Revealed: The 15 Preston GP surgeries where you can see preferred professional ranked from best to worst

A survey has revealed the GP surgeries in Preston where you are most likely to see or speak to your preffered professional according to patient feedback.

Every two years, a national GP Patient Survey is produced by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England which looks at how patients view their experience with their GP.

The biennial survey looks at a variety of factors including how easy it is to contact a GP, how helpful staff are and an overall judgment on whether they conside the service ‘good’.

The most recent GP Patient survey was published in 2025, with the next one not due until 2027.

Previously, we have looked at how the 15 GP surgeries in Preston compare with each other across the three aforementioned categories, which you can take a look at with the links below:

• All 15 Preston GP surgeries ranked by the 2025 GP Patient Survey
• All 15 Preston GP surgeries ranked by how easy it is to get through to them on the phone
• All 15 Preston GP surgeries ranked by how helpful their receptionists are

In this piece however, we are turning our attention to how often patients at each practice “usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to”.

When you have a medical concern, for greater ease of mind, many of us may have a specific professional in mind we hope to talk to about it.

This of course however is not always possible given the pressures placed on the NHS day-in-day-out.

Preston GP surgeries vary in how likely patients are able to see or speak to their preferred professional and you can take a look at how they rank, from best to worst next.

1: Avenham Surgery (PR1 3RG)

• 57 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

2: Park View Surgery (PR1 3NA)

• 55 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

3: Lytham Road Surgery (PR2 9QB)

• 54 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

4: Fishergate Hill Surgery (PR1 8DN)

• 49 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

5: The Healthcare Centre (PR1 5AF)

• 46 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

6: Ribbleton Medical Centre (PR2 6RD)

• 45 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

7- Issa Medical Centre - Patel (PR1 6YA)

• 43 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

8- Dr Hussain (PR2 6NH)

• 39 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

9- Lane Ends Surgery (PR2 2JJ)

• 34 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

10- The New Hall Lane Practice (PR1 5NE)

• 33 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

11- Gutteridge Medical Centre (PR1 6LL)

• 31 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

12- The Park Medical Practice (PR2 1JR)

• 29 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

13- DR Ali Gutteridge Medical Centre (PR1 6LL)

• 26 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

14- Briarwood Medical Centre (PR2 1HY)

• 25 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to

15- North Preston Medical Practice (PR2 9TH)

• 20 per cent usually get to see or speak to their preferred healthcare professional when they would like to