Changing GP practice
Changing GP practice in Cheshire East 2026
Changing GP practice in England is free, and you do not have to tell your current practice: it is told once your new practice has registered you. Here are the 35 GP practices in Cheshire East, highest Practice Grade first, each with a link to its page on the NHS website, where it says how to register.
How to change, in three steps
- Compare the options. The list below orders the practices by the Practice Grade: what patients say in the 2026 GP Patient Survey together with how soon appointments take place and calls are answered. Want to weigh what matters most to you? Use Help me choose.
- Register online, in the NHS App or on paper. The link on each card goes to the practice’s page on the NHS website. Most practices let you register online; you can also fill in a paper form at the practice.
- Wait to hear back. You should be told when you have been registered, usually within 5 days of the practice getting your details.
A practice may refuse to register you if it is not accepting new patients, if you live outside its area, or if you have been removed from its list before; it must then write to you within 14 days. The whole process, step by step, is in the guide How to change your GP practice.
GP practices you can change to in Cheshire East, highest Practice Grade first
Practices without enough answers for a Practice Grade come last, A to Z. The links go to the NHS website; we are not a booking service and have no ties to the practices. 1 practice that serves one group of patients only is not listed.
The Surgery
Practice Grade 98.3Chelford Surgery
Practice Grade 95.0Alderley Edge Medical Centre
Practice Grade 91.8Handforth Health Centre
Practice Grade 90.9Park Lane Surgery
Practice Grade 90.9Bunbury Medical Practice
Practice Grade 87.4The Cedars Medical Centre
Practice Grade 87.2South Park Surgery
Practice Grade 86.4Cumberland House Surgery
Practice Grade 85.4Oaklands
Practice Grade 85.3The Health Centre (Holmes Chapel)
Practice Grade 85.3The Health Centre (Holmes Chapel) on the NHS website (nhs.uk)
Audlem Medical Practice
Practice Grade 84.8Kenmore Medical Centre
Practice Grade 84.6Rope Green Medical Centre
Practice Grade 84.4Ashfields Primary Care Centre
Practice Grade 84.2Park Green Surgery
Practice Grade 83.4Broken Cross Surgery
Practice Grade 83.0Greenmoss Medical Centre
Practice Grade 83.0Tudor Surgery
Practice Grade 82.8Wilmslow Health Centre
Practice Grade 81.8Waters Edge Medical Centre
Practice Grade 81.1High Street Surgery
Practice Grade 81.0Meadowside Medical Centre
Practice Grade 79.7Merepark Medical Centre
Practice Grade 78.5Knutsford Medical Partnership
Practice Grade 78.2Nantwich Health Centre
Practice Grade 77.9Middlewood Partnership
Practice Grade 77.7Earnswood Medical Centre
Practice Grade 77.4Lawton House Surgery
Practice Grade 75.6Readesmoor Medical Group Practice
Practice Grade 73.7Readesmoor Medical Group Practice on the NHS website (nhs.uk)
Haslington Surgery
Practice Grade 72.4The Kiltearn Medical Ctr.
Practice Grade 71.8Millcroft Medical Centre
Practice Grade 69.3Grosvenor Medical Centre
Practice Grade 68.2Hungerford Medical Centre
Practice Grade 65.1
Good to know before you change
- You can register outside Cheshire East, for example near where you work, but not every practice accepts patients from outside its area, and it may affect home visits and community services. See all areas on GP practices by area.
- Away for a while? You can register with a practice as a temporary patient for up to 3 months without changing practice.
- If you have problems registering, the NHS website suggests contacting your local integrated care board, Citizens Advice or your local Healthwatch.
- We order by the Practice Grade. The grade weighs patients’ answers and access, and a practice gets one only with enough answers; each practice page shows how many answered.
Source: the NHS website, Register with a GP surgery (how to register), and the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS England’s appointment and phone data (the Practice Grade).