It’s officially Spring, with the NHS coming through a challenging winter which saw a ‘quad-demic’ of seasonal illnesses put a big strain on hospital services.
The NHS have managed a record number of norovirus cases, at nearly two thirds higher than the same time last year. As well as a rise in hospitalisations for the flu, which hit hospitals hard in January and saw many declaring critical incidents.
GPs are the frontline of the NHS, and according to the latest GP Patient Survey, produced by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England between January 2 and March 25 last year, patients are overall happy with their experience.
Almost 700,000 patients in England completed the 2024 survey, which gathers information on how patients feel about their local GP, which reveals the best rated surgeries in the East Midlands and beyond.
Across England, the majority of patients described their overall experience as “very good” (37.1%) or “fairly good” (30.2%). However, not everyone is as happy, with 9.4% describing their overall experience as “fairly poor” and 9.5% as “very poor”.
Here we reveal the GP practices in the East Midlands which were rated the best by you. Surgeries are ranked by the number of patients that said they were “very good”.
5. East Bridgford Medical Centre, East Bridgford
There were 232 survey forms sent out to patients at East Bridgford Medical Centre in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. The response rate was 49%, with 112 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 79% said it was very good and 16% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
6. The Ingham Practice, Ingham
There were 250 survey forms sent out to patients at The Ingham Practice in Ingham, Lincolnshire. The response rate was 48%, with 121 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 78% said it was very good and 16% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
7. St Georges Med Practice, West Bridgford
There were 293 survey forms sent out to patients at St Georges Med Practice in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. The response rate was 43%, with 124 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 78% said it was very good and 18% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
8. Eden Surgery, Ilkeston
There were 271 survey forms sent out to patients at Eden Surgery in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. The response rate was 41%, with 110 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 77% said it was very good and 21% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps