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Compare GP practice results with national and ICS results

Type your practice name into the search bar on the homepage and view practice data, compared with national and system levels, for key questions on the ‘patient overview’ tab.

Look at how local practices are doing

Select ‘Search by postcode’ on the homepage to view local practices.

See an overview of results for my practice

Type your practice name into the search bar on the homepage and see the ‘Practice overview’ page.

See how different GP practices compare with one another

Type your practice into the search bar on the homepage and select compare practice. Add up to two other practices to compare.

Is it possible to rank GP practices based on GP Patient Survey data?

No, the GP Patient Survey is not designed to rank GP practices. Ipsos and NHS England do not advise the use of GP Patient Survey data to create league tables or ranking lists by reported patient experience.

The survey highlights areas in which practices perform best and areas in which practices could improve, and there is no single metric that can be used to effectively rank GP practices. Furthermore, results are drawn from a survey (a sample of the population) and therefore come with a degree of uncertainty. Ranking practices or other geographies without accounting for this uncertainty can produce misleading results.

In addition, GP practices serve different populations and have different levels of resource that also impact reported patient experience, so should always be considered in context.

See how GP practices within a PCN compare with one another

View comparisons for all practices within a PCN for all questions using the interactive PowerBI PCN dashboard.

Print results for my practice

Type your practice name into the search bar on the homepage to download a Practice infographic (PowerPoint summary) for your practice.

See all survey data at practice level

Excel spreadsheets for current and past publications of the data are available here. You can download spreadsheets with all the results for every practice. You can use the filter arrows in the spreadsheet (beside the practice columns) to see results for one practice or a range of practices, for example within a PCN or ICS.

Analyse results at practice level

Use the analysis tool to run bespoke analyses for your practice. Enter a practice name to create charts and tables for a single or multiple questions, add filters (e.g. gender or age), and compare with other practices, your PCN, ICS or national data. Use the tool to create crosstabulations, comparing questions against other questions in table format. For example, satisfaction with general practice appointment times (Q6) by awareness of times appointments are available (Q5).

Download results for my practice

Use the analysis tool to download all results or selected results from bespoke analyses for your practice, in Excel or PowerPoint format.