{"id":714133,"date":"2026-07-27T19:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714133\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T19:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:53:12","slug":"nhs-gp-patient-survey-2026-easiest-havering-gps-to-phone-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714133\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS GP Patient Survey 2026 &#8211; easiest Havering GPs to phone revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The results of the annual GP Patient Survey for NHS England were published earlier this month, revealing patient feedback on areas including their doctors&#8217; waiting times and how helpful receptionists are.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Cranham Village Surgery, in Ingrebourne Gardens, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/news\/26266417.nhs-gp-patient-survey-2026---best-havering-gp-surgeries-revealed\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ranked the best GP<\/a> in the borough by patients for the third year in a row, with 92 per cent having a good experience overall.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The surgery also had the highest percentage of patients reporting that it was &#8220;very easy&#8221; or &#8220;fairly easy&#8221; to contact on the phone, at 89 per cent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In comparison, 91pc of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/news\/26269445.nhs-gp-patient-survey-2026---poorest-havering-gp-surgeries\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">survey<\/a> respondents found it easy to contact the practice via the NHS app, but only 70pc found it easy to contact the practice via their website.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other GPs which were ranked among the top 10 best in the borough overall were also rated highly for ease of contact over the phone, such as Haiderian Medical Centre and Harlow Road Surgery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Do you agree with the rankings? Let us know in the comments below.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Easiest GP surgeries to reach over the phone in Havering<\/p>\n<p>\n  Based on the percentage of patients (rounded to the nearest per cent) describing ease of contact as &#8220;very easy&#8221; or &#8220;fairly easy&#8221; in the 2026 GP Patient Survey\n<\/p>\n<p>  Cranham Village Surgery &#8211; 89 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Harlow Road Surgery &#8211; 87 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Haiderian Medical Centre &#8211; 85 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Suttons Avenue Surgery &#8211; 85 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Dr P &amp; S Poologanathan (Eastbrook Surgery) &#8211; 84 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Hornchurch Healthcare &#8211; 83 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Dr Gupta (Mawney Road Surgery) &#8211; 83 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Straight Road Surgery &#8211; 82 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Cranham Health Centre &#8211; 81 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Abbamoor Surgery &#8211; 80 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Easiest GP surgeries to contact via their website in Havering<\/p>\n<p>\n  Based on the percentage of patients (rounded to the nearest per cent) describing ease of contact as &#8220;very easy&#8221; or &#8220;fairly easy&#8221; in the 2026 GP Patient Survey\n<\/p>\n<p>  Cranham Health Centre &#8211; 77 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Haiderian Medical Centre &#8211; 76 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Abbamoor Surgery &#8211; 75 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Harlow Road Surgery &#8211; 74 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  South Hornchurch Medical Practice &#8211; 72 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Cranham Village Surgery &#8211; 70 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Dr VM Patel (The Surgery, Glanville Drive) &#8211; 64 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Maylands Healthcare &#8211; 63 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  St George&#8217;s Country Park Surgery &#8211; 63 per cent<\/p>\n<p>  Hornchurch Healthcare &#8211; 62 per cent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The results of the annual GP Patient Survey for NHS England were published earlier this month, revealing patient&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-714133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}