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Ashfield Medical Centre vs The Grove 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?
Ashfield Medical Centre and The Grove 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 | Ashfield Medical CentreMK6 4NE | The Grove SurgeryMK6 4NG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 66.9likely range 59.7 to 73.5105 survey answers | 75.6likely range 70.0 to 80.1108 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 62.0%likely range 51.8% to 71.3%, 105 answers | 76.5%likely range 69.3% to 82.5%, 108 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.2%likely range 74.6% to 81.3% | 73.3%likely range 65.4% to 79.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.4%likely range 87.3% to 94.3%, 3,905 appointmentsClearly higher | 76.1%likely range 62.4% to 85.9%, 732 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 64.8%likely range 58.9% to 70.3%, 5,521 calls | 70.4%likely range 62.7% to 77.1%, 3,155 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 36.7%likely range 27.4% to 47.0%, 101 answers | 63.7%likely range 55.6% to 71.1%, 100 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 71.4%likely range 61.2% to 79.8%, 101 answers | 88.1%likely range 81.9% to 92.3%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 48.0%likely range 38.0% to 58.0%, 105 answers | 24.7%likely range 18.6% to 32.0%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 43.1%likely range 28.5% to 59.1%, 43 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 70.4%likely range 60.0% to 79.1%, 97 answers | 80.6%likely range 73.5% to 86.1%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 64.0%likely range 53.7% to 73.2%, 102 answers | 71.1%likely range 63.5% to 77.7%, 105 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 63.6%likely range 52.3% to 73.7%, 85 answers | 81.2%likely range 73.5% to 87.0%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.2%likely range 70.5% to 87.3%, 97 answers | 82.6%likely range 75.8% to 87.8%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 78.3%likely range 68.3% to 85.8%, 96 answers | 83.0%likely range 76.1% to 88.2%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.2%likely range 79.8% to 93.4%, 100 answers | 89.0%likely range 83.0% to 93.1%, 103 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.0%likely range 75.8% to 91.2%, 94 answers | 86.3%likely range 79.8% to 91.0%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 83.9%likely range 74.7% to 90.2%, 98 answers | 89.7%likely range 83.7% to 93.6%, 101 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.4%likely range 71.9% to 88.2%, 86 patients | 90.8%likely range 82.9% to 95.3%, 87 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 78.3%likely range 68.3% to 85.8%, 83 patients | 84.1%likely range 74.7% to 90.5%, 82 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.4%likely range 80.4% to 93.4%, 95 patients | 82.4%likely range 72.9% to 89.0%, 85 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 53.3%likely range 50.9% to 55.6%, 1,691 patients | 52.0%likely range 49.7% to 54.4%, 1,726 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 56.4%likely range 53.1% to 59.7%, 870 patients | 61.4%likely range 57.5% to 65.2%, 614 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,095August 2026 | 7,995August 2026 |
| Primary care network | East Mk PCN | East Mk PCN |
| Phone | 01908 679111 | 01908 295700 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,217 in August 2026Same day 40.4%; face to face 61.0% | 4,072 in August 2026Same day 53.3%; face to face 68.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.94England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.0 qualified permanent7.2 including trainees and locums2,524 patients per permanent GP | 1.3 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums6,246 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Requires improvement |
“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.