Bottom 20 Oxfordshire GP surgeries revealed – check the list

The results of the 2026 GP Patient Survey for NHS England were released last week containing data including how easy patients find it to contact their GP as well as reception and administration ratings.

Almost 3 million surveys were distributed by market research agency Ipsos with around 650,000 responses received in England between January and April.

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The public also gave their views of the ‘overall experience’ of their local GP surgery, ranking them very good, fairly good, neither good nor poor, fairly poor and very poor.

Now, the Oxford Mail has compiled a list of the 20 surgeries that received the highest percentage of very poor votes, with the national average being 4 per cent.

Technically the worst performing GP surgery in Oxfordshire was Luther Street Medical Practice in Oxford with 14 per cent of respondents calling it very poor.

Temple Cowley Surgery (Image: Google Maps)

However only 4 per cent of its patients asked filled in the survey with 55 per cent of them in fact giving it the highest grade, above the national average.

Another Oxford-based surgery, Temple Cowley, wasn’t far behind with 13 per cent saying it is very poor.

Around a quarter of those asked filled in the NHS survey for Temple Cowley (more than the national average), with 3 per cent rating it fairly poor and 12 per cent saying it’s neither good nor poor.

Representatives for both Luther Street and Temple Cowley both said there were reasons for their poor performances.

Luther Street Medical Practice (Image: Google Maps)

The spokesperson for Luther Street said: “Our patients are a unique and often vulnerable population who, like everyone else, require access to regular GP services and ongoing healthcare support.

“Many also face additional challenges that can make accessing and engaging with healthcare more difficult.”

Meanwhile, the spokesperson for Temple Cowley explained that it serves a community “with significant levels of deprivation”, with demand rising, workforce pressures and growing patient need all impacting its service.

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Also performing badly were Nuffield Health Centre in Witney and Woodlands Medical Centre in Didcot, which both received 10 per cent very poor scores.

At Oak Tree Health Centre in Didcot, 8 per cent of patients thought it was very poor.

Multiple surgeries were on 3 per cent but Bampton, Long Furlong, St Clement’s and Cogges are included because the percentage of people who called them fairly poor was higher.

The full list is here:

LUTHER STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE (Luther Street, Oxford) – 14 per cent

TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE (Temple Rd, Oxford) – 13 per cent

WOODLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE (Woodlands Road, Didcot) – 10 per cent

NUFFIELD HEALTH CENTRE (Woodstock Road, Oxford) – 10 per cent

OAK TREE HEALTH CENTRE (Tyne Avenue, Didcot) – 8 per cent

DIDCOT HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE (Britwell Road, Didcot) – 7 per cent

DONNINGTON MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP (Henley Avenue, Oxford) – 6 per cent

THE KEY MEDICAL PRACTICE (Exeter Close, Kidlington) – 6 per cent

MARCHAM RD FAMILY HEALTH CENTRE (Marcham Road, Abingdon) – 5 per cent

MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY (Piggy Lane, Bicester) – 5 per cent

NEWBURY STREET PRACTICE (Mably Way, Wantage) – 5 per cent

THE CHARLBURY MEDICAL CENTRE (Enstone Road, Chipping Norton) – 5 per cent

EYNSHAM MEDICAL GROUP (Conduit Lane, Eynsham) – 4 per cent

BEAUMONT ELMS PRACTICE (Beaumont Street, Oxford) – 4 per cent

WINDRUSH MEDICAL PRACTICE (Welch Way, Witney) – 4 per cent

BARTLEMAS SURGERY (Manzil Way, Oxford) – 4 per cent

BAMPTON SURGERY (Landells, Bampton) – 3 per cent (20 per cent said it was fairly poor)

LONG FURLONG MEDICAL CENTRE (Loyd Close, Abingdon) – 3 per cent (11 per cent said it was fairly poor)

ST. CLEMENT’S SURGERY (Temple Street, Oxford) – 3 per cent (9 per cent said it was fairly poor)

COGGES SURGERY (Cogges Hill Road, Witney) – 3 per cent (8 per cent said it was fairly poor)