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Arbury Road Surgery vs Nuffield Road Medical Centre
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?
Arbury Road Surgery and Nuffield Road Medical Centre cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Arbury Road SurgeryCB4 2JG | Nuffield Road Medical CentreCB4 1GL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 81.395% interval 74.6 to 86.1118 survey answers | 74.295% interval 64.8 to 81.3109 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 | 80.9%95% interval 71.6% to 87.7%, 118 answers | 74.6%95% interval 61.4% to 84.5%, 109 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.0%95% interval 77.8% to 84.8%Clearly higher | 73.1%95% interval 67.3% to 77.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.8%95% interval 91.5% to 99.5%, 1,149 appointmentsClearly higher | 82.6%95% interval 76.8% to 87.1%, 3,181 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 66.1%95% interval 60.4% to 71.4%, 5,872 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 69.8%95% interval 59.3% to 78.6%, 111 answers | 42.1%95% interval 29.4% to 55.9%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.3%95% interval 78.6% to 92.8%, 113 answers | 85.9%95% interval 73.7% to 93.0%, 105 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.0%95% interval 26.0% to 45.3%, 118 answers | 38.0%95% interval 26.1% to 51.6%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 48.1%95% interval 31.8% to 64.7%, 43 answers | 35.5%95% interval 17.8% to 58.4%, 39 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.5%95% interval 83.6% to 95.8%, 111 answers | 76.8%95% interval 63.0% to 86.6%, 98 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 78.3%95% interval 68.5% to 85.7%, 114 answers | 66.6%95% interval 52.7% to 78.2%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.2%95% interval 54.4% to 74.5%, 109 answers | 52.3%95% interval 37.8% to 66.4%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.5%95% interval 78.9% to 92.9%, 112 answers | 90.9%95% interval 79.3% to 96.3%, 99 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.6%95% interval 79.0% to 93.0%, 113 answers | 89.2%95% interval 77.3% to 95.2%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.2%95% interval 82.2% to 94.9%, 115 answers | 92.5%95% interval 81.3% to 97.2%, 99 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.9%95% interval 82.7% to 95.4%, 108 answers | 95.3%95% interval 84.6% to 98.7%, 93 answers |
| Needs met | 90.9%95% interval 82.9% to 95.4%, 111 answers | 89.1%95% interval 77.1% to 95.2%, 99 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.3%95% interval 89.5% to 98.0%, 107 patients | 84.3%95% interval 76.8% to 89.7%, 121 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.7%95% interval 81.6% to 93.3%, 115 patients | 78.4%95% interval 69.2% to 85.4%, 97 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 80.6%95% interval 73.7% to 86.1%, 155 patients | 81.7%95% interval 74.1% to 87.5%, 126 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 55.4%95% interval 53.4% to 57.3%, 2,552 patients | 62.4%95% interval 60.6% to 64.2%, 2,785 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 65.2%95% interval 61.9% to 68.4%, 823 patients | 69.7%95% interval 66.8% to 72.5%, 988 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,159August 2026 | 13,931August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Cambridge City PCN | Cambridge City PCN |
| Phone | 01223 364433 | 01223 423424 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 89.7% good or very good146 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,976 in August 2026Same day 39.7%; face to face 88.3% | 6,443 in August 2026Same day 29.1%; face to face 78.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent8.2 including trainees and locums2,904 patients per permanent GP | 6.3 qualified permanent9.7 including trainees and locums2,208 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.