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, revealing the best and worst surgeries in England.
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 England which were voted the best by you. Surgeries are ranked by the proportion of patients that said they were ‘very good’.

5. Hindon Surgery - Hindon, Salisbury
There were 222 survey forms sent out to patients at Hindon Surgery in Hindon, Salisbury. The response rate was 57%, with 124 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 97% said it was very good and 2% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps

6. Dr Mitchells' Surgery - North Ferriby, East Yorkshire
There were 219 survey forms sent out to patients at Dr Mitchells' Surgery in North Ferriby, East Yorkshire. The response rate was 56%, with 122 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 96% said it was very good and 2% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps

7. Northiam Surgery - Rye, East Sussex
There were 229 survey forms sent out to patients at Northiam Surgery in Rye, East Sussex. The response rate was 50%, with 114 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 95% said it was very good and 4% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps

8. Corfe Castle Surgery - Wareham
There were 224 survey forms sent out to patients at Corfe Castle Surgery in Wareham. The response rate was 47%, with 103 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 94% said it was very good and 4% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps