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Ashville Medical Centre PMS Practice vs The Dove Valley PMS 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?
Ashville Medical Centre PMS Practice and The Dove Valley PMS 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 | Ashville Medical Centre PMS PracticeS70 3NE | The Dove Valley PMS PracticeS70 5NZ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 88.9likely range 77.5 to 93.2101 survey answers | 78.0likely range 66.2 to 86.296 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 | 91.1%likely range 74.9% to 97.2%, 101 answers | 74.8%likely range 58.3% to 86.3%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.5%likely range 80.9% to 85.8% | 85.4%likely range 77.6% to 90.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 99.6%likely range 98.0% to 99.9%, 4,385 appointmentsClearly higher | 85.4%likely range 72.3% to 92.9%, 686 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.4%likely range 62.4% to 72.0%, 7,607 calls | 85.4%likely range 76.8% to 91.2%, 1,935 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 62.9%likely range 44.2% to 78.4%, 99 answers | 29.9%likely range 17.1% to 47.0%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.2%likely range 73.5% to 96.8%, 98 answers | 77.7%likely range 61.4% to 88.5%, 95 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 11.6%likely range 4.2% to 28.6%, 100 answers | 33.6%likely range 20.1% to 50.4%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 25.4%likely range 9.1% to 53.7%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.8%likely range 75.3% to 97.6%, 96 answers | 84.6%likely range 68.4% to 93.3%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 86.2%likely range 68.8% to 94.6%, 100 answers | 64.2%likely range 47.3% to 78.1%, 94 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.6%likely range 61.2% to 91.6%, 89 answers | 44.9%likely range 28.6% to 62.4%, 83 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.9%likely range 78.3% to 98.5%, 98 answers | 90.9%likely range 76.6% to 96.9%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.6%likely range 71.5% to 96.0%, 98 answers | 88.1%likely range 72.9% to 95.3%, 92 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.3%likely range 80.3% to 99.0%, 98 answers | 95.2%likely range 82.3% to 98.8%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.8%likely range 76.5% to 98.1%, 96 answers | 92.8%likely range 78.6% to 97.9%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 91.6%likely range 75.3% to 97.5%, 99 answers | 94.6%likely range 81.5% to 98.6%, 95 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.6%likely range 87.4% to 96.9%, 110 patients | 92.3%likely range 84.2% to 96.4%, 78 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.8%likely range 85.9% to 95.4%, 134 patients | 91.0%likely range 83.3% to 95.4%, 89 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.6%likely range 88.6% to 96.5%, 156 patients | 89.4%likely range 81.5% to 94.1%, 94 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.2%likely range 71.4% to 75.0%, 2,231 patients | 66.6%likely range 64.2% to 68.9%, 1,575 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.5%likely range 71.9% to 77.0%, 1,107 patients | 68.6%likely range 65.7% to 71.4%, 1,026 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,245August 2026 | 10,348August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Fcp Service - Barnsley PCN | Fcp Service - Barnsley PCN |
| Phone | 01226 216000 | 01226 648150 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 97.4% good or very good38 answers, June 2026 | 76.9% good or very good13 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,499 in August 2026Same day 55.3%; face to face 51.2% | 5,177 in August 2026Same day 35.5%; face to face 56.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.1 qualified permanent8.1 including trainees and locums2,597 patients per permanent GP | 6.5 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums1,582 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.