Earlier in the year, NHS Wandsworth published a Primary Care Performance Scorecard for GP services in the borough.  It is based on data for 2009/10 and gives a comprehensive picture across a range of indicators.  It can be found at http://www.wandsworth.nhs.uk/gettherighttreatment/Doctors/Pages/GPScorecard.aspx.

The full table of data can also be downloaded from the NHS Wandsworth website.  The Adult Care and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee of the Council considered the performance information at its June meeting, publishing a simplified version of the data and commenting on the wide variation in performance among GPs across the borough.  Across six key indicators of GP performance, there are a number of GPs which are in the bottom quartile for several aspects of performance whilst others are consistently in the top quartile.  The Council report on the subject can be downloaded at http://ww3.wandsworth.gov.uk/moderngov/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=14094.

NHS Choices is also now publishing better information on GP and other health services and, for Wandsworth, this can be found at  http://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=3526.  If you are choosing a GP in Wandsworth or know somebody else who is then this information may be vital to making a good decision.