About this practice

The Limes Surgery Medical Centre is an NHS GP surgery located at 172 High Street, Lye, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 8LL, part of the Stourbridge, Wollescote & Lye Pcn Primary Care Network. The practice serves 5,540 registered patients.

The practice holds a Requires Improvement rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), indicating areas where the practice needs to make changes, based on its most recent inspection on 3 July 2025. CQC rated the practice as: Safe (Requires Improvement), Effective (Good), Caring (Requires Improvement), Responsive (Requires Improvement), Well-led (Inadequate). In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 60% of respondents described their overall experience as good. Survey results are based on a sample and should be read with the response count.

The practice employs 2.1 full-time equivalent GPs and 0.8 nurses, giving a derived patient-to-GP ratio of approximately 2,676:1. This ratio does not by itself measure appointment availability or quality.

In June 2026, the practice delivered 2,188 appointments. 75% were face-to-face consultations, with 25% by telephone.

Selected Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) reported measures include: Asthma: review in the preceding 12 months (84%), COPD: review in the preceding 12 months (91%), Cervical screening: women aged 25–49 screened (52%). These percentages are indicator-specific and are not a standalone rating of the practice.

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