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Balaam Street Practice vs Carpenters 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?
Balaam Street Practice and Carpenters 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 | Balaam Street PracticeE13 8AF | Carpenters PracticeE15 2JA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.5likely range 70.5 to 84.6102 survey answers | 67.6likely range 41.5 to 88.476 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 | 74.2%likely range 63.1% to 82.8%, 102 answers | 58.4%likely range 21.1% to 88.0%, 76 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.2%likely range 81.9% to 92.8% | 89.0%likely range 87.5% to 89.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 99.8%likely range 97.5% to 100.0%, 2,680 appointments | 98.5%likely range 97.0% to 99.3%, 7,257 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.6%likely range 64.1% to 85.7%, 1,186 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 56.8%likely range 44.9% to 68.0%, 94 answers | 43.5%likely range 12.8% to 80.1%, 75 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.6%likely range 71.0% to 88.9%, 100 answers | 63.8%likely range 24.4% to 90.6%, 75 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 39.7%likely range 29.1% to 51.3%, 100 answers | 33.6%likely range 8.5% to 73.4%, 78 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 24.1%likely range 12.4% to 41.6%, 44 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.9%likely range 66.0% to 86.5%, 86 answers | 83.8%likely range 37.2% to 97.9%, 68 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 73.7%likely range 62.3% to 82.6%, 98 answers | 54.0%likely range 18.3% to 86.0%, 74 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 70.5%likely range 58.1% to 80.5%, 86 answers | 50.1%likely range 15.1% to 85.1%, 66 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.4%likely range 69.6% to 88.0%, 98 answers | 80.0%likely range 35.2% to 96.7%, 72 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.0%likely range 68.1% to 86.9%, 98 answers | 72.3%likely range 29.6% to 94.2%, 72 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.5%likely range 78.7% to 94.1%, 95 answers | 89.0%likely range 42.4% to 98.9%, 71 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.7%likely range 83.6% to 97.0%, 89 answers | 84.0%likely range 36.5% to 98.0%, 65 answers |
| Needs met | 87.8%likely range 77.6% to 93.8%, 90 answers | 74.9%likely range 31.2% to 95.2%, 71 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 85.6%likely range 79.2% to 90.3%, 153 patients | 77.9%likely range 72.7% to 82.4%, 281 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 71.2%likely range 63.2% to 78.1%, 139 patients | 74.6%likely range 68.8% to 79.6%, 244 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 50.0%likely range 41.1% to 58.9%, 118 patients | 58.3%likely range 52.0% to 64.3%, 242 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 45.7%likely range 43.7% to 47.8%, 2,329 patients | 45.9%likely range 44.7% to 47.1%, 6,661 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 66.6%likely range 62.8% to 70.1%, 649 patients | 69.9%likely range 66.9% to 72.7%, 972 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,129August 2026 | 24,896August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Newham Central PCN | Newham Central PCN |
| Phone | 020 84721238 | 020 85348057 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 55.6% good or very good72 answers, June 2026 | 85.3% good or very good143 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,319 in August 2026Same day 74.0%; face to face 69.3% | 9,647 in August 2026Same day 50.6%; face to face 38.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.40England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.6 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums2,814 patients per permanent GP | 5.6 qualified permanent8.7 including trainees and locums4,416 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.