Which GP practice in Westmorland and Furness has the highest grade?

Glenridding Health Centre has the highest Practice Grade in Westmorland and Furness, 96.0 out of 100. Practices next to each other in the list are often so close that another year's answers could swap them.

How many GP practices are there in Westmorland and Furness?

34 open GP practices that you can register with, 32 of them with a Practice Grade.

How do I change GP practice in Westmorland and Furness?

It is free, and you do not have to tell your current practice. Most practices let you register online or in the NHS App.

Best GP practices in Westmorland and Furness 2026

34 GP practices in Westmorland and Furness (North West), ranked by the Practice Grade. The grade weighs what patients say in the 2026 GP Patient Survey and how soon appointments take place. Practices with too few answers have no grade.

Glenridding Health Centre has the highest Practice Grade in Westmorland and Furness, 96.0 out of 100. Westmorland and Furness as a whole: 82.8, 5.6 points above the England average.

How the Practice Grade works

Updated with GP Patient Survey (2026 survey) and Appointments in General Practice (August 2026)

Compare the four best in Westmorland and Furness

GP practices in Westmorland and Furness

Sorted by the Practice Grade, highest first

Practice	Practice Grade	Response rate	Survey answers
1Glenridding Health CentreTop-rated in Westmorland and Furness 2026Top 10% in England 2026	96.0	32.2%	93
2Windermere Health CentreTop 10% in England 2026	93.2	24.1%	120
3Haverthwaite SurgeryTop 10% in England 2026	90.5	40.7%	125
4Alston Medical PracticeTop 10% in England 2026	90.2	34.9%	111
5Ambleside Health CentreTop 10% in England 2026	89.9	33.0%	116
6Lunesdale SurgeryTop 10% in England 2026	89.5	42.7%	117
7Captain French SurgeryTop 10% in England 2026	89.0	36.2%	121
8Appleby Medical Practice	88.2	39.0%	110
9Cartmel Surgery	88.1	39.9%	103
10Shap Medical Practice	87.9	36.3%	93
11Abbey Road Surgery	87.8	30.0%	126
12Nutwood Medical Practice	86.7	41.5%	115
13Sedbergh Medical Practice	86.2	34.3%	110
14Atkinson Health Centre	84.3	25.0%	110
15Kirkoswald Surgery	84.0	40.1%	103
16Station House Surgery	83.6	31.6%	111
17Burnett Edgar Medical Ctr	82.8	24.8%	128
18Ulverston Community Health Centre	82.7	28.0%	106
19Park View Surgery	82.5	36.8%	107
20Duddon Valley Medical Practice	81.3	32.7%	115
21St. Mary's Surgery	81.1	37.5%	106
22Court Thorn Surgery	81.0	34.3%	90
22Temple Sowerby Medical Practice	81.0	31.0%	97
24Dalton Surgery	80.9	30.0%	115
25Upper Eden Medical Practice	80.7	35.0%	103
26Birbeck Medical Group	79.6	34.0%	111
27The Lakes Medical Practice	79.2	39.6%	110
28Ulverston Medical Practice	77.2	33.4%	110
29Duke Street Surgery	76.5	26.2%	139
30Bridgegate Medical Centre	76.2	26.1%	107
31The James Cochrane Pract.	73.9	29.0%	95
32Norwood Medical Centre	67.3	24.8%	107
Risedale Surgery	65.4	24.9%	106
The Family Practice	71.2	20.5%	95

Practices with exactly the same grade share a place and are listed A to Z. Practices next to each other are often so close that another year could swap them.

The Practice Grade is on a scale of 0 to 100. The response rate and the number of survey answers show how large the base is: more answers give a surer grade. 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 Grade, not the grade itself. Practices with fewer than 3 yearly results are shown without a curve.

The practices without a place follow the ranked ones, A to Z, with their figures: those with too few survey answers, those that serve one group of patients, and those the grade cannot place clearly.

Flu vaccination in Westmorland and Furness, winter 2025 to 2026

80.3% of patients aged 65 and over registered with GP practices in Westmorland and Furness had a flu vaccine between 1 September 2025 and 28 February 2026 (49,662 of 61,859). England: 74.5%.

