GPs in Oxfordshire - best and worst doctors for appointments

The website NHS Choices collates patient feedback from the biannual GP patient survey and ranks all the county's surgeries by patients' experience of making an appointment. 

According to the rankings, one of the worst places in the county is the Horsefair Surgery in Banbury, where only 57.7 per cent of the patients who responded were happy with their experience of making an appointment.

The Ambrosden Surgery in Ploughley Road is second worst with a 62.9 per cent satisfaction rate and the Alchester Medical Group's other surgeries in Nightingale Place and Buckingham Road, Bicester scored the same results. 

Some 1.36million adults who are registered with a GP were asked to rate how easy it is to see their GP as part of the survey.

Surgeries are then given a rating based on the proportion of those who answer ‘very good’ or ‘good’.

In Oxford, the Leys Health Centre is ranked worst with a 66.7 per cent rating.

This surgery was also one of those that Healthwatch received the most number of responses about in its recent study of healthcare services. 

The Botley Medical Centre scored 69.8 per cent - the same score as the health centres in Kennington and Yarnton. 

On the other end of the scale, 96.2 per cent of patients rated the Mill Stream Surgery in Benson, near Wallingford as good or very good for making an appointment. 

The King Edward Street Medical Practice in Oxford has a satisfaction rating of 95.8 per cent, making it the best place in the city for making an appointment. 

Berinsfield Health Centre, the Observatory Medical Practice in Jericho and the Banbury Road Medical Centre make up the rest of the county's top five. 

Satisfaction rates at surgeries in Oxfordshire are still higher on average that those in surrounding counties including Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. 

The study by Healthwatch, found that patients were choosing to go to A&E at the John Radcliffe Hospital to get faster treatment.