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Balham Park Surgery vs Thurleigh Road 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?
Balham Park Surgery and Thurleigh Road 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 | Balham Park SurgerySW17 7AW | Thurleigh Road PracticeSW12 8TT |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.5likely range 69.8 to 87.6120 survey answers | 80.1likely range 69.6 to 87.3105 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 | 89.9%likely range 71.8% to 96.9%, 120 answers | 77.8%likely range 62.8% to 88.0%, 105 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.2%likely range 61.0% to 69.2% | 85.4%likely range 81.4% to 88.5%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 72.1%likely range 66.2% to 77.4%, 3,723 appointments | 96.1%likely range 93.2% to 97.8%, 4,360 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 58.2%likely range 52.1% to 64.1%, 5,386 calls | 74.5%likely range 67.2% to 80.6%, 3,355 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 82.2%likely range 61.1% to 93.2%, 104 answers | 54.6%likely range 38.8% to 69.6%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.3%likely range 73.2% to 97.6%, 117 answers | 76.8%likely range 61.5% to 87.3%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 22.2%likely range 10.1% to 42.0%, 121 answers | 31.9%likely range 19.5% to 47.4%, 105 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 29.2%likely range 11.6% to 56.5%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 96.7%likely range 80.5% to 99.5%, 117 answers | 86.6%likely range 72.3% to 94.1%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 86.6%likely range 67.7% to 95.2%, 119 answers | 68.1%likely range 52.6% to 80.4%, 105 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.5%likely range 50.3% to 86.1%, 109 answers | 75.1%likely range 59.6% to 86.1%, 101 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.1%likely range 75.6% to 98.3%, 118 answers | 92.6%likely range 80.1% to 97.5%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.0%likely range 71.6% to 97.0%, 117 answers | 89.3%likely range 75.7% to 95.7%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.5%likely range 81.7% to 99.7%, 117 answers | 94.7%likely range 82.8% to 98.5%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.6%likely range 80.6% to 99.7%, 106 answers | 93.7%likely range 80.9% to 98.1%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 94.6%likely range 77.5% to 98.9%, 116 answers | 91.1%likely range 78.1% to 96.7%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.2%likely range 89.3% to 95.8%, 237 patients | 95.0%likely range 89.6% to 97.7%, 121 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.1%likely range 82.4% to 92.1%, 176 patients | 95.4%likely range 89.7% to 98.0%, 109 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.1%likely range 84.3% to 93.9%, 151 patients | 95.5%likely range 90.6% to 97.9%, 134 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.7%likely range 70.5% to 72.9%, 5,497 patients | 71.7%likely range 70.0% to 73.3%, 2,794 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.4%likely range 73.1% to 77.6%, 1,398 patients | 81.9%likely range 79.7% to 83.9%, 1,248 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 19,699August 2026 | 13,246August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Nightingale PCN | Nightingale PCN |
| Phone | 020 87728772 | 020 86753521 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 89.7% good or very good39 answers, June 2026 | 96.9% good or very good491 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,590 in August 2026Same day 23.4%; face to face 62.9% | 5,914 in August 2026Same day 63.3%; face to face 72.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.56England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.44England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 13.5 qualified permanent18.9 including trainees and locums1,456 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums3,639 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.