April 23rd 2025

By Ailsa Colquhoun

DDA members stand out for GP experience

Five DDA members are in the top 10 for highest patient experience, a new survey reveals.

Blackdown Practice in Cullompton, Devon, tops the poll with 100 per cent positive GP experience, according to the survey of General Practice Profiles compiled by vape retailer Vapekit.

All practices in the top 10 have positive GP experience scores of over 99 per cent. Other DDA practices in the top 10 are (in descending order):

• Elsenham Surgery, near Bishops Stortford, Herts
• Hamstreet Surgery, near Ashford, Kent
• Cartmel Surgery, near Grange over Sands, Cumbria
• Corfe Castle Surgery, Corfe Castle, Dorset

According to the study, the average for all England GPs on patient satisfaction is 79.36 per cent.

England’s best GPs for patient satisfaction

• A separate study finds that patient satisfaction is higher in GP practices that have more GPs (particularly GP partners), have smaller list sizes, deliver more GP appointments and do more of those appointments face-to-face. Additional direct patient care staff – such as physiotherapists, pharmacists and care co-ordinators – are not associated with higher satisfaction.