Which GP practice in Staffordshire Moorlands has the highest grade?

Leek Health Centre has the highest Practice Grade in Staffordshire Moorlands, 93.5 out of 100. Practices next to each other in the list are often so close that another year's answers could swap them.

How many GP practices are there in Staffordshire Moorlands?

13 open GP practices that you can register with, 13 of them with a Practice Grade.

How do I change GP practice in Staffordshire Moorlands?

It is free, and you do not have to tell your current practice. Most practices let you register online or in the NHS App.

Best GP practices in Staffordshire Moorlands 2026

13 GP practices in Staffordshire Moorlands (Midlands), ranked by the Practice Grade. The grade weighs what patients say in the 2026 GP Patient Survey and how soon appointments take place. Practices with too few answers have no grade.

Leek Health Centre has the highest Practice Grade in Staffordshire Moorlands, 93.5 out of 100. Staffordshire Moorlands as a whole: 85.9, 8.7 points above the England average.

How the Practice Grade works

Updated with GP Patient Survey (2026 survey) and Appointments in General Practice (August 2026)

Compare the four best in Staffordshire Moorlands

GP practices in Staffordshire Moorlands

Sorted by the Practice Grade, highest first

Practice	Practice Grade	Response rate	Survey answers
1Leek Health CentreTop-rated in Staffordshire Moorlands 2026Top 10% in England 2026	93.5	28.1%	97
2Alton SurgeryTop 10% in England 2026	90.5	44.1%	113
3Park Medical Centre	90.1	31.2%	121
4Dr J Greig & PartnersTop 10% in England 2026	89.3	25.6%	104
5Werrington Village Surgery	88.3	27.9%	100
6Biddulph Valley Surgery	87.6	31.8%	125
7Trinity Medical Centre	85.6	27.4%	102
8Well Street Medical Centre	84.8	36.0%	111
9Waterhouses Medical Pract	83.7	32.0%	93
10Biddulph Doctors	82.6	27.3%	110
11Allen Street Clinic	82.5	37.6%	114
12Tardis Surgery	79.7	30.0%	102
13Tean Surgery	78.6	35.3%	101

The Practice Grade is on a scale of 0 to 100. The response rate and the number of survey answers show how large the base is: more answers give a surer grade. The trend column shows overall experience (the share of patients who describe the practice as good), 2024–2026, from the GP Patient Survey (question 32). It is the survey part of the Practice Grade, not the grade itself. Practices with fewer than 3 yearly results are shown without a curve.

Flu vaccination in Staffordshire, winter 2025 to 2026

76.9% of patients aged 65 and over registered with GP practices in Staffordshire had a flu vaccine between 1 September 2025 and 28 February 2026 (155,092 of 201,713). England: 74.5%.

UKHSA publishes flu vaccine uptake for counties and unitary authorities, not for districts. These figures are for Staffordshire, the county that Staffordshire Moorlands is in.

Who	Staffordshire	England
Aged 65 and over155,092 of 201,713	76.9%	74.5%
Under 65 in a clinical risk group60,256 of 139,542	43.2%	40.6%
Pregnant women3,865 of 8,900	43.4%	38.4%
Children aged 23,778 of 8,193	46.1%	43.5%
Children aged 34,171 of 8,711	47.9%	44.8%

The counts follow the GP practice, not where people live. They include vaccinations given in GP practices, pharmacies and other places that are recorded in the GP record. 99.3% of practices sent data. UKHSA says the number counted as pregnant may be too high, so uptake among pregnant women is probably understated.

This card shows flu only. We have not found local authority figures for last winter’s COVID-19 vaccination from UKHSA.

Source: UK Health Security Agency, Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in GP patients: winter season 2025 to 2026 (final data, published 28 May 2026). Open Government Licence v3.0.

Appointments within two weeks in Staffordshire Moorlands, August 2026

95.6% of the 24,126 appointments at 13 practices in Staffordshire Moorlands took place within two weeks of booking. England: 87.7%.

Source: NHS England, Appointments in General Practice. This is the appointments half of the grade’s access part.

Talking therapies for the NHS area covering Staffordshire Moorlands, August 2026

NHS Talking Therapies for Staffordshire Moorlands are commissioned by more than one NHS area. Of the people who finished a course in August 2026, the share who started treatment within 6 weeks and within 18 weeks of referral is given for each below. The national standards are 75% and 95%.

Staffordshire Moorlands is covered by more than one NHS area, both in NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB. NHS England publishes each separately and we do not combine them.

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB, sub-ICB 05G, which covers about 92% of the area: 73% started within 6 weeks and 100% within 18 weeks (about 205 people finished a course in August 2026).

