Simple SurgerySimple Surgery

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.

frogmortonmedical.nhs.uk

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

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.

Ready to move?

We migrate your content, connect your domain, and hand you the password. Most practices are live within a week.