Beeches Surgery, Carshalton: patient reviews and CQC rating

Beeches Surgery is a GP practice in Carshalton with 5,482 registered patients (September 2026). In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 76% of its patients described their overall experience as good, against 77% across England (South West London: 81%). The Care Quality Commission rates it Requires Improvement overall, in a report published in December 2022. It has 1.9 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, or 2,937 patients per GP.

Latest data: September 2026. Patient survey 2026; registered patients September 2026; appointments to August 2026.

What patients say about Beeches Surgery

Its best result against England is the share who said the wait for their last appointment was about right: 77%, against 69% across England. Its weakest is the share who found it easy to contact the practice through its website: 30%, below the England figure of 58%. Of the 11 results in the table, 0 are above England and 1 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 10 within it.

On overall experience it is 4th of the 4 practices in Carshalton with 50 or more responses. 63% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 5 points lower than in 2025 (81%). 103 patients answered the survey (response rate 27%).

Survey questionBeeches SurgerySouth West LondonEngland
Overall experience good76%81%77%
Easy to contact by phone63%64%57%
Easy to contact via the website30%64%58%
Easy to contact via the NHS App40%57%54%
Reception team helpful82%87%85%
Last contact good77%77%73%
Wait for appointment about right77%71%69%
Listened to well88%88%87%
Treated with care and concern83%87%86%
Confidence and trust in the clinician91%93%93%
Needs met87%91%90%

CQC's overall rating for Beeches Surgery is Requires Improvement, published in December 2022. 4 key questions are rated differently: Well-led Inadequate, Caring Good, Responsive Good and Effective Good. It held the same rating in the report before (October 2021).

Key questionRating
SafeRequires Improvement
Well-ledInadequate
CaringGood
ResponsiveGood
EffectiveGood

5,482 patients were registered at Beeches Surgery in September 2026, down 1.4% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

21% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 1.9 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 2,937 patients per GP, more than the England figure of 2,171 and South West London's 2,060. The practice also has 0.9 nurses and 0.3 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

YearQualified GPs (FTE)All GPs incl. trainees (FTE)
August 20231.91.9
August 20241.91.9
August 20252.12.1
August 20261.91.9

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 2,791 appointments a month, or 509 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 40% were face to face (England: 63%). 65% took place on the day they were booked and 4% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

66% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 3% of booked patients did not attend.

MeasureBeeches SurgerySouth West LondonEngland
Appointments per 1,000 patients a month509434510
Face to face40%58%63%
Same day as booked65%46%45%
More than 28 days after booking4%3%5%
Did not attend3%6%4%

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for cancer (4.8% against 3.8%). It has a lower share for peripheral arterial disease (0.2% against 0.6%), osteoporosis (0.5% against 1.2%) and COPD (0.8% against 1.9%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 7.2 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 85.1 years for women and 81.5 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

Condition registerAge groupPractice (2024/25)England
High blood pressureAll ages12.5%15.2%
Depression18+ yrs8.7%14.3%
Diabetes17+ yrs6.0%7.9%
Chronic kidney disease18+ yrs4.9%4.6%
CancerAll ages4.8%3.8%
Asthma6+ yrs4.7%6.6%
Atrial fibrillationAll ages2.4%2.2%
Coronary heart diseaseAll ages2.4%3.0%
Stroke and TIAAll ages1.3%1.9%
COPDAll ages0.8%1.9%
Serious mental illnessAll ages0.7%1.0%
Heart failureAll ages0.6%1.1%
Palliative careAll ages0.6%0.6%
Osteoporosis50+ yrs0.5%1.2%
Learning disabilityAll ages0.5%0.6%
Epilepsy18+ yrs0.5%0.8%
Rheumatoid arthritis16+ yrs0.5%0.8%
DementiaAll ages0.4%0.8%
Peripheral arterial diseaseAll ages0.2%0.6%
Screening coveragePeriodPracticeEngland
Bowel cancer screening (aged 60 to 74)2024/2581.9%72.9%
Breast cancer screening (women aged 53 to 70)2024/2576.4%72.2%
Cervical screening (women aged 25 to 49)2023/2471.8%67.5%
Cervical screening (women aged 50 to 64)2023/2484.8%74.9%

72% of the practice's patients live in the SM5 postcode district, followed by SM2 (18%), SM1 (4%) and SM6 (4%). 97% live in Sutton, the council area the practice is in.

Postcode districtRegistered patientsShare
SM53,93572%
SM296018%
SM12044%
SM61954%

Beeches Surgery, 9 Hill Road, Carshalton, SM5 3RB. Phone: 020 8647 6608.

How do patients rate Beeches Surgery?

In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 76% of patients described their overall experience of Beeches Surgery as good, against 77% across England. 63% found it easy to get through by phone.

How many patients are registered at Beeches Surgery?

5,482 patients were registered in September 2026, down 1.4% on a year earlier.

What is Beeches Surgery's CQC rating?

Requires Improvement overall, published in December 2022.

How many GPs does Beeches Surgery have?

1.9 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs (3 qualified GPs by headcount), which is 2,937 patients per GP against 2,171 across England.

Are appointments at Beeches Surgery face to face?

40% of appointments from June 2026 to August 2026 were face to face, against 63% across England.

What is Beeches Surgery's phone number?

020 8647 6608.

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