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 Somerset?
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. Quantock Medical Centre
Of the 120 people who responded to the GP survey, 98.9% described their overall experience of Quantock Medical Centre as "good" or "very good".
Some 79.3% said the practice was very good, while 19.6% said it was good. A further 0.6% said it was poor, while no one described the service as very poor.
2. College Way Surgery
Coming in second was College Way Surgery, where 73.6% of 129 people said their experience at the practice was very good, and 23.2% described it as good.
It meant the practice was rated at least good by 96.7% of patients, making it the second-highest rated practice in Somerset.
Meanwhile, 1.9% described the service as poor or very poor.
3. Queen Camel Medical Centre
Queen Camel Medical Centre came in third with a score of 96.5%.
Some 85.6% of patients at the practice rated the service as very good, while a further 10.9% believed it was just good.
Meanwhile, 1.8% described the service as poor or very poor.
4. Oakhill Surgery
Coming in just outside the top three was Oakhill Surgery, which 92.3% of 108 patients rated as good or very good.
The practice was rated very good by 72.9% of patients, and good by 19.3%.
However, no patients said the service was very poor, but 2.1% said it was poor.
5. Church View Medical Centre
Rounding out the top five GP practices in Somerset was Church View Medical Centre.
Of the 118 patients who responded to the GP survey, 92.1% said their experience at the practice was either good or very good.
This included 76.7% saying the practice was "very good", the highest grade on the survey.
With 91.7% of 113 patients grading the practice as good or very good, Dunster and Porlock Surgeries ranked sixth in Somerset.
At the other end of the scale, just 5.4% said their overall experience was poor or very poor.
7. North Curry
At seventh place in the rankings was North Curry.
Patients' experience at the practice was rated as good or very good by 90.5% of the 111 respondents to the GP survey.
Of those, 59.4% rated it as very good.
8. Brent Area Medical Centre
Brent Area Medical Centre lands at eighth in Somerset.
This is thanks to 90.1% of patients at the practice describing their overall experience there as good or very good.
Of them, 60.5% said the service was very good, while 29.5% described it as good.
9. Grove House Surgery
Coming it at ninth in the rankings is Grove House Surgery.
Some 89.1% of the 110 patients who responded to the GP survey graded its service as good or very good.
At the other end of the scale, 0.7% said their experience at the practice was very poor.
10. Glastonbury Health Centre
Rounding out the top 10 GP practices in Somerset is Glastonbury Health Centre, which was graded good or very good by 88.7% of patients who responded to the GP survey.
However, 0.5% rated the service as very poor, the lowest possible grade.