Appointments to see your GP rises in county

THE number of GP appointments has risen in Lincolnshire - with more doctors now employed to keep up with demand according to latest figures.

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A report being shown to Lincolnshire County Council's Health Scrutiny Committee next week shows the county's 81 GP practices, serving 824,552 registered patients, surpassed the NHS's 5.5 million target set under the Primary Care Access Recovery Plan by two per cent and recorded a four per cent uplift on the previous year.

Of the 5.68 million appointments in 2024/25, 87 per cent of those not usually booked in advance were said to have been delivered within two weeks of being requested — above the national target of 85 per cent.