Local authority area
GP practices in Dover
13 open practices in this local authority area, 13 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Dover as a whole
England 80.0 · 95% interval 76.2 to 80.0
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 13 rated practices. On average they are 1.7 points below the England average (95% interval: from 3.8 points below to level with). 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 Dover
Top-rated in Dover 2026: The New Golf Road Surgery. No practice in Dover is in the top 10% in England this year. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 9 practices in Dover 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 | The New Golf Road SurgeryTop-rated in Dover 2026 | 133 | 90.588.3 to 92.0 |
| 2 | Lydden SurgeryClearly above the England average | 118 | 89.586.7 to 91.8 |
| 3 | High Street Surgery | 115 | 82.876.9 to 87.2 |
| 4 | Sandwich Medical Practice | 92 | 81.670.1 to 89.2 |
| 5 | St James' Surgery | 95 | 79.370.3 to 85.8 |
| 6 | The Cedars Surgery | 103 | 76.868.6 to 82.5 |
| 7 | Buckland Medical Practice | 97 | 76.766.4 to 84.9 |
| 8 | Balmoral Surgery | 114 | 75.767.8 to 82.0 |
| 9 | White Cliffs Medical Centre | 99 | 75.266.6 to 82.3 |
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%).
Only practices with a label are placed. Practices without one are in the full list below, with their figures.
All GP practices in Dover, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
75.5 | 108 | 31.9% | 81.2% | ||
70.8 | 102 | 25.9% | 89.0% | ||
Balmoral SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.7 | 114 | 37.0% | 78.6% | |
Buckland Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.7 | 97 | 26.1% | 95.5% | |
High Street SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.8 | 115 | 28.8% | 90.5% | |
Lydden SurgeryClearly above the England average | 89.5 | 118 | 40.6% | 93.6% | |
70.4 | 110 | 23.5% | 96.7% | ||
Sandwich Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.6 | 92 | 33.0% | 91.6% | |
St James' SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.3 | 95 | 24.1% | 82.7% | |
73.3 | 116 | 38.3% | 72.3% | ||
The Cedars SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.8 | 103 | 36.1% | 67.2% | |
The New Golf Road SurgeryClearly above the England average | 90.5 | 133 | 39.8% | 91.5% | |
White Cliffs Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.2 | 99 | 25.3% | 88.3% |
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.
Dover on the map
- Clearly above the England average
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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.
Choosing and changing a practice
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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