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 doctors’ 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 Yorkshire and The Humber, 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 Yorkshire and The Humber which were voted the best by you. Surgeries are ranked by the proportion of patients that said their surgeries were “very good”.
7. Drighlington Medical Centre, Drighlington
There were 323 survey forms sent out to patients at Drighlington Medical Centre. The response rate was 41%, with 130 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 82% said it was very good and 13% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
8. Darton Health Centre, Barnsley
There were 344 survey forms sent out to patients at Darton Health Centre. The response rate was 38%, with 129 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 81% said it was very good and 13% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
9. Norfolk Park Health Centre, Sheffield
There were 363 survey forms sent out to patients at Norfolk Park Health Centre in Sheffield. The response rate was 31%, with 110 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 81% said it was very good and 13% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
10. Ampleforth Surgery, York
There were 285 survey forms sent out to patients at Ampleforth Surgery. The response rate was 42%, with 121 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 81% said it was very good and 15% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
11. Veritas Health Centre, Sheffield
There were 406 survey forms sent out to patients at Veritas Health Centre in Sheffield. The response rate was 26%, with 104 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 80% said it was very good and 19% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
12. Scorton Medical Centre, Richmond
There were 224 survey forms sent out to patients at Scorton Medical Centre. The response rate was 45%, with 101 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 79% said it was very good and 12% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps