For NHS GP practices
Practice websites,
made simple.
A fast, clean website your staff can actually manage. Built to NHS England guidance, with national NHS news added automatically. Run it yourself for free, or let us run it for you.
The editor demo is the genuine admin panel, with no password. Change the opening hours and see how long it takes you. Nothing you do in it is saved.
A preview of a practice home page. It opens with the practice name, whether the surgery is open, and six large links: request an appointment, order a repeat prescription, get your test results, register with the surgery, get a fit note, and contact us. Below them is urgent care signposting to 999, NHS 111 and a pharmacist.
- To maintain
- No server
- No database or CMS of your own to run
- Staff training needed
- None
- One password, plain English forms
- News you have to write
- None
- NHS England's feed, updated hourly
What you get
Loads instantly
Static pages on a global network. No plugins and no database server to maintain.
Runs itself
National NHS news arrives automatically. Closure notices remove themselves on the date you set.
Anyone can edit it
One password. Plain English forms. No training day and no support ticket.
Compliance-ready by default
A page and draft wording for each item practices publish. Designed and tested against WCAG 2.2 AA.
Built for patients
Appointments, prescriptions and the phone number first. Everything else after.
Yours to keep
Open source. Take the code, host it anywhere, or let us run it for you.
“Anyone can edit it” is the one nobody believes. Open the editor and try it, no sign up and nothing to install.
Compliance-ready by default
The NHS and CQC expect a long list of information on a practice website. The template ships with a page and draft wording for each one, so you are reviewing and adapting rather than writing from nothing.
Your practice remains responsible for its own content, and for checking that it reflects your services and contractual obligations.
Contractual requirements
A practice website, reviewed at least once a year
Required by GP contract regulations
The footer shows the date content was last updated
"You and your general practice" patient charter
Required by GP contract, from 1 October 2025
About the surgery
Named GP statement for every patient
Required by GMS contract
About the surgery
Annual GP earnings declaration
Required by GP contract
About the surgery, with its own figures table
Link to your NHS.UK profile page
Required by GP contract regulations
Footer and About the surgery
Online request tool reachable during core hours
Required by GP contract 2025/26
Home page and Appointments
Inspection and governance
Complaints procedure, with escalation to the Ombudsman
Required by NHS complaints regulations, CQC
About the surgery
Your CQC rating, shown and linked
Required by CQC
Footer and About the surgery
Privacy notice with a named Data Protection Officer
Required by UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018
About the surgery
Freedom of information publication scheme
Required by Freedom of Information Act 2000
About the surgery
Chaperone, zero tolerance and data sharing policies
Required by CQC
About the surgery
National data opt-out explained
Required by NHS England
Privacy notice
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA, above the 2.1 AA legal minimum
Required by Accessibility Regulations 2018
Built in, every page
Published accessibility statement
Required by Accessibility Regulations 2018
About the surgery
Interpreter, BSL and alternative format information
Required by Accessible Information Standard
Accessibility statement and Appointments
No PDFs, no pop-ups, no accessibility widgets
Required by NHS England guidance
The template cannot produce them
Works on a keyboard and with a screen reader
Required by Accessibility Regulations 2018
Built in, every page
Usability, from NHS England user research
Reading age 9 to 11, short sentences, active voice
Required by NHS England guidance
All supplied wording
Six menu items, no sub menus
Required by NHS England guidance
Main menu
No supplier product names shown to patients
Required by NHS England guidance
Appointments and Prescriptions
Urgent care and NHS 111 signposting before anything else
Required by NHS England guidance
Home page and Appointments
Appointments, prescriptions and phone number first
Required by NHS England guidance
Home page
Sources: GP contract regulations, GP contract 2025/26, the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018, UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Accessible Information Standard, and NHS England's guidance on creating a highly usable and accessible GP website for patients. Government guidance is explicit that a public sector body remains responsible for accessibility even where a supplier built the website. Simple Surgery provides the structure and the draft wording; the review, the local detail and the legal responsibility stay with the practice.
Pricing
No VAT to add. No setup fee. Cancel whenever you like and keep the site.
Free
Free forever
- Setup fee
- None
- Hosting, SSL and managed storage
- You arrange
- Domain name
- You arrange
- Unlimited edits by your own staff
- Included
- NHS news added automatically
- Included
- Designed to NHS England website guidance
- Included
- Designed and tested against WCAG 2.2 AA
- Included
- No WordPress, no plugins to update
- Included
- No database server for you to manage
- Included
- Templates for the statutory pages
- Included
- You own the source code
- Included
- Leave whenever you like
- Included
- Support
- Documentation
- We handle hosting, domain and software updates
- Not included
- Your content stays yours to edit
- Included
Hosted
£199 a year
- Setup fee
- None
- Hosting, SSL and managed storage
- Included
- Domain name
- Included
- Unlimited edits by your own staff
- Included
- NHS news added automatically
- Included
- Designed to NHS England website guidance
- Included
- Designed and tested against WCAG 2.2 AA
- Included
- No WordPress, no plugins to update
- Included
- No database server for you to manage
- Included
- Templates for the statutory pages
- Included
- You own the source code
- Included
- Leave whenever you like
- No contract
- Support
- Email, same working day
- We handle hosting, domain and software updates
- Included
- Your content stays yours to edit
- Included
Example supplier
£495 a year
- Setup fee
- Usually charged
- Hosting, SSL and managed storage
- Included
- Domain name
- Usually extra
- Unlimited edits by your own staff
- Included
- NHS news added automatically
- Not included
- Designed to NHS England website guidance
- Varies
- Designed and tested against WCAG 2.2 AA
- Varies
- No WordPress, no plugins to update
- Not included
- No database server for you to manage
- Not included
- Templates for the statutory pages
- Varies
- You own the source code
- Not included
- Leave whenever you like
- Minimum term
- Support
- Phone and email
- We handle hosting, domain and software updates
- Included
- Your content stays yours to edit
- Included
| Feature | Free£0run it yourself | RecommendedHosted£199 a yearwe host it for you | Example supplier£495 a yearone published listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup fee | None | None | Usually charged |
| Hosting, SSL and managed storagePlatform replication, not independent scheduled backups. You can download your own copy any time | You arrange | Included | Included |
| Domain name | You arrange | Included | Usually extra |
| Unlimited edits by your own staff | Included | Included | Included |
| NHS news added automaticallyYour news page stays current without anyone writing a word | Included | Included | Not included |
| Designed to NHS England website guidance | Included | Included | Varies |
| Designed and tested against WCAG 2.2 AANo independent audit yet, so we do not claim certification | Included | Included | Varies |
| No WordPress, no plugins to updateMost GP website suppliers build on WordPress | Included | Included | Not included |
| No database server for you to manage | Included | Included | Not included |
| Templates for the statutory pagesThe pages and draft wording are there; you review the local detail | Included | Included | Varies |
| You own the source code | Included | Included | Not included |
| Leave whenever you like | Included | No contract | Minimum term |
| Support | Documentation | Email, same working day | Phone and email |
| We handle hosting, domain and software updates | Not included | Included | Included |
| Your content stays yours to editYou make your own changes, any time. We do not sit between you and your website | Included | Included | Included |
One comparable UK framework listing publishes this price. Prices and included services vary by supplier, and that listing includes features this template does not, such as two-factor authentication and audit logging. Taken from a G-Cloud 14 supplier listing, published at £495 per site per year excluding VAT, with bundles at £995 a year and a mobile app at a further £175 per site. Checked August 2026. This is one example of a published market price, not a claim about what every supplier charges or includes.
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