Seeing the same GP

Seeing the same GP in Stockton-on-Tees 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 Stockton-on-Tees (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 Stockton-on-Tees, 15 of 20 practices had enough answers to be shown. The share who see their preferred professional runs from 15.5% to 90.9%, with 51.5% in the middle, from 654 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. 5 practices are left out because too few patients answered the question, or because they serve one group only.

Place 1
Dr Rasool
Practice Grade 91.9
90.9% of 56 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 2
Melrose Surgery
Practice Grade 78.6
85.4% of 38 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 3
Park Lane Surgery
Practice Grade 82.4
69.8% of 57 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 4
Tennant Street Medical Practice
Practice Grade 85.3
68.2% of 56 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 5
Queenstree Practice
Practice Grade 77.2
65.8% of 39 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 6
Riverside Medical Practice
Practice Grade 81.3
57.1% of 38 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 7
Marsh House Medical Practice
Practice Grade 75.0
55.7% of 60 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 8
Kingsway Medical Centre
Practice Grade 82.2
51.5% of 31 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 9
Queens Park Medical Centre
Practice Grade 80.7
42.7% of 59 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 10
Eaglescliffe Medical Practice
Practice Grade 91.7
41.1% of 32 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 11
Alma Medical Centre
Practice Grade 79.9
41.1% of 40 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 12
The Densham Surgery
Practice Grade 83.6
34.6% of 38 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 13
Woodbridge Practice
Practice Grade 75.6
29.6% of 33 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 14
The Dovecot Surgery
Practice Grade 75.4
27.3% of 47 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 15
The Roseberry Practice
Practice Grade 75.5
15.5% of 30 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.