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 Sunderland
38 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 (15)
Their Practice Grade is above England’s by more than its margin of error.
- Rickleton Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Villette SurgeryPractice Grade
- Southlands Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Hylton Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Springwell Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Happy House SurgeryPractice Grade
- Village Surgery PartnershipPractice Grade
- Chester SurgeryPractice Grade
Show all 15 in this group
- Houghton Medical Group,Practice Grade
- Fulwell Medical Centre,Practice Grade
- Grangewood SurgeryPractice Grade
- Herrington Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Castletown Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Westbourne Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Ashburn Medical CentrePractice Grade
Cannot be told apart from the England average (20)
Their Practice Grade cannot be told apart from England’s within its margin of error.
- The Broadway Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Kepier Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Hetton Group PracticePractice Grade
- Wearside Medical PracticePractice Grade
- The New City Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Forge Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Monkwearmouth Health CentrePractice Grade
- Pallion Family PracticePractice Grade
Show all 20 in this group
- The Stephenson Medical PracticePractice Grade
- I J HealthcarePractice Grade
- Galleries Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Riverview SurgeryPractice Grade
- Millfield Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Sunderland GP Alliance Medical PracticePractice Grade
- Park Lane PracticePractice Grade
- Concord Medical PracticePractice Grade
- New Silksworth Medical PracticePractice Grade
- St Bede Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Bridge View Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Deerness Park Medical GroupPractice Grade
Other practices in Sunderland
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 3 practices, A to Z
- New Washington Medical GroupPractice Grade
- Red House Medical CentrePractice Grade
- Sunderland GP Alliance South Hylton SurgPractice 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