Bosworth Medical Centre, Birmingham: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Bosworth Medical Centre

Its best result against England is the share who said the wait for their last appointment was about right: 73%, against 69% across England. Its weakest is the share who found it easy to contact the practice through its website: 26%, below the England figure of 58%. Of the 11 results in the table, 0 are above England and 7 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 4 within it.

On overall experience it is 119th of the 171 practices in Birmingham with 50 or more responses. 40% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is unchanged from 2025 (69%). 118 patients answered the survey (response rate 21%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 87% of 95 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Bosworth Medical Centre is Good, published in December 2019. One key question is rated differently: Responsive Requires Improvement. It held the same rating in the report before (April 2018).

13,661 patients were registered at Bosworth Medical Centre in September 2026, almost the same as a year earlier.

17% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 4.5 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 3,013 patients per GP, more than the England figure of 2,171 and Birmingham and Solihull's 1,990. The practice also has 1.4 nurses and 5.4 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 8,032 appointments a month, or 588 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 78% were face to face (England: 63%). 62% took place on the day they were booked and 0% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

43% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 3% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for COPD (3.5% against 1.9%), palliative or supportive care needs (0.9% against 0.6%) and depression (21.5% against 14.3%). It has a lower share for osteoporosis (0.5% against 1.2%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 43.3 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 80.7 years for women and 75.0 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

80% of the practice's patients live in the B37 postcode district, followed by B36 (10%), B33 (5%) and B34 (2%). 91% live in Solihull, the council area the practice is in.

Bosworth Medical Centre, Chelmsley Wood Primary Care Centre, Crabtree Drive, Birmingham, B37 5BU. Phone: 0121 770 4484. Website: www.bosworthmedicalcentre.co.uk.