Help me choose
Which GP practice is best for you?
Tell us your area and what matters to you. We show the area’s practices in the order that suits you, grouped by how they compare with England, and explain why.
GP practices in County Durham
61 practices, in groups by their label, which comes from the Practice Grade and its margin of error, never from your choices. Within each group, the practice that fits the Practice Grade best comes first. There are no places: practices next to each other are often within each other’s margin of error.
Clearly above the England average (18)
Their Practice Grade is above England’s by more than its margin of error.
- Gainford SurgeryPractice Grade
- Southdene Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Annfield Plain SurgeryPractice Grade
- Silverdale Family PracticePractice Grade
- The Horden Group PracticePractice Grade
- Murton Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Great Lumley SurgeryPractice Grade
- Woodview Medical PracticePractice Grade
Show all 18 in this group
- Queens Road SurgeryPractice Grade
- Old Forge SurgeryPractice Grade
- The Haven SurgeryPractice Grade
- Cedars Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Drs Lambert & NgPractice Grade
- Cheveley Park Medical CtrPractice Grade
- Pinfold Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Evenwood Medical PracticePractice Grade
- West Rainton SurgeryPractice Grade
- Wingate Medical Practice IntrahealthPractice Grade
Cannot be told apart from the England average (39)
Their Practice Grade cannot be told apart from England’s within its margin of error.
- Auckland Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Bishopgate Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Marlborough SurgeryPractice Grade
- Willington Medical GroupPractice Grade
- The Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Chastleton Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Stanley Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Oakfields Health GroupPractice Grade
Show all 39 in this group
- Villages Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Bevan Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Bishops Close Medical PracticePractice Grade
- The Weardale PracticePractice Grade
- Tanfield View Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Coxhoe Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Station View Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Barnard Castle SurgeryPractice Grade
- Byron Medical PracticePractice Grade
- East Durham Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Bewick Crescent SurgeryPractice Grade
- St Andrew's Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Browney House SurgeryPractice Grade
- Middle Chare Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Bridge End SurgeryPractice Grade
- Hallgarth SurgeryPractice Grade
- Dunelm Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Consett Medical CentrePractice Grade
- The New Seaham Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Sacriston Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Bowburn Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Pelton & Fellrose Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Belmont & Sherburn Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Claypath & University Medical GroupPractice Grade
- William Brown CentrePractice Grade
- North House SurgeryPractice Grade
- Blackhall and Peterlee PracticePractice Grade
- Cestria Health CentrePractice Grade
- Jubilee Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Skerne Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Pease Way Medical CentrePractice Grade
Other practices in County Durham
These have no label: some have too few survey answers to be graded, some are for one group of patients, and for others the margin of error does not support either label. They are listed A to Z, not by your choices. Each practice’s page has its figures.
Show all 4 practices, A to Z
- Ferryhill and Chilton Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Lanchester Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Leadgate SurgeryPractice Grade
- West Cornforth Medical CentrePractice Grade
Questions and answers
How do you put the practices in order?
You pick what matters to you, and we order the practices in your area by how their patients answered the GP Patient Survey questions on those things. A star counts twice. If you pick nothing, we order by the Practice Grade. The order is inside groups: practices clearly above the England average first, then practices that cannot be told apart from it, then the rest from A to Z.
Why are there no places or rank numbers?
Every survey figure has a margin of error, and practices next to each other in the list can often not be told apart. The order helps you find practices worth a closer look; the label says what the figures can support.
What if a practice has no figure for something I picked?
It is ordered on the things it has figures for, so a missing figure never counts against it. A practice with no figure for any of your choices comes last in its group. Too few answers to a question also means no figure.
Do my choices change a practice’s label?
No. The label comes from the Practice Grade and its margin of error, the same as on the practice’s own page. Your choices only change the order inside each group.
Where do the figures come from?
The Practice Grade comes from the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data. The questions you pick come from the 2026 GP Patient Survey, run by Ipsos for NHS England, and how soon routine appointments were booked from NHS England’s Appointments in General Practice. Each practice page shows every figure with its source.
Sources
- 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence