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 with the number of beds taken up the equivalent of the population of Malta, according to new NHS data.
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 Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear which were rated the best by you. Surgeries are ranked by the number of patients that said they were “very good”.
5. Whitley Bay Health Centre
There were 236 survey forms sent out to patients at Whitley Bay Health Centre. The response rate was 48%, with 114 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 74% said it was very good and 21% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
6. Bensham Family Practice, Gateshead
There were 355 survey forms sent out to patients at Bensham Family Practice in Gateshead. The response rate was 34%, with 118 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 71% said it was very good and 23% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
7. St Bede Medical Centre - Sunderland
There were 361 survey forms sent out to patients at St Bede Medical Centre in Sunderland. The response rate was 32%, with 117 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 70% said it was very good and 23% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
8. Imeary Medical Group - South Shields
There were 274 survey forms sent out to patients at Imeary Medical Group in South Shields. The response rate was 38%, with 104 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 70% said it was very good and 26% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps