Local authority area
GP practices in Swale
13 open practices in this local authority area, 13 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Swale as a whole
England 80.0 · 95% interval 71.3 to 75.4
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 13 rated practices. On average they are 6.4 points below the England average (95% interval: 4.6 to 8.7 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 Swale
Top-rated in Swale 2026: Vel Surgery. No practice in Swale is in the top 10% in England this year. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 5 practices in Swale 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 | Vel SurgeryTop-rated in Swale 2026 | 109 | 89.783.8 to 93.3 |
| 2 | Sheppey Healthy Living Centre | 112 | 79.268.4 to 87.4 |
| 3 | Grovehurst Health | 107 | 77.471.1 to 82.2 |
| 4 | Memorial Medical Centre | 108 | 76.363.2 to 85.1 |
| 5 | Faversham Medical Group | 119 | 75.962.9 to 85.2 |
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 Swale, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Faversham Medical GroupCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.9 | 119 | 33.1% | 85.3% | |
63.4 | 108 | 21.8% | 84.5% | ||
Grovehurst HealthCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.4 | 107 | 28.5% | 74.9% | |
75.3 | 113 | 33.2% | 92.0% | ||
Memorial Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 76.3 | 108 | 29.2% | 78.1% | |
70.3 | 96 | 23.0% | 98.4% | ||
Sheppey Healthy Living CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.2 | 112 | 29.9% | 97.3% | |
69.5 | 107 | 23.8% | 85.2% | ||
65.3 | 111 | 29.0% | 67.2% | ||
73.0 | 112 | 27.4% | 85.9% | ||
69.8 | 126 | 29.0% | 94.7% | ||
71.6 | 110 | 21.4% | 86.8% | ||
Vel SurgeryClearly above the England average | 89.7 | 109 | 25.5% | 91.3% |
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.
Swale on the map
- Clearly above the England average
- Rated
- Not rated
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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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