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Bower Mount Medical Practice vs The Vine 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?
Bower Mount Medical Practice and The Vine 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 | Bower Mount Medical PracticeME16 8AX | The Vine Medical CentreME16 8RL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.2likely range 71.8 to 84.7113 survey answers | 68.7likely range 59.7 to 76.8115 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 77.4%likely range 67.1% to 85.2%, 113 answers | 61.5%likely range 48.8% to 72.9%, 115 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.2%likely range 78.0% to 86.4% | 85.4%likely range 79.6% to 88.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 99.2%likely range 91.6% to 99.9%, 778 appointments | 98.2%likely range 89.1% to 99.7%, 681 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.1%likely range 60.0% to 73.5%, 3,823 calls | 72.4%likely range 65.4% to 78.5%, 3,635 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 41.8%likely range 31.3% to 53.1%, 107 answers | 52.9%likely range 40.0% to 65.4%, 108 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 83.3%likely range 73.4% to 90.0%, 108 answers | 76.5%likely range 64.2% to 85.6%, 112 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 14.5%likely range 8.4% to 23.9%, 111 answers | 19.3%likely range 11.3% to 31.1%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.6%likely range 75.0% to 90.9%, 111 answers | 82.2%likely range 70.4% to 90.0%, 111 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.8%likely range 57.9% to 77.9%, 112 answers | 71.0%likely range 58.3% to 81.1%, 113 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.8%likely range 65.7% to 85.2%, 99 answers | 51.3%likely range 37.6% to 64.7%, 95 answers |
| Being listened to | 92.4%likely range 84.0% to 96.5%, 106 answers | 76.0%likely range 63.3% to 85.4%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.5%likely range 81.8% to 95.2%, 108 answers | 74.0%likely range 61.2% to 83.7%, 108 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.9%likely range 90.2% to 99.1%, 106 answers | 90.4%likely range 79.7% to 95.8%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.5%likely range 89.3% to 98.9%, 101 answers | 92.8%likely range 82.4% to 97.3%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 95.2%likely range 88.0% to 98.2%, 110 answers | 85.7%likely range 74.1% to 92.6%, 107 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.7%likely range 86.0% to 97.3%, 79 patients | 89.1%likely range 82.5% to 93.4%, 128 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.1%likely range 74.7% to 91.7%, 67 patients | 86.7%likely range 79.8% to 91.5%, 128 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.1%likely range 78.8% to 92.5%, 93 patients | 79.2%likely range 71.8% to 85.0%, 144 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.4%likely range 67.2% to 71.5%, 1,748 patients | 63.9%likely range 62.0% to 65.7%, 2,580 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.6%likely range 74.0% to 79.1%, 1,044 patients | 72.2%likely range 69.4% to 74.8%, 1,064 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,952August 2026 | 13,055August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Maidstone Central PCN | Maidstone Central PCN |
| Phone | 01622 756721 | 01622 754898 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.9% good or very good98 answers, June 2026 | 85.7% good or very good98 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,672 in August 2026Same day 32.4%; face to face 67.1% | 4,834 in August 2026Same day 39.5%; face to face 59.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.5 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums3,149 patients per permanent GP | 4.1 qualified permanent8.0 including trainees and locums3,178 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.