Registered from 1 April 2013.
GP practice · independent evidence profile
Essington Medical Centre
Hobnock Road, Essington, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2RF
CQC location 1-544316629NHS organisation code Y02594
A registered address may be where care is managed rather than delivered.
ODS code Y02594. Data refreshed 31 August 2026.
Location and contact
Hobnock Road, Essington, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2RF
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CQC assessment breakdown
How the service was assessed
These are CQC key-question results for this location. A percentage is shown only where CQC publishes one.
Caring
This service is caring
Effective
This service is effective
Responsive
This service is responsive
Safe
This service is safe
Well-led
This service is well-led
Latest published evidence
Ongoing Assessment for Essington Medical Centre
Assessment dated 2 April 2026. Published 26 June 2026.
What CQC reported
The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
People’s experience
As part of our assessment, we reviewed feedback from people who used the service to understand their views and experience of the service. This included speaking with people using the service at the time of our assessment and reviewing other feedback available to us. People were positive about the quality of their care and treatment. They described how staff treated them with kindness and delivered patient-centred care. This was mirrored in the results of recent surveys, including the 2025 National GP Patient Survey, which showed most people were satisfied. For example, 78% of respondents were positive about their overall experience of the GP practice, in line with the national average of 75%. Feedback from people collected through the Friends and Family test was generally positive. People described staff as kind, polite, friendly and helpful. The majority of comments about access were positive and indicated people were seen promptly when they requested an appointment. However, there were a small number of negative comments which indicated appointments ran late and people were left waiting with no explanation and appointments cancelled at the last minute. The service did not have an active patient participation group (PPG) to represent the voice of people using the service but were actively taking steps to re-establish a PPG to help improve service delivery.
GP Patient Survey 2026
What registered patients reported
91 completed questionnaires · 23.6% response rate.
Overall experience was good
Confidence interval 80.9%–88.4%Experience of contacting the practice was good
Confidence interval 72.8%–81.8%Last appointment met the patient’s needs
Confidence interval 86.1%–92.6%Healthcare professional was good at listening
Confidence interval 82.5%–89.8%Healthcare professional treated the patient with care and concern
Confidence interval 82.2%–89.6%Patient had confidence and trust in the healthcare professional
Confidence interval 88.9%–94.7%Reception and administrative team were helpful
Confidence interval 84.4%–91.3%Contacting the practice by phone was easy
Confidence interval 58.1%–68.5%Contacting the practice through its website was easy
Confidence interval 64%–78.1%Survey percentages are weighted official statistics and describe the people who responded; they are not a Check My GP score or ranking. Results based on small numbers may be suppressed by the survey publisher.
Community experiences
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Services and regulated activities
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Service types
Doctors/Gps
Regulated activities
Maternity and midwifery servicesFamily planningTreatment of disease, disorder or injuryDiagnostic and screening procedures
Specialisms
Services for everyone
Published record
Rating and report history
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14 July 2021GoodCQC rating history
20 December 2019GoodCQC rating history
20 August 2015GoodCQC rating history
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