Local authority area
GP practices in Sunderland
38 open practices in this local authority area, 38 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Sunderland as a whole
England 77.2 · 95% interval 80.7 to 82.8
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 38 rated practices. On average they are 4.8 points above the England average (95% interval: 3.5 to 5.6 points above). The Practice score weighs patient experience, the share of patients who describe their practice as good (70%), and access (30%): the share of appointments within two weeks of booking and the share of calls the practice answers, from NHS England’s latest monthly data.
Clearly above the England average
This compares patients’ answers in the area as a whole with England’s, every rated practice counting equally, as each practice’s label compares its patients’ answers. Access moves the figure above, not this. It says nothing about any single practice: see each practice’s own page.
Best-rated GP practices in Sunderland
Top-rated in Sunderland 2026: Rickleton Medical Centre. 7 practices in Sunderland are in the top 10% in England. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 35 practices in Sunderland 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 | Rickleton Medical CentreTop-rated in Sunderland 2026 | 86 | 92.990.3 to 94.6 |
| 2 | Villette SurgeryTop 10% in England 2026 | 103 | 91.687.6 to 93.7 |
| 3 | Southlands Medical GroupTop 10% in England 2026 | 112 | 91.486.3 to 93.3 |
| 4 | Hylton Medical GroupTop 10% in England 2026 | 119 | 91.087.3 to 92.9 |
| 5 | Springwell Medical GroupTop 10% in England 2026 | 92 | 89.383.3 to 92.3 |
| 6 | Happy House SurgeryTop 10% in England 2026 | 102 | 88.981.9 to 93.0 |
| 7 | Village Surgery PartnershipTop 10% in England 2026 | 123 | 88.886.0 to 90.9 |
| 8 | Chester SurgeryClearly above the England average | 98 | 87.884.3 to 90.1 |
| 9 | Houghton Medical Group,Clearly above the England average | 105 | 87.480.8 to 91.2 |
| 10 | Fulwell Medical Centre,Clearly above the England average | 112 | 87.181.2 to 90.6 |
The line under each grade is its 95% interval. The Practice score weighs patient experience, the share of patients who describe their practice as good (70%), and access (30%): the share of appointments within two weeks of booking and the share of calls the practice answers, from NHS England’s latest monthly data. The label compares patients’ answers with England’s; access moves the grade, never the label.
Practices with exactly the same Practice score share a place, listed A to Z.
Also on place 10 with 87.1: The Broadway Medical Practice.
Only practices with a label are placed. Practices without one are in the full list below, with their figures.
All GP practices in Sunderland, 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 | Access | Trend 2024–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashburn Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 82.1 | 103 | 22.9% | 74.0% | |
Bridge View Medical GroupCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.7 | 96 | 21.2% | 80.9% | |
Castletown Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 83.6 | 91 | 20.5% | 86.8% | |
Chester SurgeryClearly above the England average | 87.8 | 98 | 22.9% | 81.9% | |
Concord Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.7 | 116 | 30.1% | 84.7% | |
Deerness Park Medical GroupCannot be told apart from the England average | 67.3 | 114 | 24.8% | 64.5% | |
Forge Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.6 | 121 | 24.7% | 79.6% | |
Fulwell Medical Centre,Clearly above the England average | 87.1 | 112 | 32.4% | 81.4% | |
Galleries Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.8 | 106 | 29.1% | 83.9% | |
Grangewood SurgeryClearly above the England average | 84.1 | 114 | 30.9% | 82.2% | |
Happy House SurgeryClearly above the England average | 88.9 | 102 | 22.8% | 91.7% | |
Herrington Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 83.8 | 109 | 27.1% | 73.7% | |
Hetton Group PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 84.6 | 103 | 25.9% | 82.7% | |
Houghton Medical Group,Clearly above the England average | 87.4 | 105 | 28.6% | 82.7% | |
Hylton Medical GroupClearly above the England average | 91.0 | 119 | 23.8% | 80.4% | |
I J HealthcareCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.5 | 97 | 21.8% | 80.6% | |
Kepier Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 85.5 | 99 | 26.7% | 85.2% | |
Millfield Medical GroupCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.6 | 106 | 25.9% | 71.3% | |
Monkwearmouth Health CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.6 | 119 | 30.4% | 85.6% | |
New Silksworth Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.5 | 88 | 25.1% | 73.8% | |
72.7 | 126 | 32.6% | 79.7% | ||
Pallion Family PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.6 | 97 | 24.4% | 86.7% | |
Park Lane PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.1 | 97 | 18.4% | 80.9% | |
66.1 | 100 | 19.7% | 84.7% | ||
Rickleton Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 92.9 | 86 | 26.5% | 90.4% | |
Riverview SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.8 | 91 | 14.1% | 71.8% | |
Southlands Medical GroupClearly above the England average | 91.4 | 112 | 27.5% | 79.5% | |
Springwell Medical GroupClearly above the England average | 89.3 | 92 | 22.6% | 81.2% | |
St Bede Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.1 | 109 | 27.3% | 65.5% | |
Sunderland GP Alliance Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.6 | 96 | 22.7% | 72.3% | |
69.6 | 95 | 18.1% | 78.1% | ||
The Broadway Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 87.1 | 89 | 24.1% | 88.9% | |
The New City Medical GroupCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.6 | 105 | 22.0% | 87.2% | |
The Stephenson Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.5 | 124 | 29.4% | 74.4% | |
Village Surgery PartnershipClearly above the England average | 88.8 | 123 | 25.3% | 80.7% | |
Villette SurgeryClearly above the England average | 91.6 | 103 | 30.1% | 84.1% | |
Wearside Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 83.1 | 95 | 16.7% | 83.0% | |
Westbourne Medical GroupClearly above the England average | 83.4 | 106 | 27.7% | 79.6% |
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.
