GP Surgery Wait Time Comparator

Find nearby GP surgery options and rank them using your urgency, travel mode, and budget preferences. Compare wait time, estimated travel cost, distance, and composite score with visual trade-off charts and side-by-side comparison.

⏱️ 4-7 minutes • 💪 Short

Updated 2026-03-16

How This Tool Works

📋 Purpose

Help you balance speed of appointment access with the real travel burden of each GP option.

⚙️ How It Works

  1. 1
    Load real GP surgery directory records from NHS BSA open data and geocode postcodes with Postcodes.io
  2. 2
    Calculate travel distance/time/cost and estimate wait days using transparent benchmark rules
  3. 3
    Score options by urgency weights, compare in chart/table, and export to CSV

Data sources used in this run

Real data, benchmark data, and estimated fields are shown separately so you can see what is measured and what is modelled.

Run a search to see live source details.

Search Preferences

Configure your location and priorities

Standard appointment within 2-4 weeks

Used to calculate driving costs (round trip)

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GP Surgery Wait Time Complete Guide

This guide explains, in simple English, what data is real, what is estimated, and how each score is worked out.

📅 Last updated: 2026-03-16

Quick Tips

Jump-start your understanding with these essential tips

Step-by-Step Guide

Follow these steps to get the most from this tool

Real data: Your postcode location and region come from Postcodes.io. GP surgery names, addresses and postcodes come from NHS BSA Prescriber Details Dataset.

Benchmark data: Travel minutes and public transport fares come from benchmark JSON files stored in this tool.

Estimated data: GP wait days are estimated using Service Benchmarks (Gemini-backed) rules, because free public NHS datasets do not provide live wait times for each surgery.

💡 Pro Tips:

  • •After each search, check the “Data sources used in this run” panel.
  • •Use this tool for planning and discussion, not as medical advice.
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