The CQC has published 88 reports on the quality of care provided by GP practices across the UK and has found that the majority of care delivered is Good to Outstanding.

Under CQC’s new programme of inspections, all of England’s GP practices are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.

The Chief Inspector of General Practice has found another 63 practices to be Good, 15 to Require Improvement, five to be Outstanding and three to be Inadequate following recent inspections by the Care Quality Commission.

Two reports were focused inspections which are not rated.

The total number of practices rated Outstanding is now 154. The total number of practices that have exited Special Measures is now 47.

Professor Steve Field, Chief Inspector of General Practice, said: “After more than 3,000 inspections we have found that most care is good – with over 100 practices now rated Outstanding. That means that over 1 million patients in England currently receive care from practices which we have rated Outstanding.

“What’s enormously encouraging is that our inspections are driving improvement – 90% of practices that we have re-inspected have improved since last October. Through their hard work and dedication, practices are making positive changes to the care they deliver.”

Professor Steve Field continued: “There is still too much poor care. Since we began inspecting GP practices in October 2014 we have found over 100 practices to be Inadequate.

“While this is a minority, this still amounts to over half a million patients in England who were not receiving the basic standards of care that they should be able to expect from their GP practice. I am glad to say that we have increasingly found that most practices that are placed in special measures use the support that is on offer to meet those standards.”

Full reports on all 88 inspections are available.