The 2023 GP Patient survey was published earlier this year, revealing what patients thought of their local GP practice.

The annual survey saw around 760,000 patients complete a questionnaire asking about their experiences with the local GP surgery.

The NHS England figures showed overall satisfaction in GPs across England fell to its lowest level since the survey began in 2018, with 71.3% of patients rating the service as "good" or "very good" in 2023 – down from 72.4% in 2022.

But where are the highest-rated GP practices in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight?

We ranked the top 10 in the area by the percentage of people who rated the service as good or very good, excluding those with fewer than 100 responses.

1. Rowlands Castle Surgery

Of the 118 people who responded to the GP survey, 93.7% described their overall experience of Rowlands Castle Surgery as "good" or "very good".

Some 62.6% said the practice was very good, while 31.1% said it was good. A further 2.4% said it was poor or very poor.

2. the Village Surgery

Coming in second was the Village Surgery, where 83.3% of 124 people said their experience at the practice was very good, and 10% described it as good.

It meant the practice was rated at least good by 93.3% of patients, making it the second-highest rated practice in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

3. Riverside Partnership

Riverside Partnership came in third with a score of 93%.

Some 69.3% of patients at the practice rated the service as very good, while a further 23.6% believed it was just good.

Meanwhile, 3.2% described the service as poor or very poor.

4. St Mary's Surgery

Coming in just outside the top three was St Mary's Surgery, which 92.2% of 134 patients rated as good or very good.

The practice was rated very good by 61% of patients, and good by 31.3%.

However, 3.5% of patients thought the service was poor, with a further 3% describing it as very poor.

5. The Watercress Medical Group

Rounding out the top five GP practices in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight was the Watercress Medical Group.

Of the 113 patients who responded to the GP survey, 91.5% said their experience at the practice was either good or very good.

This included 60.7% saying the practice was "very good", the highest grade on the survey.

6. Portchester Practice

With 91.2% of 123 patients grading the practice as good or very good, Portchester Practice ranked sixth in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

At the other end of the scale, just 4.2% said their overall experience was poor or very poor.

7. The Grange Surgery

At seventh place in the rankings was the Grange Surgery.

Patients' experience at the practice was rated as good or very good by 90.9% of the 112 respondents to the GP survey.

Of those, 65.1% rated it as very good.

8. Boundaries Surgery

Boundaries Surgery lands at eighth in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

This is thanks to 90.7% of patients at the practice describing their overall experience there as good or very good.

Of them, 61.9% said the service was very good, while 28.8% described it as good.

9. Highfield Health, and Wickham Surgery

Coming it at ninth in the rankings are Highfield Health, and Wickham Surgery.

Some 90.5% of patients who responded to the GP survey graded their service as good or very good.

At the other end of the scale, 0.2% said their experience at Highfield Health was very poor. This rose to 1.2% for Wickham Surgery.