Local authority area
GP practices in Colchester
15 open practices in this local authority area, 14 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Colchester as a whole
England 80.0 · 95% interval 75.8 to 81.7
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 14 rated practices. On average they are 0.6 points below the England average (95% interval: from 4.2 points below to 1.7 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 Colchester
Top-rated in Colchester 2026: West Mersea Surgery. 1 practice in Colchester is in the top 10% in England. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 12 practices in Colchester 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 | West Mersea SurgeryTop-rated in Colchester 2026 | 109 | 92.087.8 to 94.7 |
| 2 | Colchester Medical Practice | 162 | 88.768.9 to 95.4 |
| 3 | Mill Road Surgery | 141 | 85.576.7 to 90.9 |
| 4 | East Hill Surgery | 107 | 84.175.1 to 89.7 |
| 5 | Turner Road Surgery | 117 | 81.674.7 to 87.1 |
| 6 | Tiptree Medical Centre | 116 | 81.371.0 to 87.8 |
| 7 | Creffield Medical Group | 110 | 81.056.9 to 93.9 |
| 8 | Winstree Medical Practice | 125 | 79.574.0 to 83.9 |
| 9 | Ambrose Avenue Group Practice | 95 | 74.258.2 to 86.1 |
| 10 | Abbey Field Medical Centre | 106 | 73.854.4 to 87.8 |
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 73.8: Tollgate Health Centre.
Only practices with a label are placed. Practices without one are in the full list below, with their figures. Practices that register only one group of people, such as students or people who are homeless, are not placed either.
All GP practices in Colchester, 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 Field Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 73.8 | 106 | 22.7% | 92.6% | |
Ambrose Avenue Group PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.2 | 95 | 30.8% | 92.5% | |
| Not rated: no survey result | – | – | – | ||
Colchester Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 88.7 | 162 | 25.7% | 91.5% | |
Creffield Medical GroupCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.0 | 110 | 30.3% | 96.8% | |
East Hill SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 84.1 | 107 | 23.9% | 86.6% | |
74.6 | 136 | 25.7% | 85.4% | ||
Mill Road SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 85.5 | 141 | 34.0% | 88.3% | |
Rowhedge SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.5 | 96 | 10.0% | 83.7% | |
Tiptree Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.3 | 116 | 41.8% | 82.3% | |
Tollgate Health CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 73.8 | 109 | 26.3% | 96.6% | |
Turner Road SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.6 | 117 | 23.4% | 96.2% | |
West Mersea SurgeryClearly above the England average | 92.0 | 109 | 39.4% | 94.5% | |
Winstree Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.5 | 125 | 30.9% | 87.1% | |
70.6 | 129 | 36.3% | 64.4% |
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.
Colchester 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