Seeing the same GP

Seeing the same GP in Dorset 2026

Seeing the same GP or nurse over time is one of the best documented signs of good primary care. Here you see the share of patients with a preferred healthcare professional who see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time, per GP practice in Dorset (2026 GP Patient Survey), with the number of answers for each. The cards are ordered by the share; on an equal share the Practice Grade decides, and when both are exactly equal the practices share a place.

In Dorset, 33 of 37 practices had enough answers to be shown. The share who see their preferred professional runs from 23.1% to 90.9%, with 66.0% in the middle, from 1,578 answers in all.

Share who see their preferred professional, highest first

The figure is a survey answer, not a register count. It is asked only of patients who have a preferred professional, so it rests on fewer answers than the overall question, and its margin of error is wider; the practice page shows it. A practice with many older patients or patients with long-term conditions may have a higher share for that reason. Read it as a fact to ask about, not a verdict. 4 practices are left out because too few patients answered the question, or because they serve one group only.

Place 1
Silton Surgery
Practice Grade 94.4
90.9% of 49 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 2
Puddletown Surgery
Practice Grade 95.4
87.5% of 77 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 3
Prince of Wales Surgery
Practice Grade 88.3
86.8% of 38 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 4
Queens Avenue Surgery
Practice Grade 80.4
85.8% of 59 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 5
Corfe Castle Surgery
Practice Grade 83.3
82.0% of 45 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 6
Weymouth Bay Medical Practice
Practice Grade 82.2
81.9% of 79 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 7
Penny's Hill Practice
Practice Grade 82.5
80.1% of 70 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 8
Yetminster Health Centre
Practice Grade 88.2
79.9% of 47 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 9
West Moors Village Surgery
Practice Grade 74.1
73.2% of 37 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 10
Cerne Abbas Surgery
Practice Grade 89.0
70.8% of 51 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 11
Fordington Surgery
Practice Grade 81.6
70.1% of 34 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 12
The Grove Medical Centre
Practice Grade 84.4
67.3% of 46 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 13
Milton Abbas Surgery
Practice Grade 93.3
67.0% of 62 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 14
The Bridges Medical Ctr.
Practice Grade 86.8
66.8% of 54 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 15
Lyme Bay Medical Practice
Practice Grade 85.5
66.6% of 45 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 16
Poundbury Doctors Surgery
Practice Grade 85.8
66.2% of 54 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 17
Bere Regis Surgery
Practice Grade 86.7
66.0% of 43 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 18
The Apples Medical Centre
Practice Grade 81.3
66.0% of 52 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 19
The Quarter Jack Surgery
Practice Grade 76.2
61.2% of 57 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 20
The Barcellos Family Practice
Practice Grade 90.1
60.2% of 47 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 21
The Blandford Group Practice
Practice Grade 73.9
58.9% of 41 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 22
Walford Mill Medical Centre
Practice Grade 80.3
58.8% of 51 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 23
The Cranborne Practice
Practice Grade 90.3
53.5% of 42 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 24
The Verwood Surgery
Practice Grade 80.6
50.9% of 34 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 25
Blackmore Vale Partnership
Practice Grade 84.3
46.4% of 34 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 26
Swanage Medical Practice
Practice Grade 77.7
42.5% of 50 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 27
Gillingham Medical Practice
Practice Grade 72.8
41.4% of 40 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 28
Wareham Surgery
Practice Grade 79.5
38.8% of 47 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 29
Orchid House Surgery
Practice Grade 88.2
36.6% of 42 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 30
Barton House Med Practice
Practice Grade 80.6
34.6% of 47 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 31
Ammonite Health Partnership
Practice Grade 68.0
34.1% of 32 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 32
The Wellbridge Practice
Practice Grade 80.9
23.7% of 41 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 33
Cross Road Surgery
Practice Grade 73.5
23.1% of 31 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.

What the figure means, source and method

Seeing the same GP here means question 7 of the 2026 GP Patient Survey: of the patients who have a GP or other healthcare professional they prefer to see or speak to, the share who do so always, almost always or a lot of the time. It says how often patients get the person they prefer, not whether they are registered with a named GP.

A survey, not a count. Ipsos weights the answers and publishes each share with its margin of error and number of answers; we show a share only with at least the same number of answers as the Practice Grade needs.
Who the patients are matters. Practices with many older patients or patients with long-term conditions often have more patients with a preferred professional.
Not part of the Practice Grade. The share is shown as a fact beside the grade. The grade in the cards above rests as always on question 32 and NHS England’s appointment and phone data.

Source: 2026 GP Patient Survey, question 7: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/. The Practice Grade rests on the GP Patient Survey and NHS England’s appointment and phone data.