Health Secretary Wes Streeting has vowed to divert billions of pounds to GPs in order to “fix the front door” of the NHS. But 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 West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire which were voted the best by you.
Surgeries are ranked by the proportion of patients that said they were ‘very good’. There were 323 survey forms sent out to patients at Drighlington Medical Centre in Drighlington. The response rate was 41%, with 130 patients rating their overall experience.
Of these, 82% said it was very good and 32% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps There were 253 survey forms sent out to patients at Baildon Medical Practice in Baildon. The response rate was 47%, with 116 patients rating their overall experience.
Of these, 76% said it was very go.