Who	Westmorland and Furness	England
Aged 65 and over49,662 of 61,859	80.3%	74.5%
Under 65 in a clinical risk group16,808 of 34,509	48.7%	40.6%
Pregnant women1,063 of 2,129	49.9%	38.4%
Children aged 2908 of 1,668	54.4%	43.5%
Children aged 31,000 of 1,847	54.1%	44.8%

The counts follow the GP practice, not where people live. They include vaccinations given in GP practices, pharmacies and other places that are recorded in the GP record. 99.3% of practices sent data. UKHSA says the number counted as pregnant may be too high, so uptake among pregnant women is probably understated.

This card shows flu only. We have not found local authority figures for last winter’s COVID-19 vaccination from UKHSA.

Source: UK Health Security Agency, Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in GP patients: winter season 2025 to 2026 (final data, published 28 May 2026). Open Government Licence v3.0.

Appointments within two weeks in Westmorland and Furness, August 2026

80.4% of the 67,244 appointments at 34 practices in Westmorland and Furness took place within two weeks of booking. England: 87.7%.

Source: NHS England, Appointments in General Practice. This is the appointments half of the grade’s access part.

Talking therapies for the NHS area covering Westmorland and Furness, August 2026

NHS Talking Therapies for Westmorland and Furness are commissioned by more than one NHS area. Of the people who finished a course in August 2026, the share who started treatment within 6 weeks and within 18 weeks of referral is given for each below. The national standards are 75% and 95%.

Westmorland and Furness is covered by more than one NHS area, in NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB and NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB. NHS England publishes each separately and we do not combine them.

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB, sub-ICB 01K, which covers about 75% of the area: 55% started within 6 weeks and 100% within 18 weeks (about 295 people finished a course in August 2026).

NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB, sub-ICB 01H, which covers about 25% of the area: 100% started within 6 weeks and 100% within 18 weeks (about 245 people finished a course in August 2026).

England: 83.4% started within 6 weeks and 97.5% within 18 weeks (51,269 people finished a course in August 2026).

These figures are for the NHS area that commissions the service, not for Westmorland and Furness and not for any GP practice. Most people refer themselves, so they say nothing about the quality of a practice.

Only people who finished a course in the month are counted, so people still waiting are not. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5, rates to the nearest whole per cent, and NHS England hides numbers under 5. One month can move by several points.

Source: NHS England Digital, NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics (August 2026, published 8 October 2026), Open Government Licence. Areas are matched to NHS areas with the Office for National Statistics lookup from neighbourhoods to sub-ICBs and local authorities (April 2026).

Cancer waiting times near Westmorland and Furness

The 3 NHS trusts with a hospital nearest the middle of Westmorland and Furness, nearest first, and how quickly people were diagnosed and treated in August 2026. Your GP can refer you elsewhere if you ask.

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust – about 11 km away, told within 28 days: 79%, treated within 62 days of referral: 73%
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust – about 48 km away, told within 28 days: 74%, treated within 62 days of referral: 78%
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – about 60 km away, told within 28 days: 72%, treated within 62 days of referral: 53%

People referred urgently because cancer was suspected (by a GP, a dentist, a screening programme, or for breast symptoms) who were told within 28 days, four weeks, that they have cancer or that it has been ruled out. People with cancer who started their first treatment within 62 days, about two months, of an urgent referral. The clock starts when the hospital gets the referral (from a GP, screening, or a hospital doctor who suspects cancer) and stops when treatment such as surgery, drugs or radiotherapy begins.

Cancer waiting times at every NHS trust

Source: NHS England, Cancer Waiting Times (August 2026, published 8 October 2026), Open Government Licence. Distance from the middle of the area’s GP practices to the trust’s nearest hospital with an A&E department, or its head office.

NHS dentists in Westmorland and Furness

25 NHS dental practices in Westmorland and Furness hold an NHS contract (July 2026).

37.2% of adults living in Westmorland and Furness saw an NHS dentist in the 2 years to June 2026 (71,695 people). England: 40.0%.

