Revealed: The 17 South Ribble GP surgeries where you can see preferred professional ranked from best to worst

A survey has revealed the GP surgeries in South Ribble 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 South Ribble compare with each other across the three aforementioned categories, which you can take a look at with the links below

• All the GP surgeries in South Ribble ranked by you in the 2025 GP Patient Survey
• All the South Ribble GP surgeries ranked by how helpful their receptionists are
• All 17 South Ribble GP surgeries ranked by how easy it is to get through to them on the phone

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.

South Ribble 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: Kingsfold Medical Centre (PR1 9BX)

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

2: Beeches Medical Centre (PR4 5AB)

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

3: Central Park Surgery (PR25 2TD)

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

4: The Village Surgeries Croston & Eccleston (PR26 9HJ)

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

5: New Longton Surgery (PR4 4LU)

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

6: St Fillans Medical Centre (PR1 0AD)

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

7- St Mary's Health Centre (PR1 0SR)

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

8- Roslea Surgery (PR5 6PE)

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

9- Gab Healthcare (PR7 1HR)

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

10- The Ryan Medical Centre (PR5 6JD)

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

11- Sandy Lane Surgery (PR25 2EB)

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

12- Longton Health Centre (PR4 5HA)

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

13- Lostock Hall Medical Centre (PR5 5AB)

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

14- Worden Medical Centre (PR25 1HR)

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

15- Moss Side Medical Centre (PR26 7XL)

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

16- Station Surgery (PR25 1HR)

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

17- Riverside Medical Centre (PR5 4AY)

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