- GP practice
Benfleet Surgery
Assessment report published 20 August 2026
Contents
On this page
- Overview
- Kindness, compassion and dignity
- Treating people as individuals
- Independence, choice and control
- Responding to people’s immediate needs
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement
Caring
We looked for evidence the service 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.
Staff treated people with kindness, empathy and compassion, and respected their privacy and dignity.
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.
Kindness, compassion and dignity
The service always treated people with kindness, empathy and compassion and respected their privacy and dignity. Staff treated colleagues from other organisations with kindness and respect.
The service performed better than the national average in the results of the 2025 National GP Patient Survey. For example, 95% of respondents to the survey responded positively to the overall experience of their GP practice compared to a national average of 75.4%. Staff used systems to capture and review feedback from people who used the service which was positive.
Treating people as individuals
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.
Independence, choice and control
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.
Responding to people’s immediate needs
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.
Workforce wellbeing and enablement
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.