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Albany House Medical Centre vs Abbey Medical Practice
Two GP practices in the same primary care network, a short way apart. Side by side, with the margin of error on every figure.
Can the survey tell them apart?
Albany House Medical Centre and Abbey Medical Practice cannot be told apart on the Practice Grade. The likely ranges overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Albany House Medical CentreNN8 4RW | Abbey Medical PracticeNN8 1LT |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.5likely range 58.3 to 84.7100 survey answers | 79.8likely range 62.3 to 89.1107 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 67.7%likely range 46.0% to 83.7%, 100 answers | 79.2%likely range 54.3% to 92.4%, 107 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.8%likely range 84.7% to 88.2%Clearly higher | 81.0%likely range 78.6% to 83.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.3%likely range 94.2% to 97.7%, 7,068 appointmentsClearly higher | 91.4%likely range 89.2% to 93.2%, 11,296 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 70.5%likely range 66.2% to 74.5%, 9,819 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 47.3%likely range 26.6% to 68.9%, 87 answers | 45.1%likely range 22.5% to 69.9%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.2%likely range 64.3% to 95.6%, 91 answers | 86.2%likely range 61.3% to 96.1%, 102 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 19.1%likely range 7.6% to 40.3%, 101 answers | 28.4%likely range 12.1% to 53.4%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.6%likely range 62.4% to 94.8%, 91 answers | 85.8%likely range 60.5% to 96.0%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.0%likely range 53.8% to 89.6%, 96 answers | 69.6%likely range 44.4% to 86.8%, 104 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.0%likely range 53.4% to 90.7%, 85 answers | 72.5%likely range 45.7% to 89.2%, 93 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.9%likely range 65.5% to 95.9%, 93 answers | 82.2%likely range 56.9% to 94.2%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.6%likely range 64.0% to 95.2%, 94 answers | 84.5%likely range 59.4% to 95.3%, 102 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.3%likely range 74.5% to 98.9%, 92 answers | 90.6%likely range 66.4% to 97.9%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.1%likely range 77.9% to 99.7%, 89 answers | 92.4%likely range 67.8% to 98.6%, 97 answers |
| Needs met | 85.8%likely range 64.0% to 95.4%, 92 answers | 88.5%likely range 63.7% to 97.1%, 101 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.3%likely range 83.2% to 92.0%, 205 patients | 88.8%likely range 84.8% to 91.8%, 312 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.1%likely range 77.4% to 87.6%, 207 patients | 82.6%likely range 78.1% to 86.3%, 327 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 78.9%likely range 73.1% to 83.8%, 223 patients | 82.9%likely range 78.3% to 86.7%, 310 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 52.9%likely range 51.2% to 54.5%, 3,526 patients | 66.3%likely range 65.1% to 67.6%, 5,415 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 59.7%likely range 57.2% to 62.1%, 1,513 patients | 72.5%likely range 70.6% to 74.3%, 2,281 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 19,794August 2026 | 28,788August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Wellingborough & District PCN | Wellingborough & District PCN |
| Phone | 01933 234900 | 01933 233200 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 98.0% good or very good100 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 10,271 in August 2026Same day 63.6%; face to face 42.8% | 17,144 in August 2026Same day 58.1%; face to face 52.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 8.2 qualified permanent15.4 including trainees and locums2,423 patients per permanent GP | 12.4 qualified permanent22.9 including trainees and locums2,312 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s likely range lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the ranges overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice Grade weighs the survey and access, from NHS appointment and phone data; the other survey questions are from the 2026 GP Patient Survey. The facts are from NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and OHID, are not part of the grade, and are shown as each practice’s own record. NHS England advises against ranking practices on the Friends and Family Test or on appointment figures, and we point nothing out in the facts, vaccination or screening rows.
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Sources
- 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
- Contains information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence. CQC must be acknowledged as the source of the data; CQC is not responsible for our analysis.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Antibiotic prescribing: UK Health Security Agency and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (Fingertips), from NHS Business Services Authority prescribing data.