8 High Street,
Stone, Staffordshire,
ST15 8AP

Patient Survey 2025 Results and Action Plan

Responses Overview: Total responses: 888, Average completion time: 8 minutes 18 seconds, Survey duration: 42 days.

Responses Overview

  • Total responses: 888
  • Average completion time: 8 minutes 18 seconds
  • Survey duration: 42 days

1. Gender

  • Woman: 516 (41%)
  • Man: 362 (59%)
  • Non-binary: 1
  • Prefer not to say: 2

2. Age

  • 16–25: 12
  • 26–35: 18
  • 36–45: 31
  • 46–55: 103
  • 56–65: 218
  • 66–75: 272
  • Over 75: 227

3. Preferred way to make an appointment

  • Telephone: 621 (71%)
  • In person: 86 (10%)
  • Online: 155 (18%)
  • Self-booking text: 18 (2%)

4. Ease of getting through to reception (telephone)

  • Average rating: 3.39 (out of 5)
  • Level 5: 139
  • Level 4: 268
  • Level 3: 309
  • Level 2: 101
  • Level 1: 53

5. Ease of using practice website

  • Average rating: 3.42
  • Level 5: 150
  • Level 4: 242
  • Level 3: 220
  • Level 2: 83
  • Level 1: 70

6. Satisfaction with appointment offered

  • Average rating: 3.98
  • Level 5: 354
  • Level 4: 269
  • Level 3: 167
  • Level 2: 48
  • Level 1: 35

7. Satisfaction with appointment availability

  • Average rating: 3.74
  • Level 5: 264
  • Level 4: 272
  • Level 3: 214
  • Level 2: 69
  • Level 1: 47

8. Satisfaction with clinician appointment

  • Average rating: 4.36
  • Level 5: 515
  • Level 4: 222
  • Level 3: 75
  • Level 2: 30
  • Level 1: 23

9. Overall experience of making an appointment

  • Average rating: 3.79
  • Level 5: 267
  • Level 4: 294
  • Level 3: 210
  • Level 2: 62
  • Level 1: 40

10. Satisfaction with administration team

  • Average rating: 4.32
  • Level 5: 495
  • Level 4: 222
  • Level 3: 103
  • Level 2: 31
  • Level 1: 18

11. Awareness of social media pages

  • Yes: 316 (36%)
  • No: 557 (64%)

12. Overall experience of Cumberland House Surgery

  • Average rating: 4.03
  • Level 5: 314
  • Level 4: 346
  • Level 3: 161
  • Level 2: 35
  • Level 1: 20

13. Comments (themes from 330 responses)

  • 93 respondents (28%) mentioned appointments
  • Common words/phrases:
    • “hard to get an appointment”
    • “phone appointment”
    • “appointment time”
    • “reception staff”
    • “visit the surgery”
    • “GP appointments”
    • “service”
    • “staff very helpful”
    • “appointment system”

Action plan following annual patient survey 2025

Completed by: Tory Warrilow
Date: 16th October 2025

Measuring patients’ experiences of care and treatment highlights areas that need to improve to provide a patient-led healthcare service. Cumberland House Surgery’s quality improvement activities help to involve patients, staff and the public in translating patient feedback into real improvements.

Actions

  • Utilise online journeys that are highly usable and accessible for patients.
  • Improve the practice making full use of signposting and referrals to other services to benefit the patients.
  • Improve the patient experience when contacting the practice.
  • Improve the communication with patients when they make requests to the practice with clear information about how and when patients will be contacted.
  • Continue to improve patient and carer awareness to the importance of attending long term condition reviews.