It’s a challenging time of year for the healthcare system. Flu cases in hospital have already hit last year’s peak, norovirus cases are rife and the NHS has warned about a “quad-demic” of illnesses over the festive season.
Despite the pressures, it appears that the vast majority of us are already happy with how our local practice operates, according to the latest GP Patient Survey, produced by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England.
Almost 700,000 patients in England completed the 2024 survey, which gathers information on how patients feel about their local GP. It reveals the best and worst surgeries in North West and beyond.
Across the country, the majority of patients described the overall experience as ‘very good’ (37.1%) or ‘fairly good’ (30.2%).
Not everyone is as happy with their local practice though — 9.4% said their overall experience was ‘fairly poor’ and 9.5% described it as ‘very poor’. The survey was carried out between January 2 and March 25.
Here we reveal the GP practices in North West which were voted the best by you. Surgeries are ranked by the proportion of patients that said they were ‘very good’.
5. High Lane Medical Centre, Stockport
There were 230 survey forms sent out to patients at High Lane Medical Centre in Stockport. The response rate was 50%, with 115 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 89% said it was very good and 7% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
6. Withnell Health Centre, Withnell
There were 228 survey forms sent out to patients at Withnell Health Centre in Withnell. The response rate was 42%, with 95 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 87% said it was very good and 11% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
7. Grove Road Surgery, Wallasey, Merseyside
There were 304 survey forms sent out to patients at Grove Road Surgery, Wallasey, Merseyside. The response rate was 38%, with 117 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 87% said it was very good and 10% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
8. New Longton Surgery, New Longton
There were 236 survey forms sent out to patients at New Longton Surgery in New Longton. The response rate was 44%, with 103 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 85% said it was very good and 13% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps