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Alum Rock Medical Centre vs Amaanah 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?
Amaanah Medical Practice’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Alum Rock Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Alum Rock Medical CentreB8 3QD | Amaanah Medical PracticeB8 1RZ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 66.8likely range 59.2 to 73.873 survey answers | 81.3likely range 74.7 to 86.466 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 56.9%likely range 46.2% to 67.0%, 73 answers | 77.4%likely range 68.1% to 84.6%, 66 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.6%likely range 85.9% to 90.3% | 90.3%likely range 86.9% to 90.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 99.1%likely range 95.4% to 99.8%, 1,915 appointments | 99.8%likely range 96.4% to 100.0%, 1,739 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 46.5%likely range 36.0% to 57.3%, 71 answers | 51.2%likely range 41.1% to 61.1%, 63 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 71.9%likely range 61.2% to 80.6%, 70 answers | 79.1%likely range 69.7% to 86.2%, 63 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 39.4%likely range 29.5% to 50.4%, 71 answers | 54.1%likely range 44.1% to 63.7%, 65 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 43.8%likely range 30.4% to 58.3%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.4%likely range 67.9% to 86.1%, 68 answers | 88.6%likely range 80.1% to 93.7%, 58 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 63.9%likely range 53.0% to 73.5%, 71 answers | 66.3%likely range 56.1% to 75.2%, 62 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 64.4%likely range 52.7% to 74.5%, 63 answers | 68.4%likely range 58.0% to 77.2%, 59 answers |
| Being listened to | 71.2%likely range 60.3% to 80.1%, 69 answers | 80.2%likely range 70.9% to 87.1%, 62 answers |
| Care and concern | 70.6%likely range 59.9% to 79.5%, 70 answers | 84.9%likely range 76.1% to 90.8%, 62 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 80.4%likely range 70.0% to 87.8%, 66 answers | 91.0%likely range 83.3% to 95.3%, 62 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 72.6%likely range 61.1% to 81.8%, 61 answers | 88.2%likely range 79.6% to 93.5%, 58 answers |
| Needs met | 85.1%likely range 75.2% to 91.5%, 65 answers | 82.3%likely range 72.8% to 89.0%, 58 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 80.0%likely range 68.7% to 87.9%, 65 patients | 75.6%likely range 65.1% to 83.8%, 78 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 75.0%likely range 63.2% to 84.0%, 64 patients | 70.4%likely range 59.0% to 79.8%, 71 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 70.8%likely range 58.8% to 80.4%, 65 patients | 73.3%likely range 62.4% to 82.0%, 75 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 56.6%likely range 53.5% to 59.7%, 984 patients | 44.2%likely range 41.0% to 47.5%, 900 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.5%likely range 74.1% to 82.4%, 368 patients | 67.6%likely range 61.6% to 73.0%, 259 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,927August 2026 | 4,891August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Washwood Heath PCN | Washwood Heath PCN |
| Phone | 0121 3289579 | 0121 3228820 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 100.0% good or very good12 answers, June 2026 | 87.1% good or very good31 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,300 in August 2026Same day 52.9%; face to face 91.8% | 2,556 in August 2026Same day 69.1%; face to face 73.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.17England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.99England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.8 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums2,127 patients per permanent GP | 1.6 qualified permanent8.1 including trainees and locums3,057 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | 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.