Local authority area
GP practices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
32 open practices in this local authority area, 32 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as a whole
England 77.2 · 95% interval 76.9 to 80.3
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 32 rated practices. On average they are 1.8 points above the England average (95% interval: from 0.3 points below to 3.1 points above). The Practice score weighs patient experience, the share of patients who describe their practice as good (70%), and access (30%): the share of appointments within two weeks of booking and the share of calls the practice answers, from NHS England’s latest monthly data.
Clearly above the England average
This compares patients’ answers in the area as a whole with England’s, every rated practice counting equally, as each practice’s label compares its patients’ answers. Access moves the figure above, not this. It says nothing about any single practice: see each practice’s own page.
Best-rated GP practices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Top-rated in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2026: Southbourne Practice. 3 practices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are in the top 10% in England. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 31 practices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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 | Southbourne PracticeTop-rated in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2026 | 110 | 90.586.1 to 92.7 |
| 2 | The Harvey Practice | 108 | 89.979.4 to 94.4 |
| 3 | St Albans Medical CentreTop 10% in England 2026 | 118 | 89.283.3 to 92.1 |
| 4 | The Newman Practice (Dr Newmans Surgery)Top 10% in England 2026 | 110 | 89.186.1 to 91.2 |
| 5 | Littledown SurgeryClearly above the England average | 101 | 87.783.5 to 90.5 |
| 5 | The Birchwood PracticeClearly above the England average | 127 | 87.782.7 to 91.1 |
| 7 | Stour SurgeryClearly above the England average | 99 | 87.681.5 to 90.6 |
| 8 | Canford Heath Group PractClearly above the England average | 119 | 86.479.7 to 90.3 |
| 9 | Moordown Medical Centre | 107 | 84.978.4 to 89.3 |
| 10 | Evergreen Oak SurgeryClearly above the England average | 126 | 83.079.1 to 86.1 |
The line under each grade is its 95% interval. The Practice score weighs patient experience, the share of patients who describe their practice as good (70%), and access (30%): the share of appointments within two weeks of booking and the share of calls the practice answers, from NHS England’s latest monthly data. The label compares patients’ answers with England’s; access moves the grade, never the label.
Practices with exactly the same Practice score share a place, listed A to Z.
Only practices with a label are placed. Practices without one are in the full list below, with their figures.
All GP practices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 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 | Access | Trend 2024–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaufort Road SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.2 | 115 | 32.1% | 74.5% | |
Canford Heath Group PractClearly above the England average | 86.4 | 119 | 29.7% | 78.2% | |
Christchurch Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 73.7 | 120 | 31.6% | 63.7% | |
Crescent Providence SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.4 | 103 | 15.9% | 71.9% | |
Denmark Road Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.3 | 83 | 21.0% | 79.6% | |
Evergreen Oak SurgeryClearly above the England average | 83.0 | 126 | 30.6% | 81.6% | |
Farmhouse SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.1 | 103 | 31.1% | 67.6% | |
Grove SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.9 | 98 | 29.5% | 67.5% | |
Highcliffe Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.9 | 109 | 41.5% | 68.7% | |
James Fisher Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.6 | 117 | 35.1% | 77.9% | |
Kinson Road Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 73.3 | 107 | 25.2% | 78.0% | |
Littledown SurgeryClearly above the England average | 87.7 | 101 | 33.3% | 79.1% | |
Moordown Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 84.9 | 107 | 31.4% | 85.6% | |
Poole Town SurgeryClearly above the England average | 81.4 | 116 | 29.1% | 77.8% | |
Shelley Manor Holdenhurst Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.6 | 94 | 18.6% | 73.2% | |
Shore MedicalCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.2 | 167 | 24.6% | 73.3% | |
Southbourne PracticeClearly above the England average | 90.5 | 110 | 31.3% | 80.9% | |
St Albans Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 89.2 | 118 | 33.3% | 79.1% | |
Stour SurgeryClearly above the England average | 87.6 | 99 | 34.5% | 75.0% | |
Talbot Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.6 | 85 | 16.7% | 76.1% | |
The Adam PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.1 | 110 | 29.1% | 70.8% | |
The Banks & Bearwood Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 68.2 | 103 | 27.8% | 66.1% | |
The Birchwood PracticeClearly above the England average | 87.7 | 127 | 33.4% | 85.8% | |
The Hadleigh PracticeClearly above the England average | 82.4 | 118 | 37.1% | 56.0% | |
The Harvey PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 89.9 | 108 | 36.4% | 88.6% | |
The Marine & Oakridge PartnershipClearly above the England average | 80.2 | 120 | 31.2% | 68.7% | |
The Newman Practice (Dr Newmans Surgery)Clearly above the England average | 89.1 | 110 | 26.1% | 84.9% | |
The Panton PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 70.0 | 102 | 18.8% | 75.6% | |
The Rosemary Health CtrCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.5 | 100 | 27.3% | 82.7% | |
66.2 | 103 | 23.4% | 77.7% | ||
Westbourne Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.6 | 207 | 35.6% | 67.3% | |
Woodlea House SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.6 | 104 | 25.2% | 64.0% |
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.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on the map
- Clearly above the England average
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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)
- Cloud Based Telephony Data in General Practice:
- 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