Local authority area
GP practices in Tameside
32 open practices in this local authority area, 32 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Tameside as a whole
England 80.0 · 95% interval 76.7 to 79.3
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 32 rated practices. On average they are 1.8 points below the England average (95% interval: 0.7 to 3.3 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 Tameside
Top-rated in Tameside 2026: Awburn House Medical Practice. No practice in Tameside is in the top 10% in England this year. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 23 practices in Tameside 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 | Awburn House Medical PracticeTop-rated in Tameside 2026 | 108 | 90.886.4 to 93.2 |
| 2 | St. Andrew's House SurgeryClearly above the England average | 106 | 89.084.3 to 91.4 |
| 3 | Stamford HouseClearly above the England average | 110 | 88.985.0 to 91.7 |
| 4 | Lockside Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 126 | 88.883.8 to 92.1 |
| 5 | Town Hall SurgeryClearly above the England average | 96 | 88.785.5 to 91.1 |
| 6 | Pennine Medical Centre | 111 | 88.678.8 to 93.0 |
| 7 | Staveleigh Medical Centre | 103 | 86.479.2 to 90.9 |
| 8 | Market Street Medical Practice | 109 | 85.479.0 to 89.9 |
| 9 | Grosvenor Medical Centre | 111 | 84.079.0 to 87.2 |
| 10 | King Street Medical Centre | 97 | 82.779.3 to 85.3 |
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 Tameside, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
63.9 | 90 | 20.6% | 90.5% | ||
71.7 | 120 | 15.4% | 91.2% | ||
Ashton Medical GroupCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.1 | 134 | 24.1% | 75.7% | |
Awburn House Medical PracticeClearly above the England average | 90.8 | 108 | 28.4% | 85.6% | |
72.6 | 95 | 18.7% | 65.6% | ||
74.2 | 125 | 24.9% | 87.4% | ||
Donneybrook Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.5 | 106 | 20.3% | 83.0% | |
Droylsden Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.4 | 99 | 15.3% | 95.7% | |
Dukinfield Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.7 | 115 | 20.9% | 82.9% | |
60.5 | 85 | 15.3% | 85.7% | ||
Grosvenor Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 84.0 | 111 | 24.1% | 70.6% | |
68.5 | 89 | 16.9% | 87.3% | ||
62.3 | 96 | 17.4% | 92.1% | ||
Haughton Thornley Medical CentresCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.7 | 101 | 20.0% | 79.0% | |
Ht PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.4 | 91 | 17.7% | 69.3% | |
King Street Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.7 | 97 | 16.4% | 66.0% | |
Lockside Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 88.8 | 126 | 27.7% | 87.7% | |
Market Street Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 85.4 | 109 | 21.9% | 91.4% | |
Medlock Vale Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.8 | 100 | 23.4% | 70.8% | |
Millbrook Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.5 | 93 | 15.2% | 78.0% | |
Millgate Healthcare PartnershipCannot be told apart from the England average | 73.1 | 116 | 24.8% | 85.6% | |
Mossley Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.2 | 89 | 17.1% | 76.3% | |
Pennine Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 88.6 | 111 | 33.3% | 85.0% | |
Pike Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.5 | 95 | 24.4% | 98.7% | |
St. Andrew's House SurgeryClearly above the England average | 89.0 | 106 | 23.1% | 77.7% | |
Stamford HouseClearly above the England average | 88.9 | 110 | 20.5% | 98.1% | |
Staveleigh Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 86.4 | 103 | 21.9% | 86.3% | |
The Brooke SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 69.9 | 89 | 19.4% | 82.6% | |
The Smithy SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.5 | 104 | 25.8% | 91.2% | |
Town Hall SurgeryClearly above the England average | 88.7 | 96 | 18.1% | 92.8% | |
75.7 | 96 | 17.9% | 84.0% | ||
74.7 | 114 | 20.6% | 60.9% |
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.
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- Clearly above the England average
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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