Changing GP practice
Changing GP practice in Westmorland and Furness 2026
Changing GP practice in England is free, and you do not have to tell your current practice: it is told once your new practice has registered you. Here are the 34 GP practices in Westmorland and Furness, highest Practice Grade first, each with a link to its page on the NHS website, where it says how to register.
How to change, in three steps
- Compare the options. The list below orders the practices by the Practice Grade: what patients say in the 2026 GP Patient Survey together with how soon appointments take place and calls are answered. Want to weigh what matters most to you? Use Help me choose.
- Register online, in the NHS App or on paper. The link on each card goes to the practice’s page on the NHS website. Most practices let you register online; you can also fill in a paper form at the practice.
- Wait to hear back. You should be told when you have been registered, usually within 5 days of the practice getting your details.
A practice may refuse to register you if it is not accepting new patients, if you live outside its area, or if you have been removed from its list before; it must then write to you within 14 days. The whole process, step by step, is in the guide How to change your GP practice.
GP practices you can change to in Westmorland and Furness, highest Practice Grade first
Practices without enough answers for a Practice Grade come last, A to Z. The links go to the NHS website; we are not a booking service and have no ties to the practices.
Glenridding Health Centre
Practice Grade 96.0Windermere Health Centre
Practice Grade 93.2Haverthwaite Surgery
Practice Grade 90.5Alston Medical Practice
Practice Grade 90.2Ambleside Health Centre
Practice Grade 89.9Lunesdale Surgery
Practice Grade 89.5Captain French Surgery
Practice Grade 89.0Appleby Medical Practice
Practice Grade 88.2Cartmel Surgery
Practice Grade 88.1Shap Medical Practice
Practice Grade 87.9Abbey Road Surgery
Practice Grade 87.8Nutwood Medical Practice
Practice Grade 86.7Sedbergh Medical Practice
Practice Grade 86.2Atkinson Health Centre
Practice Grade 84.3Kirkoswald Surgery
Practice Grade 84.0Station House Surgery
Practice Grade 83.6Burnett Edgar Medical Ctr
Practice Grade 82.8Ulverston Community Health Centre
Practice Grade 82.7Ulverston Community Health Centre on the NHS website (nhs.uk)
Park View Surgery
Practice Grade 82.5Duddon Valley Medical Practice
Practice Grade 81.3St. Mary's Surgery
Practice Grade 81.1Court Thorn Surgery
Practice Grade 81.0Temple Sowerby Medical Practice
Practice Grade 81.0Dalton Surgery
Practice Grade 80.9Upper Eden Medical Practice
Practice Grade 80.7Birbeck Medical Group
Practice Grade 79.6The Lakes Medical Practice
Practice Grade 79.2Ulverston Medical Practice
Practice Grade 77.2Duke Street Surgery
Practice Grade 76.5Bridgegate Medical Centre
Practice Grade 76.2The James Cochrane Pract.
Practice Grade 73.9The Family Practice
Practice Grade 71.2Norwood Medical Centre
Practice Grade 67.3Risedale Surgery
Practice Grade 65.4
Good to know before you change
- You can register outside Westmorland and Furness, for example near where you work, but not every practice accepts patients from outside its area, and it may affect home visits and community services. See all areas on GP practices by area.
- Away for a while? You can register with a practice as a temporary patient for up to 3 months without changing practice.
- If you have problems registering, the NHS website suggests contacting your local integrated care board, Citizens Advice or your local Healthwatch.
- We order by the Practice Grade. The grade weighs patients’ answers and access, and a practice gets one only with enough answers; each practice page shows how many answered.
Source: the NHS website, Register with a GP surgery (how to register), and the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS England’s appointment and phone data (the Practice Grade).