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Aveley Medical Centre vs Purfleet Care 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?
Purfleet Care Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Aveley Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Aveley Medical CentreRM15 4AD | Purfleet Care CentreRM19 1SX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 51.9likely range 42.4 to 61.4117 survey answers | 69.6likely range 63.7 to 74.7100 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 49.4%likely range 36.1% to 62.7%, 117 answers | 66.2%likely range 58.2% to 73.3%, 100 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 57.6%likely range 51.4% to 63.3% | 77.2%likely range 71.2% to 81.6%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 67.1%likely range 60.9% to 72.8%, 3,622 appointments | 86.7%likely range 80.7% to 91.1%, 2,481 appointmentsClearly higher |
| 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 | 30.6%likely range 19.4% to 44.8%, 110 answers | 51.9%likely range 43.7% to 60.0%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 73.9%likely range 59.9% to 84.2%, 111 answers | 77.3%likely range 69.8% to 83.3%, 98 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 24.5%likely range 14.7% to 37.9%, 116 answers | 33.7%likely range 26.5% to 41.7%, 99 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 31.7%likely range 14.4% to 56.3%, 38 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 66.0%likely range 51.1% to 78.3%, 101 answers | 77.3%likely range 69.4% to 83.7%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 42.8%likely range 30.1% to 56.6%, 116 answers | 63.8%likely range 55.7% to 71.2%, 98 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 51.9%likely range 37.2% to 66.3%, 97 answers | 61.9%likely range 53.2% to 69.9%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 63.1%likely range 48.8% to 75.4%, 109 answers | 74.1%likely range 66.2% to 80.7%, 94 answers |
| Care and concern | 64.3%likely range 50.0% to 76.4%, 110 answers | 72.3%likely range 64.4% to 79.1%, 95 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 74.1%likely range 60.0% to 84.5%, 108 answers | 82.3%likely range 75.1% to 87.8%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 79.5%likely range 65.6% to 88.7%, 105 answers | 79.8%likely range 72.3% to 85.6%, 95 answers |
| Needs met | 82.4%likely range 69.1% to 90.7%, 108 answers | 81.4%likely range 74.1% to 87.0%, 95 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.5%likely range 80.9% to 93.3%, 104 patients | 86.9%likely range 79.2% to 92.0%, 107 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 81.7%likely range 73.2% to 88.0%, 104 patients | 77.9%likely range 69.7% to 84.3%, 122 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 81.8%likely range 74.7% to 87.3%, 143 patients | 75.2%likely range 66.7% to 82.2%, 117 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.7%likely range 64.6% to 68.7%, 2,055 patients | 68.3%likely range 65.9% to 70.7%, 1,472 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.8%likely range 68.0% to 73.4%, 1,088 patients | 75.5%likely range 71.5% to 79.1%, 486 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,125August 2026 | 6,981August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Asop PCN | Asop PCN |
| Phone | 01708 899490 | 01708 864834 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 94.3% good or very good35 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,568 in August 2026Same day 31.3%; face to face 86.1% | 4,257 in August 2026Same day 48.9%; face to face 52.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums4,593 patients per permanent GP | 2.7 qualified permanent2.7 including trainees and locums2,618 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.