Picton Medical Centre, Bradford: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Picton Medical Centre

Its result closest to England is the share who found it easy to contact the practice through its website: 52%, against 58% across England. Its weakest is the share who found it easy to get through to the practice by phone: 42%, below the England figure of 57%. 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 34th of the 42 practices in Bradford with 50 or more responses. 42% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 21 points lower than in 2025 (83%). 93 patients answered the survey (response rate 8%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 81% of 95 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Picton Medical Centre is Good, published in March 2019. All 5 key questions are rated Good. It held the same rating in the report before (May 2015).

9,903 patients were registered at Picton Medical Centre in September 2026, up 2.1% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

7% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 2.5 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 3,979 patients per GP, more than the England figure of 2,171 and West Yorkshire's 2,162. The practice also has 4.4 nurses and 2.9 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 8,170 appointments a month, or 825 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 86% were face to face (England: 63%). 49% took place on the day they were booked and 2% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

7% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 2% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for a learning disability (1.3% against 0.6%), diabetes (15.6% against 7.9%) and asthma (10.5% against 6.6%). It has a lower share for atrial fibrillation (0.5% against 2.2%), cancer (1.3% against 3.8%) and peripheral arterial disease (0.2% against 0.6%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 51.9 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 79.0 years for women and 74.0 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

43% of the practice's patients live in the BD9 postcode district, followed by BD8 (34%), BD1 (6%) and BD7 (4%). 100% live in Bradford, the council area the practice is in.

Picton Medical Centre, Westbourne Green Community Health Centre, 50 Heaton Road, Bradford, BD8 8RA. Phone: 01274 202500. Website: www.pictonmedicalcentre.nhs.uk.