Beechwood Surgery, Thornton Cleveleys: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Beechwood Surgery

Its best result against England is the share who found it easy to get through to the practice by phone: 88%, above the England figure of 57%. Its weakest is the share who had confidence and trust in the healthcare professional they saw: 91%, against 93% across England. Of the 11 results in the table, 5 are above England and 0 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 6 within it.

On overall experience it is 3rd of the 5 practices in Thornton Cleveleys with 50 or more responses. 88% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 6 points lower than in 2025 (93%). 115 patients answered the survey (response rate 35%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 88% of 68 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Beechwood Surgery is Good, published in May 2018. All 5 key questions are rated Good. It held the same rating in the report before (August 2017).

2,753 patients were registered at Beechwood Surgery in September 2026, up 3.6% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

31% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 1.0 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 2,717 patients per GP, more than the England figure of 2,171 and Lancashire and South Cumbria's 2,288. The practice also has 1.0 nurses (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 1,669 appointments a month, or 606 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 64% were face to face (England: 63%). 30% took place on the day they were booked and 2% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

40% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 3% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for peripheral arterial disease (2.6% against 0.6%), palliative or supportive care needs (1.5% against 0.6%) and COPD (4.4% against 1.9%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 17.2 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived). Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 82.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

86% of the practice's patients live in the FY5 postcode district, followed by FY6 (6%), FY7 (3%) and FY2 (3%). 87% live in Wyre, the council area the practice is in.

Beechwood Surgery, Old Bank Medical Centre, 155 Victoria Road East, Thornton Cleveleys, FY5 5HH. Phone: 01253 951717. Website: www.beechwoodsurgery.nhs.uk.