Dr's H.C. Ash, K.A. Harris & J.E. Hirst Also known as Dearne Valley Health Centre

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• Overview
• Kindness, compassion and dignity
• Treating people as individuals
• Independence, choice and control
• Responding to people’s immediate needs
• Workforce wellbeing and enablement

We looked for evidence the practice involved people and treated them with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect. At our last assessment, we rated this key question as good. At this assessment, the rating remains the same.

This service scored 75 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.

The service always treated people with kindness, empathy and compassion and respected their privacy and dignity. Staff always treated colleagues with kindness and respect.

The practice had arrangements to promote people’s privacy. They performed better than both local and national averages in the results of the 2025 National GP Patient Survey. This showed people felt listened to and felt they were treated with kindness. For example, 96% of respondents to the survey felt the healthcare professional at their last appointment was good at treating them with care and concern, compared to the local and national average of 86%. The percentage of respondents who responded positively to the overall experience of their GP practice was 94%, compared to the local average of 77% and the national average of 75%. During our site visit we witnessed staff interacting with patients in a friendly and supportive manner. Patients we spoke with and who submitted feedback described staff as giving exceptional care, excellent, being very caring and understanding and reassuring.

We did not look at Treating people as individuals during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Caring.

We did not look at Independence, choice and control during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Caring.

We did not look at Responding to people’s immediate needs during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Caring.

We did not look at Workforce wellbeing and enablement during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Caring.