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Alderwood Medical Practice vs Red Lion Surgery
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?
Alderwood Medical Practice and Red Lion Surgery 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 | Alderwood Medical PracticeWS11 1QN | Red Lion SurgeryWS11 5XY |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.2likely range 72.2 to 84.5100 survey answers | 84.0likely range 80.7 to 86.5121 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 78.8%likely range 68.9% to 86.2%, 100 answers | 85.1%likely range 81.2% to 88.3%, 121 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.1%likely range 75.7% to 83.6% | 81.2%likely range 75.2% to 85.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.6%likely range 92.8% to 99.2%, 1,726 appointments | 92.7%likely range 84.1% to 96.8%, 1,056 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.4%likely range 55.1% to 69.3%, 3,682 calls | 69.5%likely range 61.3% to 76.7%, 2,790 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 38.2%likely range 28.0% to 49.6%, 90 answers | 73.0%likely range 68.3% to 77.2%, 118 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 74.2%likely range 63.7% to 82.5%, 98 answers | 93.6%likely range 90.6% to 95.6%, 117 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.6%likely range 21.7% to 41.2%, 99 answers | 29.1%likely range 24.7% to 33.8%, 120 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 55.1%likely range 45.8% to 64.1%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.2%likely range 76.8% to 92.2%, 94 answers | 95.9%likely range 93.3% to 97.5%, 116 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 70.8%likely range 60.1% to 79.6%, 97 answers | 82.4%likely range 78.2% to 85.9%, 117 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 85.4%likely range 75.8% to 91.6%, 92 answers | 81.0%likely range 76.6% to 84.7%, 111 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.2%likely range 75.6% to 91.4%, 94 answers | 86.9%likely range 83.1% to 90.0%, 117 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.0%likely range 74.4% to 90.5%, 95 answers | 89.3%likely range 85.7% to 92.0%, 118 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.0%likely range 77.8% to 92.7%, 95 answers | 94.8%likely range 92.0% to 96.6%, 117 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.1%likely range 81.3% to 95.0%, 91 answers | 88.8%likely range 85.1% to 91.7%, 113 answers |
| Needs met | 87.7%likely range 78.7% to 93.3%, 95 answers | 97.3%likely range 95.0% to 98.5%, 115 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 97.0%likely range 89.6% to 99.2%, 66 patients | 93.2%likely range 81.8% to 97.7%, 44 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.9%likely range 76.2% to 93.2%, 61 patients | 93.2%likely range 81.8% to 97.7%, 44 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.2%likely range 83.0% to 96.6%, 64 patients | 90.0%likely range 76.9% to 96.0%, 40 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.9%likely range 64.1% to 69.7%, 1,065 patients | 75.2%likely range 71.7% to 78.3%, 656 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.5%likely range 70.8% to 77.9%, 577 patients | 78.8%likely range 74.4% to 82.5%, 391 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,623August 2026 | 4,199August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Cannock Villages PCN | Cannock Villages PCN |
| Phone | 01543 571055 | 01543 502391 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 97.2% good or very good142 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,417 in August 2026Same day 42.5%; face to face 77.1% | 1,956 in August 2026Same day 51.2%; face to face 61.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.01England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.89England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.0 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums2,227 patients per permanent GP | 1.9 qualified permanent1.9 including trainees and locums2,218 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.