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Anchor Medical Practice vs Dudley Wood 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?
Anchor Medical Practice’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Dudley Wood Surgery’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Anchor Medical PracticeDY2 9PU | Dudley Wood SurgeryDY2 0EF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 87.4likely range 75.7 to 92.685 survey answersClearly higher | 65.7likely range 61.0 to 69.981 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 88.8%likely range 72.1% to 96.0%, 85 answersClearly higher | 61.5%likely range 56.1% to 66.7%, 81 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.1%likely range 80.5% to 87.0% | 75.5%likely range 65.9% to 82.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.3%likely range 88.4% to 96.2%, 2,508 appointments | 83.6%likely range 68.6% to 92.2%, 566 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.9%likely range 69.4% to 79.8%, 5,568 calls | 67.2%likely range 55.3% to 77.3%, 1,395 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 91.0%likely range 74.5% to 97.2%, 82 answers | 56.7%likely range 51.1% to 62.1%, 78 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.9%likely range 73.3% to 96.7%, 83 answers | 68.3%likely range 62.9% to 73.2%, 78 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.7%likely range 13.1% to 44.1%, 85 answers | 32.4%likely range 27.5% to 37.6%, 81 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.5%likely range 70.2% to 95.4%, 82 answers | 71.0%likely range 65.7% to 75.9%, 76 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 88.1%likely range 71.2% to 95.7%, 84 answers | 52.1%likely range 46.7% to 57.5%, 81 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 87.1%likely range 69.1% to 95.3%, 78 answers | 61.7%likely range 56.2% to 67.0%, 77 answers |
| Being listened to | 95.7%likely range 81.1% to 99.1%, 85 answers | 74.0%likely range 68.8% to 78.5%, 77 answers |
| Care and concern | 93.7%likely range 78.4% to 98.4%, 85 answers | 72.4%likely range 67.2% to 77.2%, 76 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.0%likely range 81.5% to 99.2%, 85 answers | 82.5%likely range 77.7% to 86.4%, 73 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.2%likely range 82.2% to 99.6%, 77 answers | 83.6%likely range 78.9% to 87.4%, 74 answers |
| Needs met | 92.5%likely range 76.6% to 97.9%, 84 answers | 77.6%likely range 72.7% to 81.8%, 80 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.2%likely range 82.3% to 93.6%, 120 patients | 88.5%likely range 71.0% to 96.0%, 26 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.0%likely range 77.8% to 90.2%, 127 patients | 89.3%likely range 72.8% to 96.3%, 28 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.1%likely range 80.1% to 91.9%, 124 patients | 78.1%likely range 61.2% to 89.0%, 32 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.4%likely range 73.3% to 77.4%, 1,713 patients | 67.4%likely range 62.7% to 71.7%, 414 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.2%likely range 75.2% to 81.0%, 763 patients | 71.1%likely range 64.6% to 76.8%, 211 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,891August 2026 | 2,618August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Dudley and Netherton PCN | Dudley and Netherton PCN |
| Phone | 01384 884030 | 01384 569050 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.9% good or very good197 answers, June 2026 | 56.7% good or very good30 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,438 in August 2026Same day 60.4%; face to face 79.3% | 930 in August 2026Same day 33.0%; face to face 63.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.00England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent10.2 including trainees and locums2,378 patients per permanent GP | 1.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums |
| 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.