England: 83.4% started within 6 weeks and 97.5% within 18 weeks (51,269 people finished a course in August 2026).

These figures are for the NHS area that commissions the service, not for Staffordshire Moorlands and not for any GP practice. Most people refer themselves, so they say nothing about the quality of a practice.

Only people who finished a course in the month are counted, so people still waiting are not. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5, rates to the nearest whole per cent, and NHS England hides numbers under 5. One month can move by several points.

Source: NHS England Digital, NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics (August 2026, published 8 October 2026), Open Government Licence. Areas are matched to NHS areas with the Office for National Statistics lookup from neighbourhoods to sub-ICBs and local authorities (April 2026).

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Each practice is placed at the centre of its postcode, not at its building, so practices that share a postcode share a point. Click a point to see every practice there.

27 GP practices within 10 km, the nearest 8 shown.

Within reach of Staffordshire Moorlands

27 GP practices within 10 km, the nearest 8 shown.

The highest Practice Grade within 10 km is Dr Raju and Partners in Stoke-on-Trent, 93.9, 8.4 km away.

Distance as the crow flies from the middle of the practices in Staffordshire Moorlands. A practice in another area may still cover your address: check its boundary before you register.

Common questions

Which GP practice in Staffordshire Moorlands has the highest grade?: Leek Health Centre has the highest Practice Grade in Staffordshire Moorlands, 93.5 out of 100. Practices next to each other in the list are often so close that another year's answers could swap them. How the grade works
How many GP practices are there in Staffordshire Moorlands?: 13 open GP practices that you can register with, 13 of them with a Practice Grade.
How soon do practices in Staffordshire Moorlands see patients?: In the latest month 95.6% of appointments at practices in Staffordshire Moorlands took place within two weeks of booking, against 87.7% in England.
How do I change GP practice in Staffordshire Moorlands?: It is free, and you do not have to tell your current practice. Most practices let you register online or in the NHS App. Guide: changing GP practice

About Staffordshire Moorlands

Background

Background on Staffordshire Moorlands as context for the practices above. Not part of the Practice Grade.

Residents: 96,651
Aged 65 and over: 27.1%
Aged 80 and over: 7.6%

Deprivation, income and life expectancy

Measure	Staffordshire Moorlands	England
Deprivation score (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)2025	14.8	21.8
Children under 16 in relative low income families2024/25, likely range 15.9 to 17.6	16.7%	19.8%
Life expectancy at birth, men2022 to 2024, likely range 79.2 to 80.6	79.9 years	79.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, women2022 to 2024, likely range 83.1 to 84.4	83.7 years	83.3 years

Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Fingertips: residents and ages 2024 (Office for National Statistics), deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), children in low income families 2024/25 (Department for Work and Pensions), life expectancy 2022 to 2024 (Office for National Statistics). Open Government Licence v3.0.

Older people in Staffordshire Moorlands

Background

Background on people aged 65 and over in Staffordshire Moorlands, with England beside it. No figure here says an area is doing better or worse. Not part of the Practice Grade.

Hospital care and dementia

Measure	Staffordshire Moorlands	England
Emergency hospital admissions for falls, per 100,000 people aged 65 and over2024/25, age-standardised, likely range 929 to 1,181	1,049	1,958
Hip fractures, per 100,000 people aged 65 and over2024/25, age-standardised, likely range 260 to 401	325	536
Estimated dementia diagnosis rate, people aged 65 and over2026, as at 31 March, likely range 60.6 to 75.4	68.4%	66.3%

The hospital figures are age-standardised, so an older population does not raise them. Since 2022/23 some hospital trusts report same-day emergency care in another dataset, which can lower the admissions counted.

The dementia rate is the number of people with a recorded diagnosis out of the number estimated to have dementia. It is counted by where the practice is, not where patients live.

Care homes

Measure	Staffordshire Moorlands	England
Care home beds per 100 people aged 75 and over2025	6.8	8.3

Beds are counted where the home is, not where its residents come from, and people under 75 also live in care homes.

Life expectancy at 65

Measure	Staffordshire Moorlands	England
Life expectancy at 65, men2022 to 2024, likely range 18.5 to 19.3	18.9 years	18.9 years
Life expectancy at 65, women2022 to 2024, likely range 21.4 to 22.2	21.8 years	21.4 years

Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Fingertips: hospital admissions 2024/25 (NHS England), dementia diagnosis 2026 (as at 31 March) (NHS England), care home beds 2025 (Care Quality Commission), life expectancy 2022 to 2024 (Office for National Statistics). Open Government Licence v3.0.