How long does it take to get an appointment at a GP surgery in Swindon?

Well, it depends on where your nearest GP is.

New data from NHS Digital shows how many patients in the Swindon area in July were seen on the same day, the next day, within one to four weeks, or more than a month later at their local practice.

Westrop Medical Practice - which oversees Highworth Surgery, Taw Hill Surgery, Hermitage Surgery, Blunsdon Surgery, Tadpole Surgery, and Moredon Medical Centre - dealt with the most requests during this month.

Of the 21,340 people who arranged to book an appointment at those practices, 5,378 saw their GP on the same day, 5,954 had an available timeslot within eight to 14 days, and 2,483 had to wait more than 28 days.

During the same month, 3,790 people tried to book appointments at Ashington House Surgery and 1,523 - nearly half - were seen later that same day, but 775 others could not be scheduled until more than 28 days later.

North Swindon Practice - which includes Home Ground and Crossroads surgeries - saw a whopping 5,121 patients - again, nearly half of the 10,483 included in July - on the same day of being contacted about appointments, and nearly 3,000 more were seen within a week.

Kingswood Surgery booked in 3,919 of its 11,420 July patients on the same day, asked around 5,000 of them to pop in during the next week, and saw 2,188 of them within the following week after.

Whalebridge Practice managed to see nearly all of its July patients within a month of them requesting to see a doctor, with only seven of its 2,778 appointment bookings falling outside of a 28-day window.

Old Town Surgery - whose receptionists received high praise in a recent patient survey - dealt with 3,541 appointment bookings in July, with 805 booked in on the day of the request, 622 having to wait more than a month to be seen, and everyone else able to speak to a GP between one and 28 days after contacting the practice.

Just outside the Swindon borough, Purton Surgery saw 4,114 patients in July and asked 15 of them to wait over 28 days to be seen by a medical expert.

To see how well your GP handled appointment bookings, and how it compares to 21 others in the Swindon area, have a look at our graph and choose your practice from the drop-down menu.