How many patients are registered with a GP in Lancashire and South Cumbria?

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board had about 1,868,985 registered GP patients in NHS England's QOF 2024-25 data — 2.93% of England's total and the 11th largest of 42 ICBs. Its Gera GP List Size Index is 123 (100 = national-average ICB), placing it in the "Large" band.

How many patients are registered with a GP in Lancashire and South Cumbria?

About 1,868,985 patients were registered with a GP across NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board in NHS England's QOF 2024-25 data — 2.93% of England's registered GP population and the 11th largest of 42 ICBs.

What is Lancashire and South Cumbria's Gera GP List Size Index?

Lancashire and South Cumbria has a Gera GP List Size Index of 123, where 100 is an exactly average-sized ICB — so its registered list is 1.2× larger than the average English ICB. That places it in the "Large" band.

Is this a rating of GP practices in the area?

No. It is a measure of how large the registered patient population is, taken from official NHS QOF statistics. It is not a rating or ranking of any GP practice or of the care provided.

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Lancashire and South Cumbria: GP List Size Index

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board had about 1,868,985 registered GP patients in the real NHS England QOF 2024-25 data — a Gera GP List Size Index of 123 (100 = national average), ranked #11 of 42 English ICBs.

Reference period: 2024/25 (QOF)· Open Government Licence v3.0 · ICB code QE1

Gera GP List Size Index123Lancashire and South Cumbria — Large (100 = national-average ICB)How this index is calculated

Registered patients

1,868,985

QOF 2024-25

Index (100=avg)

123

Large

National rank

#11

of 42 ICBs

Share of England

2.93%

registered GP list

How Lancashire and South Cumbria compares

England had 63,766,671 registered GP patients across 42 ICBs — an average of 1,518,254 per ICB. Lancashire and South Cumbria’s registered list of 1,868,985 gives it an index of 123: a value above 100 means a larger-than-average registered population, below 100 means smaller. Nationally there are about 10,305 registered patients per GP practice and roughly 1,676 per full-time GP (NHS England General Practice Workforce, April 2026).

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Lancashire and South Cumbria: GP list size FAQs

How many patients are registered with a GP in Lancashire and South Cumbria?: About 1,868,985 patients were registered with a GP across NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board in NHS England's QOF 2024-25 data — 2.93% of England's registered GP population and the 11th largest of 42 ICBs.
What is Lancashire and South Cumbria's Gera GP List Size Index?: Lancashire and South Cumbria has a Gera GP List Size Index of 123, where 100 is an exactly average-sized ICB — so its registered list is 1.2× larger than the average English ICB. That places it in the "Large" band.
Is this a rating of GP practices in the area?: No. It is a measure of how large the registered patient population is, taken from official NHS QOF statistics. It is not a rating or ranking of any GP practice or of the care provided.

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Source

Registered list size is the real published NHS England QOF 2024-25 figure for this ICB. The index is Gera’s scaling (100 = national-average ICB) and is specified in full on the methodology page. The national workload figures are from the NHS England General Practice Workforce statistics.

Contains public sector information published by NHS England and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NHS England — Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) 2024-25 (registered patient list size) (2024/25, published 28 August 2025).

Contains public sector information published by NHS England and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NHS England — General Practice Workforce (31 December 2025 / 30 April 2026) (2025-26, published 2026).