A survey has revealed which Hackney GP surgeries are rated best and worst by their patients.
NHS England commissions the GP Patient Survey annually and this year’s results show that 71% of patients nationally described their GP as ‘good’.
Three surgeries in Islington outperformed this figure, boasting patient satisfaction of more than 90%.
There was not a single GP in the area where less than 60% of patients rated their experience as ‘good’.
Best performing GPs
The Nightingale Practice in Lower Clapton and The Stratham Grove Surgery in Stoke Newington were the Hackney GPs best rated by patients.
For both, 93% of patients said that their overall experience of the practice was ‘good’.
The Nightingale Practice was said to be better at ensuring that patients usually get to see or speak to their preferred GP when they would like to (49% compared to 35% at The Stratham Grove Surgery).
But 81% of patients at the Stoke Newington practice said they find it easy to contact the surgery by phone, compared to 72% at the GP in Lower Clapton.
The Wick Health Centre in Homerton also performed highly in the survey, with 91% of patients rating it ‘good’.
Worst performing GPs
Hackney GPs performed well across the board, with no GP receiving positive feedback from less than 60% of patients.
Two GPs in Upper Clapton - Healy Medical Centre and Fountayne Road Health Centre – were rated ‘good’ by 61% of patients.
Patients said that they usually struggled to speak to their preferred GP. At both practices only a third of people said they spoke to who they wanted to, when they wanted to, a lot of the time.
Healy Medical Centre was the easier of the two practices to contact by phone, with 70% saying it was easy compared to 46% at Fountayne Road Health Centre.
The other Hackney GPs where less than 70% of patients were satisfied was Trowbridge Surgery in Hackney Wick, Stamford Hill Group Practice and The Clapton Surgery.
Full list of ratings
All the surgeries rated in Islington have been traced on the map below with popups revealing their overall rating.
Full list:
THE NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE
E5 8BY
93%
THE STATHAM GROVE SURGERY
N16 9DP
93%
THE WICK HEALTH CENTRE
E9 5TD
91%
RICHMOND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
E8 3HN
89%
THE ELM PRACTICE
N16 7EA
89%
THE LEA SURGERY
E9 6AG
88%
LATIMER HEALTH CENTRE
E9 6RT
87%
BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
E8 3AH
85%
ROSEWOOD PRACTICE
N16 7EA
85%
BARTON HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE
N16 9JT
83%
SPRING HILL PRACTICE
N16 5SR
83%
KINGSMEAD HEALTHCARE
E9 5QG
82%
ATHENA MEDICAL CENTRE
E5 0QP
81%
ELSDALE STREET SURGERY
E9 6QY
81%
THE SURGERY (BROOKE ROAD)
N16 7LR
81%
SOMERFORD GROVE PRACTICE
N16 7UA
80%
THE SURGERY (CRANWICH ROAD)
N16 5JF
78%
THE RIVERSIDE PRACTICE
E5 9BQ
77%
MILDMAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
N16 9NF
76%
LOWER CLAPTON GROUP PRACTICE
E5 0PQ
76%
LONDON FIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
E8 4QJ
76%
WELL STREET SURGERY
E9 7TA
76%
THE DALSTON PRACTICE
E8 1PG
75%
SANDRINGHAM PRACTICE
E8 1PG
75%
THE GREENHOUSE WALK-IN
E9 7SN
75%
THE SURGERY (BARRETTS GROVE)
N16 8AR
71%
THE ALLERTON ROAD SURGERY
N16 5UF
71%
QUEENSBRIDGE GROUP PRACTICE
E8 3XP
70%
THE CLAPTON SURGERY
E5 9BQ
69%
STAMFORD HILL GROUP PRACTICE
N16 6UA
63%
TROWBRIDGE PRACTICE
E9 5NE
62%
FOUNTAYNE ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
N16 7EA
61%
HEALY MEDICAL CENTRE
E5 9DH
61%
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