How busy is my GP? The surgeries with most patients per doctor across Falkirk

How easy do you find booking an appointment at your local GP surgery?

Figures published by Public Health Scotland show GP practices across Scotland usually have thousands of patients on their books.

The latest data shows there are more than 5,000 GPs working across 921 surgeries across Scotland, as of 1 January 2022.

An average surgery has 6,349 patients but some practices have a much higher GP-to-patient ratio than others.

Here we reveal the busiest GP surgeries across Falkirk district.

The analysis excludes GPs working only on a locum or sessional basis and those working only in Out of Hours service locations.

We have also omitted practices which have no registered GPs or patients.

5. Polmont Park Medical Practice

There are 777 patients per GP at Polmont Park Medical Practice. In total there are 7770 patients and 10 GPs. Photo: Google Maps

There are 1037 patients per GP at Tryst Medical Centre, Stenhousemuir In total there are 6220 patients and six GPs. Photo: Google Maps

There are 1336 patients per GP at Parkhill Medical Practice, Polmont. In total there are 12,028 patients and nine GP. Photo: Google Maps

There are 1341 patients per GP at Meeks Road Surgery, Falkirk. In total there are 10,730 patients and eight GPs. Photo: Google Maps