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Bedminster Family Practice vs Downton Road Surgery
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?
Bedminster Family Practice and Downton Road Surgery 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 | Bedminster Family PracticeBS3 4AT | Downton Road SurgeryBS4 1WH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.3likely range 68.1 to 85.092 survey answers | 86.5likely range 78.8 to 91.2103 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 | 79.9%likely range 65.4% to 89.3%, 92 answers | 85.8%likely range 74.9% to 92.4%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.4%likely range 70.0% to 78.3% | 88.0%likely range 85.6% to 89.8%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.4%likely range 77.7% to 87.9%, 3,149 appointments | 99.8%likely range 97.3% to 100.0%, 2,591 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 65.3%likely range 58.5% to 71.6%, 4,191 calls | 76.0%likely range 72.1% to 79.6%, 10,235 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 51.2%likely range 35.3% to 66.9%, 77 answers | 71.6%likely range 59.0% to 81.6%, 98 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.5%likely range 71.1% to 93.4%, 84 answers | 81.3%likely range 69.7% to 89.2%, 100 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.9%likely range 23.1% to 51.1%, 92 answers | 40.5%likely range 29.0% to 53.0%, 102 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 35.1%likely range 15.3% to 61.7%, 30 answers | 57.7%likely range 39.1% to 74.3%, 46 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.4%likely range 68.8% to 92.0%, 85 answers | 87.5%likely range 76.6% to 93.7%, 97 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.6%likely range 54.2% to 81.6%, 89 answers | 76.0%likely range 63.7% to 85.1%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 63.7%likely range 47.5% to 77.3%, 81 answers | 65.1%likely range 51.6% to 76.6%, 89 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.9%likely range 72.7% to 94.3%, 84 answers | 85.6%likely range 74.5% to 92.4%, 99 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.6%likely range 68.9% to 92.2%, 84 answers | 85.1%likely range 73.9% to 92.0%, 99 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.7%likely range 81.6% to 98.1%, 86 answers | 96.0%likely range 87.5% to 98.8%, 98 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.8%likely range 76.4% to 96.0%, 85 answers | 93.1%likely range 83.5% to 97.3%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 91.6%likely range 78.9% to 97.0%, 87 answers | 85.4%likely range 74.3% to 92.3%, 99 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 85.2%likely range 77.9% to 90.5%, 122 patients | 83.0%likely range 76.3% to 88.1%, 153 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 81.7%likely range 74.2% to 87.4%, 131 patients | 82.2%likely range 76.0% to 87.1%, 180 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 80.2%likely range 71.4% to 86.8%, 101 patients | 84.7%likely range 78.7% to 89.3%, 177 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.0%likely range 67.4% to 70.5%, 3,277 patients | 62.0%likely range 60.2% to 63.8%, 2,739 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.0%likely range 68.0% to 73.9%, 884 patients | 63.1%likely range 60.1% to 66.0%, 1,028 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,766August 2026 | 14,515August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Swift PCN | Swift PCN |
| Phone | 0117 9663149 | 0117 9449700 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.5% good or very good262 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,077 in August 2026Same day 30.1%; face to face 73.6% | 4,960 in August 2026Same day 33.2%; face to face 91.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.49England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.6 qualified permanent8.9 including trainees and locums2,089 patients per permanent GP | 7.7 qualified permanent11.3 including trainees and locums1,895 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.