Wansford & Kings Cliffe Practice, Peterborough: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Wansford & Kings Cliffe Practice

Its best result against England is the share who found it easy to get through to the practice by phone: 79%, above the England figure of 57%. Its weakest is the share who said the wait for their last appointment was about right: 59%, below the England figure of 69%. Of the 11 results in the table, 3 are above England and 1 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 7 within it.

On overall experience it is 3rd of the 23 practices in Peterborough with 50 or more responses. 79% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 13 points lower than in 2025 (88%). 112 patients answered the survey (response rate 41%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 95% of 434 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Wansford & Kings Cliffe Practice is Good, published in June 2016. All 5 key questions are rated Good.

10,826 patients were registered at Wansford & Kings Cliffe Practice in September 2026, up 2.6% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

26% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 5.7 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 1,885 patients per GP, fewer than the England figure of 2,171 and Central East's 2,348. The practice also has 5.7 nurses and 10.4 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 8,876 appointments a month, or 820 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 76% were face to face (England: 63%). 40% took place on the day they were booked and 4% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

34% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 1% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for cancer (5.7% against 3.8%), atrial fibrillation (3.2% against 2.2%) and dementia (1.1% against 0.8%). It has a lower share for osteoporosis (0.4% against 1.2%), serious mental illness (0.5% against 1.0%) and a learning disability (0.3% against 0.6%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 12.9 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 85.9 years for women and 82.1 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

52% of the practice's patients live in the PE8 postcode district, followed by NN17 (17%), PE9 (16%) and PE5 (8%). 47% live in North Northamptonshire, the council area the practice is in.

Wansford & Kings Cliffe Practice, Wansford Surgery, Old Hill Farm, Yarwell Street, Wansford, Peterborough, PE8 6PL. Phone: 01780 782342. Website: www.wansford.co.uk.