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Balfour Medical Centre vs Kadim Primecare Medical 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?
Balfour Medical Centre and Kadim Primecare Medical Centre 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 | Balfour Medical CentreRM17 5NS | Kadim Primecare Medical CentreRM17 6DB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.2likely range 67.2 to 78.491 survey answers | 76.7likely range 73.6 to 79.0113 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 68.8%likely range 60.5% to 76.1%, 91 answers | 71.6%likely range 69.1% to 74.0%, 113 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.2%likely range 78.7% to 86.8% | 88.5%likely range 79.9% to 93.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.4%likely range 93.4% to 98.1%, 3,940 appointments | 98.6%likely range 90.0% to 99.8%, 712 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.9%likely range 61.5% to 77.0%, 2,753 calls | 78.2%likely range 63.3% to 88.2%, 832 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 55.7%likely range 46.9% to 64.1%, 87 answers | 68.1%likely range 65.4% to 70.6%, 108 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 80.1%likely range 72.3% to 86.1%, 88 answers | 84.6%likely range 82.5% to 86.4%, 110 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.9%likely range 20.0% to 35.1%, 90 answers | 23.1%likely range 20.9% to 25.5%, 113 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 75.3%likely range 66.9% to 82.1%, 84 answers | 71.9%likely range 69.2% to 74.4%, 99 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 59.0%likely range 50.3% to 67.1%, 88 answers | 60.7%likely range 58.0% to 63.5%, 105 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 62.1%likely range 52.6% to 70.9%, 73 answers | 66.1%likely range 63.1% to 68.9%, 90 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.0%likely range 75.4% to 88.6%, 85 answers | 81.7%likely range 79.4% to 83.7%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 69.5%likely range 60.8% to 76.9%, 85 answers | 82.5%likely range 80.2% to 84.5%, 105 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 85.9%likely range 78.7% to 91.0%, 86 answers | 87.2%likely range 85.2% to 88.9%, 105 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.3%likely range 77.7% to 90.6%, 81 answers | 88.5%likely range 86.5% to 90.3%, 98 answers |
| Needs met | 90.3%likely range 83.8% to 94.4%, 85 answers | 87.6%likely range 85.7% to 89.4%, 104 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 73.1%likely range 59.7% to 83.2%, 52 patients | 95.5%likely range 78.2% to 99.2%, 22 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 64.2%likely range 50.7% to 75.7%, 53 patients | 100.0%likely range 74.1% to 100.0%, 11 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 77.3%likely range 65.8% to 85.7%, 66 patients | 83.3%likely range 55.2% to 95.3%, 12 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.9%likely range 69.9% to 75.7%, 911 patients | 69.8%likely range 64.9% to 74.2%, 377 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.3%likely range 75.4% to 82.8%, 459 patients | 75.7%likely range 69.0% to 81.3%, 185 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,423August 2026 | 2,222August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Grays PCN | Grays PCN |
| Phone | 01375 373366 | 01375 373322 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 100.0% good or very good15 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,288 in August 2026Same day 53.3%; face to face 33.0% | 877 in August 2026Same day 50.1%; face to face 68.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.54England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.2 qualified permanent1.2 including trainees and locums4,675 patients per permanent GP | 0.7 qualified permanent0.7 including trainees and locums |
| 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.