Waiting times per practice
Shortest wait for a GP appointment in Westmorland and Furness 2026
34 GP practices in Westmorland and Furness 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 34 ranked practices in Westmorland and Furness reported 67,244 appointments, 80.4% of them within two weeks of booking, the practices' shares running from 63.4% to 96.4%.
Shortest wait now: The Family Practice with 96.4% 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 | The Family Practice | 96.4% | 860 | August 2026 |
| 2 | Court Thorn Surgery | 95.0% | 2,478 | August 2026 |
| 3 | Alston Medical Practice | 94.8% | 612 | August 2026 |
| 4 | Temple Sowerby Medical Practice | 94.5% | 2,476 | August 2026 |
| 5 | Abbey Road Surgery | 93.5% | 1,315 | August 2026 |
| 6 | Kirkoswald Surgery | 93.1% | 1,468 | August 2026 |
| 7 | Appleby Medical Practice | 91.7% | 1,970 | August 2026 |
| 8 | Glenridding Health Centre | 89.5% | 333 | August 2026 |
| 9 | Ambleside Health Centre | 88.6% | 1,741 | August 2026 |
| 10 | Dalton Surgery | 88.5% | 1,273 | August 2026 |
| 11 | Atkinson Health Centre | 88.1% | 1,583 | August 2026 |
| 12 | Windermere Health Centre | 88.1% | 1,416 | August 2026 |
| 13 | Burnett Edgar Medical Ctr | 87.5% | 1,802 | August 2026 |
| 14 | Bridgegate Medical Centre | 86.4% | 3,601 | August 2026 |
| 15 | Risedale Surgery | 83.9% | 1,421 | August 2026 |
| 16 | Cartmel Surgery | 83.3% | 838 | August 2026 |
| 17 | Birbeck Medical Group | 81.2% | 4,359 | August 2026 |
| 18 | The Lakes Medical Practice | 80.0% | 4,153 | August 2026 |
| 19 | Haverthwaite Surgery | 79.4% | 549 | August 2026 |
| 20 | Upper Eden Medical Practice | 79.2% | 3,862 | August 2026 |
| 21 | Lunesdale Surgery | 79.0% | 1,591 | August 2026 |
| 22 | Sedbergh Medical Practice | 78.6% | 907 | August 2026 |
| 23 | Ulverston Community Health Centre | 76.7% | 1,349 | August 2026 |
| 24 | Duke Street Surgery | 76.3% | 2,215 | August 2026 |
| 25 | Shap Medical Practice | 75.1% | 1,276 | August 2026 |
| 26 | Park View Surgery | 74.9% | 1,409 | August 2026 |
| 27 | Duddon Valley Medical Practice | 73.9% | 999 | August 2026 |
| 28 | Nutwood Medical Practice | 73.7% | 2,579 | August 2026 |
| 29 | Station House Surgery | 72.3% | 3,066 | August 2026 |
| 30 | Ulverston Medical Practice | 71.9% | 1,618 | August 2026 |
| 31 | Norwood Medical Centre | 71.7% | 3,315 | August 2026 |
| 32 | Captain French Surgery | 70.8% | 3,419 | August 2026 |
| 33 | St. Mary's Surgery | 66.0% | 1,537 | August 2026 |
| 34 | The James Cochrane Pract. | 63.4% | 3,854 | 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