A VILLAGE GP surgery has been rated top of the docs.

Patients have revealed the best and worst doctors’ surgeries in Colchester and Tendring.

          Scroll down for the full list

More than 4,000 residents had their say about their experience, waiting times and confidence in staff.

The results rate all 42 surgeries in the North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group area.

Patients at the Ardleigh Surgery, in Dedham Road, Ardleigh, voted it best for overall experience and easiest to contact by phone.

Stephanie Durrant, practice manager, has only been at the practice for seven months after working at Thorpe Surgery for 19 years.

She said: “We are delighted patients are happy with the service we offer.

“Results like this are very important because they are from a national survey and we can’t pick and choose who we are asking.”

Wimpole Road Surgery was rated the lowest overall in Colchester, with 65 per cent of patients describing their experience as good.

Caradoc Surgery in Frinton was Tendring’s bottom scorer, with a 59 per cent good rating.

John Kavanagh, business manager for Colchester Medical Practice, which has run Wimpole Road surgery since October 2014, said he was disappointed with the results.

He said: “It makes disappointing reading in respect of Wimpole Road Surgery but I can’t help thinking it reflects the surgery as it used to be, when the partners there were struggling to recruit GPs.

“Since we became involved, we have been able to bring in new GPs so we now have a full complement of doctors and nurses, as well as recruiting an advanced nurse practitioner.”

Regarding waiting times, he said: “Our morning open access surgeries guarantee a patient can be seen the same day if they need to be, whilst still retaining the option to book ahead for evening surgeries.

“All of the staff there work really hard to provide a good service.”

The survey, carried out on behalf of NHS England, revealed overall satisfaction with GP surgeries in north Essex had dropped from 87 per cent in 2013 to 82 per cent last year.

Overall experience - percentage of patients who would describe their experience of their GP surgery as good.

WORST TO BEST: Performance

1. CARADOC SURGERY 59%

2. GREAT CLACTON MEDICAL PRACTICE 64%

3. WIMPOLE ROAD SURGERY 65%

4. EAST LYNNE MEDICAL CENTRE 68%

5. WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE 68%

6. OLD ROAD SURGERY 70%

7. ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE 73%

8. TIPTREE MEDICAL CENTRE 73%

9. FRONKS ROAD FAMILY SURGERY 74%

10. SHRUB END SURGERY 75%

11. THE FRINTON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE 77%

12. MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE 79%

13. GREEN ELMS HEALTH CENTRE 79%

14. WALTON MEDICAL CENTRE 80%

15. HIGHWOODS SURGERY 81%

16. WEST MERSEA SURGERY 82%

17. AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE 82%

18. PARSONS HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE 82%

19. CRUSADER SURGERY 82%

20. WIVENHOE SURGERY 84%

21. LAYER ROAD SURGERY 84%

22. ROWHEDGE SURGERY 84%

23. PORTLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE 84%

24. HAWTHORN SURGERY 85%

25. NORTH COLCHESTER HEALTHCARE CENTRE 87%

26. THE HOLLIES 88%

27. MILL ROAD SURGERY 88%

28. EAST HILL SURGERY 89%

29. COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE 90%

30. NORTH HILL MEDICAL GROUP 90%

31. EPPING CLOSE 90%

32. THE RIVERSIDE HEALTH CENTRE 90%

33. COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE 91%

34. RANWORTH SURGERY 91%

35. CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE 93%

36. BLUEBELL SURGERY 93%

37. TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE 94%

38. ST JAMES SURGERY 95%

39. HAREWOOD SURGERY 95%

40. THORPE SURGERY 97%

41. LAWFORD SURGERY 97%

42. THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY 98%

Other top results:

HELPFULNESS OF RECEPTIONISTS - Ardleigh Surgery

SUCCESS IN GETTING AN APPOINTMENT - Thorpe Surgery

CONVENIENCE OF APPOINTMENT - St James Surgery

OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF MAKING APPOINTMENT - Lawford Surgery

WAITING TIMES - Harewood Surgery

CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN GP - East Hill Surgery

CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN NURSE -Colne Medical Centre

SATISFACTION WITH OPENING HOURS - Thorpe Surgery

Other bottom results:

HELPFULNESS OF RECEPTIONISTS -  East Lynne Medical Centre

SUCCESS IN GETTING AN APPOINTMENT - Abbey Field Medical Centre

CONVENIENCE OF APPOINTMENT - Abbey Field Medical Centre

OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF MAKING APPOINTMENT - Wimpole Road Surgery

WAITING TIMES - Wimpole Road Surgery

CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN GP - Great Clacton Medical Practice

CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN NURSE - Green Elms Health Centre

SATISFACTION WITH OPENING HOURS - Abbey Field Medical Centre