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 Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire which were voted the best by you. Surgeries are ranked by the proportion of patients that said they were ‘very good’.
17. Castle Street Medical Centre -Bolsover
There were 346 survey forms sent out to patients at Castle Street Medical Centre in Bolsover. The response rate was 33%, with 113 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 62% said it was very good and 31% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
18. Buxton Medical Practice - Buxton
There were 347 survey forms sent out to patients at Buxton Medical Practice in Buxton. The response rate was 35%, with 120 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 61% said it was very good and 25% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
19. South Street Surgery - Ilkeston
There were 285 survey forms sent out to patients at South Street Surgery in Ilkeston. The response rate was 40%, with 113 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 60% said it was very good and 18% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps