An average GP practice in England has nearly 10,000 patients on its books, figures published by NHS Digital show.
The latest data shows there is the full-time equivalent of about 35,000 GPs, working across 6,500 surgeries in England.
On average, each GP surgery has 9,445 patients on its practice list, but some have a much higher GP-to-patient ratio than others.
Here we reveal the busiest GP surgeries in the NHS Greater Preston area, according to the data.
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GP surgeries in NHS Greater Preston ranked by how many patients there are per GP. Photo: GOOGLE
2. Avenham Surgery, PR1 3RG.
There are 12,458 patients per GP at Avenham Surgery. In total there are 6,644 and the full-time equivalent of 0.5 GPs Photo: Google Maps
3. Issa Medical Centre - Patel, PR1 6YA.
There are 3,497 patients per GP at Issa Medical Centre - Patel. In total there are 32,267 patients and the full-time equivalent of 9.2 GPs. Photo: Google Maps
4. Riverside Medical Centre, PR1 6LL.
There are 2,927 per GP at Riverside Medical Centre. In total there are 2,927 patients and the full-time equivalent of 1 GPs. Photo: Google Maps