Other NHS services listed as GP practices
NHS England’s register lists these services as GP practices, but you cannot choose to register with them, so they are not in the lists or on the map above.
Sunderland on the map
- Clearly above the England average
- Rated
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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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About Sunderland
Background
Background on Sunderland as context for the practices above. Not part of the Practice score.
- Residents
- 288,606
- Aged 65 and over
- 20.7%
- Aged 80 and over
- 5.2%
Deprivation, income and life expectancy
| Measure | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|
| Deprivation score (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)2025 | 32.8 | 21.8 |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families2024/25, 95% interval 25.2 to 26.2 | 25.7% | 19.8% |
| Life expectancy at birth, men2022 to 2024, 95% interval 76.6 to 77.5 | 77.1 years | 79.5 years |
| Life expectancy at birth, women2022 to 2024, 95% interval 80.8 to 81.6 | 81.2 years | 83.3 years |
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Fingertips: residents and ages 2024 (Office for National Statistics), deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), children in low income families 2024/25 (Department for Work and Pensions), life expectancy 2022 to 2024 (Office for National Statistics). Open Government Licence v3.0.
Older people in Sunderland
Background
Background on people aged 65 and over in Sunderland, with England beside it. No figure here says an area is doing better or worse. Not part of the Practice score.
Hospital care and dementia
| Measure | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency hospital admissions for falls, per 100,000 people aged 65 and over2024/25, age-standardised, 95% interval 1,825 to 2,055 | 1,937 | 1,958 |
| Hip fractures, per 100,000 people aged 65 and over2024/25, age-standardised, 95% interval 509 to 635 | 570 | 536 |
| Estimated dementia diagnosis rate, people aged 65 and over2026, as at 31 March, 95% interval 60.5 to 74.1 | 67.8% | 66.3% |
The hospital figures are age-standardised, so an older population does not raise them. Since 2022/23 some hospital trusts report same-day emergency care in another dataset, which can lower the admissions counted.
The dementia rate is the number of people with a recorded diagnosis out of the number estimated to have dementia. It is counted by where the practice is, not where patients live.
Care homes
| Measure | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|
| Care home beds per 100 people aged 75 and over2025 | 9.5 | 8.3 |
Beds are counted where the home is, not where its residents come from, and people under 75 also live in care homes.
Life expectancy at 65
| Measure | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at 65, men2022 to 2024, 95% interval 17.5 to 18.0 | 17.8 years | 18.9 years |
| Life expectancy at 65, women2022 to 2024, 95% interval 19.8 to 20.3 | 20.0 years | 21.4 years |
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Fingertips: hospital admissions 2024/25 (NHS England), dementia diagnosis 2026 (as at 31 March) (NHS England), care home beds 2025 (Care Quality Commission), life expectancy 2022 to 2024 (Office for National Statistics). Open Government Licence v3.0.
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)
- Cloud Based Telephony Data in General Practice:
- GP Patient Survey, earlier years (2024 and 2025): (published July 2025)
- Area background figures: population, deprivation, life expectancy, older people (Fingertips): (published May 2026)
- 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
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Area figures: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (Fingertips), from Office for National Statistics, Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, NHS England and Care Quality Commission data.