Changing GP practice
Changing GP practice in Dorset 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 37 GP practices in Dorset, 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 Dorset, 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.
Puddletown Surgery
Practice Grade 95.4Silton Surgery
Practice Grade 94.4Milton Abbas Surgery
Practice Grade 93.3The Cranborne Practice
Practice Grade 90.3The Barcellos Family Practice
Practice Grade 90.1Cerne Abbas Surgery
Practice Grade 89.0Prince of Wales Surgery
Practice Grade 88.3Orchid House Surgery
Practice Grade 88.2Yetminster Health Centre
Practice Grade 88.2The Bridges Medical Ctr.
Practice Grade 86.8Bere Regis Surgery
Practice Grade 86.7Poundbury Doctors Surgery
Practice Grade 85.8Lyme Bay Medical Practice
Practice Grade 85.5The Grove Medical Centre
Practice Grade 84.4Blackmore Vale Partnership
Practice Grade 84.3Corfe Castle Surgery
Practice Grade 83.3Sandford Surgery
Practice Grade 82.8Penny's Hill Practice
Practice Grade 82.5Weymouth Bay Medical Practice
Practice Grade 82.2Fordington Surgery
Practice Grade 81.6The Apples Medical Centre
Practice Grade 81.3The Wellbridge Practice
Practice Grade 80.9Barton House Med Practice
Practice Grade 80.6The Verwood Surgery
Practice Grade 80.6Queens Avenue Surgery
Practice Grade 80.4Walford Mill Medical Centre
Practice Grade 80.3Wareham Surgery
Practice Grade 79.5Swanage Medical Practice
Practice Grade 77.7The Quarter Jack Surgery
Practice Grade 76.2Royal Manor Health Care
Practice Grade 75.9West Moors Village Surgery
Practice Grade 74.1The Blandford Group Practice
Practice Grade 73.9Cross Road Surgery
Practice Grade 73.5Atrium Health Centre
Practice Grade 72.9Gillingham Medical Practice
Practice Grade 72.8Ammonite Health Partnership
Practice Grade 68.0Wyke Regis & Lanehouse Medical Practice
Practice Grade 59.5Wyke Regis & Lanehouse Medical Practice on the NHS website (nhs.uk)
Good to know before you change
- You can register outside Dorset, 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).