Local authority area
GP practices in Central Bedfordshire
23 open practices in this local authority area, 23 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Central Bedfordshire as a whole
England 80.0 · 95% interval 74.5 to 77.8
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 23 rated practices. On average they are 3.7 points below the England average (95% interval: 2.2 to 5.5 points below). 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%).
Below 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 Central Bedfordshire
Top-rated in Central Bedfordshire 2026: Greensand Surgery (Ampthill). No practice in Central Bedfordshire is in the top 10% in England this year. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 16 practices in Central Bedfordshire 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 | Greensand Surgery (Ampthill)Top-rated in Central Bedfordshire 2026 | 95 | 87.180.5 to 91.7 |
| 2 | Dr A Sulakshana & PartnersClearly above the England average | 105 | 87.080.3 to 91.0 |
| 3 | West Street Surgery | 111 | 84.477.7 to 88.8 |
| 4 | Eastgate Surgery | 98 | 83.378.4 to 87.2 |
| 5 | Priory Gardens Surgery | 102 | 82.970.6 to 90.7 |
| 6 | Houghton Close Surgery | 125 | 82.276.4 to 86.7 |
| 7 | Toddington Medical Centre | 113 | 81.076.1 to 85.0 |
| 8 | Flitwick Surgery | 126 | 80.973.5 to 86.5 |
| 9 | Kirby Road Surgery | 115 | 79.574.7 to 83.6 |
| 10 | Kingsbury Court Surgery | 110 | 78.472.1 to 83.6 |
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%).
Practices with exactly the same Practice score share a place, listed A to Z.
Also on place 10 with 78.4: Lower Stondon Surgery.
Only practices with a label are placed. Practices without one are in the full list below, with their figures.
All GP practices in Central Bedfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70.4 | 117 | 31.3% | 67.9% | ||
Dr A Sulakshana & PartnersClearly above the England average | 87.0 | 105 | 36.8% | 83.8% | |
Dr Jl Henderson & PartnersCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.7 | 120 | 34.6% | 96.1% | |
Eastgate SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 83.3 | 98 | 20.7% | 87.8% | |
Flitwick SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.9 | 126 | 36.6% | 90.5% | |
Greensand Surgery (Ampthill)Clearly above the England average | 87.1 | 95 | 29.1% | 97.1% | |
76.6 | 181 | 38.4% | 75.5% | ||
Houghton Close SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.2 | 125 | 37.6% | 90.5% | |
61.0 | 99 | 24.8% | 85.1% | ||
64.9 | 186 | 34.3% | 92.6% | ||
Kingsbury Court SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.4 | 110 | 23.8% | 86.1% | |
Kirby Road SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.5 | 115 | 30.2% | 97.6% | |
Larksfield and Arlesey Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.4 | 99 | 29.4% | 91.9% | |
64.4 | 91 | 21.9% | 67.1% | ||
Lower Stondon SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.4 | 118 | 35.6% | 77.0% | |
Marston Forest HealthcareCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.0 | 103 | 24.1% | 98.0% | |
Priory Gardens SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.9 | 102 | 17.5% | 93.7% | |
68.5 | 116 | 35.2% | 87.7% | ||
Salisbury House SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.3 | 94 | 29.6% | 85.8% | |
73.0 | 101 | 30.8% | 92.2% | ||
Shefford Health CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.5 | 113 | 32.4% | 80.9% | |
Toddington Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.0 | 113 | 32.9% | 92.6% | |
West Street SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 84.4 | 111 | 26.7% | 81.4% |
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.
Central Bedfordshire on the map
- Clearly above the England average
- Rated
- Not rated
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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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