That’s according to the latest GP Patient Survey, produced by Ipsos MORI on behalf of NHS England.
The survey contacted 2.4 million people from January to April of this year to gather information on how patients feel about their local GP service, and around a third of them responded.
The results reveal the best and worst surgeries in Northumberland and beyond.
Across the country, 83% of people described their overall experience as ‘very good’ or ‘fairly good’, slightly higher than last year’s rate of 81.8%.
But two-in-five (42%) admitted to avoiding making an appointment when they had needed one.
The most common reason for this was not wanting to be a burden on the NHS, followed by not wanting to catch Covid.
Are you happy with your local GP practice? Here we reveal the GP practices in NHS Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group area which were voted the worst by you.
Surgeries are ranked by the proportion of patients who said they were ‘very poor’.
The results reveal the best and worst surgeries in Northumberland and beyond.
5. Felton Surgery
There were 246 survey forms sent out to patients at Felton Surgery. The response rate was 53.25%. Of these, 3.89% said it was very poor and 2.72% said it was fairly poor.
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6. Alnwick Medical Group
There were 281 survey forms sent out to patients at Alnwick Medical Group. The response rate was 50.53%. Of these, 3.34% said it was very poor and 5.33% said it was fairly poor.
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7. Ponteland Medical Group
There were 262 survey forms sent out to patients at Ponteland Medical Group. The response rate was 43.51%. Of these, 2.71% said it was very poor and 4.34% said it was fairly poor.
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8. Cramlington Medical Group
There were 378 survey forms sent out to patients at Cramlington Medical Group. The response rate was 36.77%)]. Of these, 2.37% said it was very poor and 0.57% said it was fairly poor.
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