A total of 245,596 appointments took place at GP practices in the former NHS Wakefield CCG area in October.A total of 245,596 appointments took place at GP practices in the former NHS Wakefield CCG area in October.
A total of 245,596 appointments took place at GP practices in the former NHS Wakefield CCG area in October.

Revealed: GP practices in Wakefield where most patients face long waits

The GP practices in Wakefield where patients are most likely to wait longer than two weeks for an appointment have been revealed in new figures.

The Government said the new data published by NHS Digital – which gives detailed information on appointments and waiting times for individual GP practices across England – will help patients "make a more informed choice about the practice they choose to visit".

But the move has not been welcomed by everyone, with the Royal College of GPs criticising the lack of context around how different practices operate.

A total of 245,596 appointments took place at GP practices in the former NHS Wakefield CCG area in October.

At least 56,568 (23%) of these had taken place more than a fortnight after being booked, and of those, 23,514 (10%) saw patients wait longer than 28 days.

Here are the practices with the highest proportion of appointments occurring after a fortnight along with the other end of the scale.