61.3% of children saw an NHS dentist in the year to June 2026 (23,719). England: 58.3%.

People are counted where they live, whichever NHS dentist they went to. Adults are counted over 2 years and children over 1, as the NHS counts them.

The 25 NHS dental practices in Westmorland and Furness, with NHS patients seen

Source: NHS Business Services Authority, English Contractor Monthly General Dental Activity (July 2026, published 15 October 2026) and NHS Dental Statistics for England (to June 2026, published 8 October 2026); practice names and addresses from the NHS Organisation Data Service. NHSBSA Copyright 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Maternity units near Westmorland and Furness

The 3 hospital maternity units nearest the middle of Westmorland and Furness, nearest first, with CQC’s rating of the maternity service. You can choose where to give birth: you do not have to use the nearest unit.

Westmorland General Hospital – about 11 km away, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, CQC maternity rating: Good (30 January 2026)
Furness General Hospital – about 32 km away, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, CQC maternity rating: Good (30 January 2026)
Penrith Community Hospital – about 35 km away, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, CQC maternity rating: Good (22 September 2023)

Each link goes to the trust’s maternity page: CQC’s ratings, what women said in CQC’s Maternity Survey and how babies were born there. Your options for where to give birth are on nhs.uk.

Maternity services at every NHS trust

Source: CQC maternity ratings, Open Government Licence. Distance from the middle of the area’s GP practices to the hospital’s postcode.

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2 GP practices within 10 km.

Within reach of Westmorland and Furness

2 GP practices within 10 km.

Windermere Health Centre3.3 km93.2
St. Mary's Surgery4.3 km81.1

Distance as the crow flies from the middle of the practices in Westmorland and Furness. A practice in another area may still cover your address: check its boundary before you register.

Common questions

Which GP practice in Westmorland and Furness has the highest grade?: Glenridding Health Centre has the highest Practice Grade in Westmorland and Furness, 96.0 out of 100. Practices next to each other in the list are often so close that another year's answers could swap them. How the grade works
How many GP practices are there in Westmorland and Furness?: 34 open GP practices that you can register with, 32 of them with a Practice Grade.
How soon do practices in Westmorland and Furness see patients?: In the latest month 80.4% of appointments at practices in Westmorland and Furness took place within two weeks of booking, against 87.7% in England.
How do I change GP practice in Westmorland and Furness?: It is free, and you do not have to tell your current practice. Most practices let you register online or in the NHS App. Guide: changing GP practice

About Westmorland and Furness

Background

Background on Westmorland and Furness as context for the practices above. Not part of the Practice Grade.

Residents: 230,185
Aged 65 and over: 26.6%
Aged 80 and over: 7.4%

Deprivation, income and life expectancy

Measure	Westmorland and Furness	England
Deprivation score (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)2025	17.8	21.8
Children under 16 in relative low income families2024/25, likely range 15.2 to 16.3	15.7%	19.8%
Life expectancy at birth, men2022 to 2024, likely range 79.4 to 80.4	79.9 years	79.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, women2022 to 2024, likely range 83.3 to 84.2	83.8 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 Westmorland and Furness

Background

Background on people aged 65 and over in Westmorland and Furness, with England beside it. No figure here says an area is doing better or worse. Not part of the Practice Grade.

Hospital care and dementia

Measure	Westmorland and Furness	England
Emergency hospital admissions for falls, per 100,000 people aged 65 and over2024/25, age-standardised, likely range 1,494 to 1,693	1,591	1,958
Hip fractures, per 100,000 people aged 65 and over2024/25, age-standardised, likely range 411 to 519	463	536
Estimated dementia diagnosis rate, people aged 65 and over2026, as at 31 March, likely range 51.9 to 63.4	58.1%	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	Westmorland and Furness	England
Care home beds per 100 people aged 75 and over2025	6.2	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	Westmorland and Furness	England
Life expectancy at 65, men2022 to 2024, likely range 19.3 to 19.8	19.5 years	18.9 years
Life expectancy at 65, women2022 to 2024, likely range 21.5 to 22.0	21.8 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.