Seeing the same GP

Seeing the same GP in St. Helens 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 St. Helens (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 St. Helens, 19 of 28 practices had enough answers to be shown. The share who see their preferred professional runs from 12.6% to 81.6%, with 50.0% in the middle, from 777 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. 9 practices are left out because too few patients answered the question, or because they serve one group only.

Place 1
Newholme Surgery
Practice Grade 86.3
81.6% of 36 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 2
Lingholme Health Centre
Practice Grade 89.1
67.4% of 44 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 3
Ormskirk House Surgery
Practice Grade 88.0
62.7% of 53 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 4
Kenneth Macrae Med Centre
Practice Grade 94.8
60.4% of 50 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 5
Rainhill Village Surgery
Practice Grade 88.9
59.7% of 49 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 6
Parkfield Surgery
Practice Grade 90.9
58.4% of 46 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 7
Windermere Medical Centre
Practice Grade 91.4
57.2% of 37 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 8
Hall Street Medical Centre
Practice Grade 92.0
54.4% of 41 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 9
Rainford Health Centre
Practice Grade 94.3
54.3% of 41 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 10
Newton Practice
Practice Grade 69.5
50.0% of 30 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 11
Phoenix Medical Centre
Practice Grade 82.0
44.8% of 55 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 12
Bethany Medical Centre
Practice Grade 86.2
43.4% of 34 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 13
Eccleston Medical Centre
Practice Grade 82.3
33.9% of 31 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 14
Patterdale Lodge Med Ctre
Practice Grade 78.5
30.0% of 33 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 15
Berrymead Family Med.ctr.
Practice Grade 75.1
28.7% of 42 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 16
Vista Road Surgery
Practice Grade 71.7
26.0% of 41 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 17
Garswood Surgery
Practice Grade 80.5
24.5% of 42 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 18
Mill Street Medical Ctr.
Practice Grade 87.4
20.0% of 33 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 19
Modality St Helens
Practice Grade 69.0
12.6% of 39 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.