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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.

#PracticeWithin two weeksAppointmentsMonth
1Newholme Surgery100.0%306August 2026
2Mill Street Medical Ctr.98.4%2,464August 2026
3Phoenix Medical Centre98.0%401August 2026
4Rainford Health Centre97.5%1,205August 2026
5Kenneth Macrae Med Centre97.5%920August 2026
6Windermere Medical Centre97.0%993August 2026
7Atlas Medical Practice96.8%2,937August 2026
8Rainhill Village Surgery96.7%747August 2026
9Ormskirk House Surgery96.6%1,092August 2026
10Longton Medical Centre95.5%1,961August 2026
11The Bowery Medical Centre95.3%1,190August 2026
12Lingholme Health Centre95.3%317August 2026
13Newton Practice95.1%1,091August 2026
14Parkfield Surgery95.0%436August 2026
15Bethany Medical Centre94.7%2,523August 2026
16Garswood Surgery94.7%1,740August 2026
17Modality St Helens94.4%4,366August 2026
18Hall Street Medical Centre94.0%680August 2026
19Marshalls Cross Medical Centre93.3%1,452August 2026
20Billinge Medical Practice91.8%3,811August 2026
21Central Surgery90.7%731August 2026
22Berrymead Family Med.ctr.89.8%1,691August 2026
23Four Acre Health Centre89.4%2,031August 2026
24The Spinney Medical Ctr.88.0%1,846August 2026
25Patterdale Lodge Med Ctre87.7%2,441August 2026
26Rainbow Medical Centre81.7%3,395August 2026
27Eccleston Medical Centre79.0%1,436August 2026
28Vista Road Surgery77.0%1,986August 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