Dearne Valley Group Practice, Rotherham: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Dearne Valley Group Practice

Its best result against England is the share who had confidence and trust in the healthcare professional they saw: 95%, against 93% across England. Its weakest is the share who found it easy to get through to the practice by phone: 38%, below the England figure of 57%. Of the 11 results in the table, 0 are above England and 4 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 7 within it.

On overall experience it is 26th of the 28 practices in Rotherham with 50 or more responses. 38% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 4 points lower than in 2025 (69%). 96 patients answered the survey (response rate 18%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 88% of 163 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Dearne Valley Group Practice is Good, published in May 2016. All 5 key questions are rated Good.

11,488 patients were registered at Dearne Valley Group Practice in September 2026, down 2.4% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

16% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 5.7 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 2,023 patients per GP, close to the England figure of 2,171 and South Yorkshire's 2,097. The practice also has 3.6 nurses and 2.4 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 4,905 appointments a month, or 427 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 97% were face to face (England: 63%). 29% took place on the day they were booked and 7% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

38% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 6% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for COPD (4.3% against 1.9%), peripheral arterial disease (1.1% against 0.6%) and palliative or supportive care needs (1.1% against 0.6%). It has a lower share for osteoporosis (0.1% against 1.2%), chronic kidney disease (3.0% against 4.6%) and cancer (2.6% against 3.8%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 42.2 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 79.4 years for women and 76.5 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

90% of the practice's patients live in the S63 postcode district, followed by S72 (3%), S73 (2%) and DN5 (2%). 94% live in Barnsley, the council area the practice is in.

Dearne Valley Group Practice, The Thurnscoe Centre, Holly Bush Drive, Thurnscoe, Rotherham, S63 0LT. Phone: 01709 886354. Website: www.dearnevalleygrouppractice.co.uk.