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”.
9. Marine Avenue Medical Centre - Whitley Bay
There were 306 survey forms sent out to patients at Marine Avenue Medical Centre in Whitley Bay. The response rate was 47%, with 137 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 69% said it was very good and 21% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
10. St George Medical Centre - South Shields
There were 258 survey forms sent out to patients at St George Medical Centre in South Shields. The response rate was 48%, with 123 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 69% said it was very good and 26% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
11. Westbourne Medical Group - Houton le Spring
There were 303 survey forms sent out to patients at Westbourne Medical Group in Houton le Spring. The response rate was 38%, with 112 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 69% said it was very good and 20% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps
12. Fell Cottage Surgery - Gateshead
There were 296 survey forms sent out to patients at Fell Cottage Surgery in Gateshead. The response rate was 39%, with 115 patients rating their overall experience. Of these, 68% said it was very good and 27% said it was fairly good. | Google Maps