Local authority area
GP practices in Plymouth
22 open practices in this local authority area, 22 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Plymouth as a whole
England 80.0 · 95% interval 74.4 to 78.2
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 22 rated practices. On average they are 3.5 points below the England average (95% interval: 1.8 to 5.6 points below). 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%).
Below 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 Plymouth
Top-rated in Plymouth 2026: Stoke Surgery. 1 practice in Plymouth is in the top 10% in England. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 16 practices in Plymouth 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 | Stoke SurgeryTop-rated in Plymouth 2026 | 106 | 91.986.7 to 94.9 |
| 2 | Dean Cross SurgeryClearly above the England average | 114 | 87.381.3 to 91.6 |
| 3 | North Road West Med.ctr. | 90 | 86.575.5 to 92.8 |
| 4 | Knowle House Surgery | 118 | 84.576.2 to 90.3 |
| 4 | West Hoe SurgeryClearly above the England average | 125 | 84.580.5 to 87.3 |
| 6 | Peverell Park Surgery | 134 | 83.767.0 to 93.4 |
| 7 | Southway Surgery | 93 | 81.176.2 to 85.1 |
| 8 | Adelaide Street Surgery | 110 | 80.577.1 to 83.5 |
| 9 | Roborough Surgery | 125 | 80.373.5 to 85.6 |
| 10 | Lisson Grove Medical Ctr. | 97 | 79.966.0 to 88.9 |
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.
Only practices with a label are placed. Practices without one are in the full list below, with their figures.
All GP practices in Plymouth, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Street SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.5 | 110 | 17.1% | 89.9% | |
60.9 | 185 | 33.9% | 85.8% | ||
64.8 | 87 | 21.9% | 78.7% | ||
Church View SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.2 | 92 | 35.1% | 62.6% | |
Dean Cross SurgeryClearly above the England average | 87.3 | 114 | 40.6% | 96.4% | |
Devonport Health CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.3 | 101 | 20.6% | 94.3% | |
Elm SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.8 | 114 | 32.8% | 76.5% | |
Friary House SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.1 | 95 | 21.8% | 92.6% | |
Knowle House SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 84.5 | 118 | 36.9% | 95.5% | |
Lisson Grove Medical Ctr.Cannot be told apart from the England average | 79.9 | 97 | 22.9% | 91.1% | |
62.8 | 158 | 22.7% | 84.6% | ||
North Road West Med.ctr.Cannot be told apart from the England average | 86.5 | 90 | 21.3% | 93.6% | |
66.0 | 100 | 25.2% | 83.2% | ||
66.0 | 179 | 26.8% | 93.8% | ||
Peverell Park SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 83.7 | 134 | 23.3% | 99.1% | |
Roborough SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.3 | 125 | 37.6% | 91.0% | |
Southway SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.1 | 93 | 26.5% | 85.4% | |
68.3 | 105 | 28.0% | 91.5% | ||
St. Levan SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.4 | 98 | 22.8% | 70.3% | |
Stoke SurgeryClearly above the England average | 91.9 | 106 | 32.0% | 93.1% | |
West Hoe SurgeryClearly above the England average | 84.5 | 125 | 39.2% | 72.5% | |
Wycliffe SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.5 | 106 | 26.3% | 65.4% |
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.
Plymouth 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.
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Data updated
The month each source’s data runs to, and when its publisher released it.
- GP Patient Survey: (published 9 July 2026)
- Appointments in General Practice: (published 24 September 2026)
- GP Patient Survey, earlier years (2024 and 2025): (published July 2025)
- NHS organisation data (ODS):
- Postcode locations and local authority areas:
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