THE BEST GP practices in Stroud district judged by their patients, have been revealed.

The annual GP Patient Survey assesses every practice in the country on a range of topics including waiting times, the quality of care given, opening times, how easy it is to make an appointment, and out-of-hours service.

All of the surgeries in Stroud district achieved 90 per cent or more patients rating them either fairly good or very good, the national average is 85 per cent.

The three surgeries with the joint highest satisfaction rating, judging their overall experience as fairly good or very good, are Stonehouse Health Clinic, Frampton Surgery in Frampton-on-Severn and Walnut Tree Practice in Dursley with a very impressive 98 per cent.

Not far behind in fourth with 97 per cent is Rowcroft Medical Centre in Stroud, and joint fifth are Stroud Valleys Family Practice in Stroud and Prices Mill Surgery in Nailsworth with 95 per cent.

In Gloucestershire 49 per cent of residents took part in the survey, 9,313 people, between January and March 2017.

Confidence and trust in GPs was high across the board, 95 per cent is the national average again with none of the practices dropping below the average.

Beeches Green, Walnut Tree Practice and Locking Hill Surgery topped the pile with 100 per cent.

In a close joint second with 99 per cent confidence are Acorn Practice in Dursley, Frampton Surgery in Frampton-on-Severn, Stroud Valleys Family Practice and Rowcroft Medical Centre in Stroud.

This high confidence is also reflected in the nursing teams with all of the practices rating above the average of 97 per cent about quality of care from nurses, apart from one practice Marybrook Medical Centre which rated it’s nursing care at 96 per cent.

Overall patient satisfaction ratings for Stroud district GP practices:

1. Walnut Tree Practice – 98 per cent

= Frampton Surgery – 98 per cent

= Stonehouse Health Clinic – 98 per cent

4. Rowcroft Medical Centre – 97 per cent

5. Minchinhampton Surgery – 95 per cent

= Prices Mill Surgery – 95 per cent

= Stroud Valleys Family Practice – 95 per cent

8. Frithwood Surgery – 94 per cent

9. Locking Hill Surgery – 93 per cent

= Chipping Surgery – 93 per cent

= Beeches Green Health Centre - 93 per cent

= Quedgeley Medical Centre – 93 per cent

13. Hoyland House – 92 per cent

= Culverhay Surgery – 92 per cent

= Cam & Uley Family Practice – 92 per cent

= High Street Medical Centre – 92 per cent

17. Marybrook Medical Centre – 91 per cent

= Acorn Practice – 91 per cent

19. 90 Regent Street Surgery – 90 per cent