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Ashington House Surgery vs North Swindon 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?
Ashington House Surgery and North Swindon Practice 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 | Ashington House SurgerySN5 7XY | North Swindon PracticeSN25 1QQ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 69.5likely range 62.5 to 75.4111 survey answers | 67.4likely range 51.6 to 78.6101 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 | 68.6%likely range 59.0% to 76.8%, 111 answers | 69.4%likely range 47.1% to 85.2%, 101 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.5%likely range 65.3% to 76.4% | 62.5%likely range 55.8% to 68.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.0%likely range 74.8% to 85.9%, 2,956 appointments | 72.0%likely range 65.3% to 77.9%, 2,955 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 | 26.9%likely range 19.2% to 36.3%, 110 answers | 50.8%likely range 29.4% to 71.9%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.7%likely range 68.6% to 84.8%, 110 answers | 81.4%likely range 59.1% to 93.0%, 98 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.9%likely range 19.1% to 36.4%, 109 answers | 24.9%likely range 10.9% to 47.5%, 99 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.4%likely range 70.2% to 86.4%, 104 answers | 74.1%likely range 50.7% to 88.8%, 92 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 53.6%likely range 43.9% to 63.0%, 111 answers | 68.7%likely range 45.9% to 85.0%, 96 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 60.2%likely range 49.8% to 69.7%, 98 answers | 63.3%likely range 39.6% to 82.0%, 86 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.7%likely range 78.5% to 92.1%, 105 answers | 82.4%likely range 59.5% to 93.7%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.5%likely range 79.5% to 92.7%, 108 answers | 80.2%likely range 57.3% to 92.5%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.4%likely range 84.1% to 95.5%, 107 answers | 87.1%likely range 65.0% to 96.1%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.4%likely range 82.9% to 94.9%, 105 answers | 89.4%likely range 67.1% to 97.2%, 90 answers |
| Needs met | 87.1%likely range 79.0% to 92.4%, 107 answers | 83.0%likely range 59.8% to 94.1%, 90 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.5%likely range 85.9% to 96.2%, 107 patients | 90.2%likely range 84.9% to 93.8%, 174 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.9%likely range 80.7% to 93.9%, 90 patients | 87.5%likely range 82.3% to 91.3%, 208 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.9%likely range 84.9% to 95.8%, 99 patients | 85.5%likely range 80.2% to 89.5%, 220 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.9%likely range 71.7% to 75.9%, 1,674 patients | 68.0%likely range 66.4% to 69.6%, 3,357 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.8%likely range 72.9% to 78.5%, 884 patients | 73.4%likely range 71.3% to 75.4%, 1,806 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,086August 2026 | 19,810August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Brunel Health Group Pcn3 | Brunel Health Group Pcn3 |
| Phone | 01793 614840 | 01793 705783 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,589 in August 2026Same day 44.7%; face to face 80.9% | 9,062 in August 2026Same day 45.5%; face to face 85.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.45England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.7 qualified permanent5.5 including trainees and locums2,149 patients per permanent GP | 9.6 qualified permanent14.3 including trainees and locums2,072 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.