Shipston Medical Centre, Shipston On Stour: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Shipston Medical Centre

Its best result against England is the share who found it easy to contact the practice through its website: 83%, above the England figure of 58%. Its result closest to England is the share who said the healthcare professional was good at listening to them: 90%, against 87% across England. Of the 11 results in the table, 8 are above England and 0 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 3 within it.

80% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 1 point lower than in 2025 (88%). 110 patients answered the survey (response rate 41%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 86% of 106 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Shipston Medical Centre is Outstanding, published in May 2016. 2 key questions are rated differently: Safe Good and Effective Good.

11,869 patients were registered at Shipston Medical Centre in September 2026, down 1.3% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

30% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 7.2 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 1,658 patients per GP, fewer than the England figure of 2,171 and Coventry and Warwickshire's 2,112. The practice also has 5.8 nurses and 5.3 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 6,724 appointments a month, or 567 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 59% were face to face (England: 63%). 43% took place on the day they were booked and 1% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

55% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 4% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for osteoporosis (3.0% against 1.2%), heart failure (2.4% against 1.1%) and palliative or supportive care needs (1.1% against 0.6%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 12.5 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived). Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 85.7 years for women and 82.3 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

65% of the practice's patients live in the CV36 postcode district, followed by CV37 (16%), OX15 (11%) and CV35 (3%). 95% live in Stratford-on-Avon, the council area the practice is in.

Shipston Medical Centre, The Medical Centre, Badgers Cres, Stratford Road, Shipston On Stour, CV36 4BQ. Phone: 01608 661845. Website: www.shipstonmc.warwickshire.nhs.uk.