GP Rankings: The top 10 GP practices in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

The 2023 GP Patient survey was published earlier this year, revealing what patients thought of their local GP practice.

The annual survey saw around 760,000 patients complete a questionnaire asking about their experiences with the local GP surgery.

The NHS England figures showed overall satisfaction in GPs across England fell to its lowest level since the survey began in 2018, with 71.3% of patients rating the service as "good" or "very good" in 2023 – down from 72.4% in 2022.

But where are the highest-rated GP practices in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire?

We ranked the top 10 in the area by the percentage of people who rated the service as good or very good, excluding those with fewer than 100 responses.

1. St Georges Medical Practice

Of the 107 people who responded to the GP survey, 95.2% described their overall experience of St Georges Medical Practice as "good" or "very good".

Some 73.2% said the practice was very good, while 22% said it was good. A further 1.5% said it was poor, while no one described the service as very poor.

2. East Bridgford Medical Centre

Coming in second was East Bridgford Medical Centre, where 74.5% of 130 people said their experience at the practice was very good, and 20.1% described it as good.

It meant the practice was rated at least good by 94.5% of patients, making it the second-highest rated practice in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

3. Tuxford Medical Centre

Tuxford Medical Centre came in third with a score of 92.4%.

Some 77.2% of patients at the practice rated the service as very good, while a further 15.2% believed it was just good.

Meanwhile, 2.5% described the service as poor or very poor.

4. Newthorpe Medical Practice

Coming in just outside the top three was Newthorpe Medical Practice, which 91% of 147 patients rated as good or very good.

The practice was rated very good by 63.7% of patients, and good by 27.3%.

However, 2.6% of patients thought the service was poor, with a further 3.1% describing it as very poor.

5. Collingham Medical Centre

Rounding out the top five GP practices in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire was Collingham Medical Centre.

Of the 125 patients who responded to the GP survey, 90.6% said their experience at the practice was either good or very good.

This included 51.3% saying the practice was "very good", the highest grade on the survey.

6. Giltbrook Surgery, and Tudor House Medical Practice

With 90.2% of patients grading the practices as good or very good, Giltbrook Surgery, and Tudor House Medical Practice ranked sixth in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

At the other end of the scale, just 0.8% said their overall experience of Giltbrook Surgery was poor or very poor, while 5.7% graded Tudor House Medical Practice in the lower two grade brackets.

8. Plains View Surgery

Plains View Surgery lands at eighth in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

This is thanks to 90% of patients at the practice describing their overall experience there as good or very good.

Of them, 53.1% said the service was very good, while 36.9% described it as good.

9. Castle Healthcare Practice

Coming it at ninth in the rankings is Castle Healthcare Practice.

Some 89.3% of the 131 patients who responded to the GP survey graded its service as good or very good.

At the other end of the scale, 0.4% said their experience at the practice was very poor.

10. Westdale Lane Surgery, Hounsfield Surgery, and Kirkby Health Centre

Rounding out the top 10 GP practices in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are Westdale Lane Surgery, Hounsfield Surgery, and Kirkby Health Centre, which were all graded good or very good by 88.9% of patients who responded to the GP survey.

However, while no patients said their experience of Hounsfield Surgery was very poor, the lowest possible grade band, this rose to 1.9% and 3% for Westdale Lane Surgery and Kirkby Health Centre respectively.