical Centre | 93.3% | 1,452 | August 2026 |
| 20 | Billinge Medical Practice | 91.8% | 3,811 | August 2026 |
| 21 | Central Surgery | 90.7% | 731 | August 2026 |
| 22 | Berrymead Family Med.ctr. | 89.8% | 1,691 | August 2026 |
| 23 | Four Acre Health Centre | 89.4% | 2,031 | August 2026 |
| 24 | The Spinney Medical Ctr. | 88.0% | 1,846 | August 2026 |
| 25 | Patterdale Lodge Med Ctre | 87.7% | 2,441 | August 2026 |
| 26 | Rainbow Medical Centre | 81.7% | 3,395 | August 2026 |
| 27 | Eccleston Medical Centre | 79.0% | 1,436 | August 2026 |
| 28 | Vista Road Surgery | 77.0% | 1,986 | August 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