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Barnby Gate Surgery vs Lombard 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?
Barnby Gate Surgery and Lombard 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 | Barnby Gate SurgeryNG24 1QD | Lombard Medical CentreNG24 4XG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 69.0likely range 58.3 to 77.5117 survey answers | 75.4likely range 56.6 to 86.0113 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 | 69.3%likely range 54.0% to 81.3%, 117 answers | 76.3%likely range 49.5% to 91.3%, 113 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 68.3%likely range 63.7% to 72.5% | 73.2%likely range 69.9% to 76.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 68.8%likely range 61.7% to 75.2%, 2,736 appointments | 77.4%likely range 72.6% to 81.5%, 5,171 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.7%likely range 61.7% to 73.2%, 5,243 calls | 68.9%likely range 64.4% to 73.1%, 9,058 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 43.4%likely range 28.8% to 59.1%, 108 answers | 56.9%likely range 31.1% to 79.3%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.5%likely range 71.4% to 93.3%, 114 answers | 85.0%likely range 58.1% to 95.9%, 109 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 18.3%likely range 9.2% to 33.0%, 114 answers | 27.1%likely range 10.7% to 53.7%, 114 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 31.2%likely range 12.1% to 59.9%, 34 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.3%likely range 68.6% to 92.0%, 110 answers | 91.0%likely range 63.9% to 98.3%, 102 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 65.9%likely range 50.4% to 78.6%, 116 answers | 73.8%likely range 46.5% to 90.1%, 108 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 69.6%likely range 52.8% to 82.4%, 99 answers | 66.5%likely range 38.5% to 86.3%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.1%likely range 67.4% to 91.1%, 112 answers | 81.2%likely range 53.9% to 94.1%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.8%likely range 69.4% to 92.2%, 113 answers | 82.2%likely range 54.8% to 94.6%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.8%likely range 82.9% to 98.6%, 111 answers | 89.7%likely range 63.2% to 97.8%, 107 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.9%likely range 81.0% to 98.2%, 104 answers | 87.6%likely range 59.7% to 97.1%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 90.7%likely range 77.5% to 96.5%, 111 answers | 90.6%likely range 64.4% to 98.1%, 108 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.2%likely range 84.6% to 95.2%, 114 patients | 89.8%likely range 85.4% to 93.0%, 246 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.8%likely range 81.8% to 93.3%, 116 patients | 80.5%likely range 75.0% to 85.0%, 241 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.6%likely range 79.0% to 90.4%, 146 patients | 78.6%likely range 73.0% to 83.3%, 243 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.5%likely range 70.6% to 74.3%, 2,187 patients | 67.4%likely range 65.9% to 68.9%, 3,814 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.1%likely range 76.7% to 81.3%, 1,197 patients | 74.1%likely range 72.1% to 76.0%, 1,951 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,463August 2026 | 22,360August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Newark PCN | Newark PCN |
| Phone | 01636 704225 | 01636 702363 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.8% good or very good72 answers, June 2026 | 93.7% good or very good694 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,442 in August 2026Same day 25.1%; face to face 76.9% | 10,890 in August 2026Same day 34.6%; face to face 54.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.6 qualified permanent5.7 including trainees and locums3,768 patients per permanent GP | 8.9 qualified permanent11.8 including trainees and locums2,507 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.