Local authority area
GP practices in Blackpool
16 open practices in this local authority area, 16 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Blackpool as a whole
England 80.0 · 95% interval 75.6 to 80.3
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 16 rated practices. On average they are 1.7 points below the England average (95% interval: from 4.4 points below to 0.3 points above). The Practice score weighs two NHS measures: the share of patients who describe their practice as good (70%) and the share of appointments that take place within two weeks of booking (30%).
Cannot be told apart from the England average
This describes the area as a whole, with every rated practice counting equally. It says nothing about any single practice: see each practice’s own page.
Best-rated GP practices in Blackpool
Top-rated in Blackpool 2026: Arnold Medical Centre. 1 practice in Blackpool is in the top 10% in England. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 14 practices in Blackpool with a label. Each score has a margin of error, and neighbouring scores often overlap, so nearby places can be close calls.
| Place | Practice | Survey answers | Practice score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold Medical CentreTop-rated in Blackpool 2026 | 123 | 91.988.6 to 94.2 |
| 2 | The Crescent SurgeryClearly above the England average | 116 | 87.981.9 to 91.8 |
| 3 | Abbey Dale Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 99 | 87.883.0 to 91.2 |
| 4 | South King Street Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 112 | 85.580.3 to 89.2 |
| 5 | Newton Drive Health Centre | 98 | 81.868.2 to 89.6 |
| 6 | Cleveleys Group Practice | 114 | 80.067.9 to 87.5 |
| 7 | Stonyhill Medical Practice | 108 | 79.369.7 to 85.4 |
| 8 | Highfield Surgery | 114 | 78.967.2 to 86.9 |
| 9 | Marton Medical Practice | 113 | 77.369.4 to 83.7 |
| 10 | North Shore Surgery | 105 | 77.063.3 to 85.6 |
The line under each score is its 95% interval. The Practice score weighs two NHS measures: the share of patients who describe their practice as good (70%) and the share of appointments that take place within two weeks of booking (30%).
Only practices with a label are placed. Practices without one are in the full list below, with their figures.
All GP practices in Blackpool, A to Z
In alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking. Each Practice score is shown with its 95% interval; a label appears only when the margin of error supports it.
| Practice | Practice score | Survey answers | Response rate | Appointments within 2 weeks | Trend 2024–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbey Dale Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 87.8 | 99 | 20.8% | 91.6% | |
Adelaide Street SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 69.6 | 98 | 15.8% | 89.8% | |
Arnold Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 91.9 | 123 | 28.7% | 96.7% | |
Bloomfield Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.6 | 112 | 20.4% | 75.3% | |
Cleveleys Group PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.0 | 114 | 30.2% | 81.4% | |
70.0 | 123 | 26.4% | 78.1% | ||
Highfield SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.9 | 114 | 24.1% | 86.3% | |
Layton Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.9 | 100 | 20.8% | 78.7% | |
Marton Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.3 | 113 | 22.2% | 92.1% | |
Newton Drive Health CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.8 | 98 | 21.8% | 84.7% | |
North Shore SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.0 | 105 | 21.8% | 77.4% | |
South King Street Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 85.5 | 112 | 19.7% | 88.1% | |
61.1 | 97 | 21.9% | 75.8% | ||
Stonyhill Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.3 | 108 | 24.6% | 75.2% | |
The Crescent SurgeryClearly above the England average | 87.9 | 116 | 33.1% | 90.7% | |
Waterloo Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.8 | 92 | 19.3% | 73.9% |
The trend column shows overall experience (the share of patients who describe the practice as good), 2024–2026, from the GP Patient Survey (question 32). It is the survey part of the Practice score, not the score itself. Practices with fewer than 3 yearly results are shown without a curve.
Other NHS services listed as GP practices
NHS England’s register lists these services as GP practices, but you cannot choose to register with them, so they are not in the lists or on the map above.
Blackpool on the map
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Each practice is placed at the centre of its postcode, not at its building, so practices that share a postcode share a point. Click a point to see every practice there.
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Data updated
The month each source’s data runs to, and when its publisher released it.
- GP Patient Survey: (published 9 July 2026)
- Appointments in General Practice: (published 24 September 2026)
- GP Patient Survey, earlier years (2024 and 2025): (published July 2025)
- NHS organisation data (ODS):
- Postcode locations and local authority areas:
Sources
- 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- 2024 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- 2025 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
- Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
- Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
- Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0