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Buchanan Road Surgery vs Elm Lane 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?
Elm Lane Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Buchanan Road Surgery’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Buchanan Road SurgeryS5 8AL | Elm Lane SurgeryS5 7TW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.2likely range 66.1 to 75.799 survey answers | 83.8likely range 78.6 to 87.4112 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 71.4%likely range 64.6% to 77.4%, 99 answers | 83.6%likely range 76.9% to 88.6%, 112 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 70.6%likely range 64.3% to 75.6% | 84.0%likely range 76.4% to 87.7%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.1%likely range 73.8% to 85.1%, 2,935 appointments | 93.5%likely range 85.9% to 97.2%, 1,221 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 39.3%likely range 32.4% to 46.7%, 94 answers | 72.3%likely range 64.6% to 78.9%, 110 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 78.2%likely range 71.7% to 83.6%, 97 answers | 87.6%likely range 81.3% to 91.9%, 111 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.9%likely range 27.4% to 41.0%, 98 answers | 40.6%likely range 33.0% to 48.6%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 38.8%likely range 28.1% to 50.6%, 38 answers | 59.4%likely range 45.2% to 72.1%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.4%likely range 80.5% to 90.7%, 92 answers | 90.2%likely range 84.3% to 94.1%, 106 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 67.3%likely range 60.2% to 73.7%, 97 answers | 82.1%likely range 75.2% to 87.5%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.9%likely range 64.6% to 78.2%, 88 answers | 69.7%likely range 61.5% to 76.9%, 99 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.0%likely range 81.1% to 91.2%, 92 answers | 83.3%likely range 76.4% to 88.5%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.1%likely range 84.8% to 93.7%, 93 answers | 84.8%likely range 78.0% to 89.8%, 105 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.5%likely range 83.0% to 92.5%, 93 answers | 84.6%likely range 77.8% to 89.6%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.3%likely range 86.1% to 94.7%, 90 answers | 93.9%likely range 88.6% to 96.8%, 103 answers |
| Needs met | 86.6%likely range 80.8% to 90.8%, 95 answers | 88.3%likely range 82.0% to 92.6%, 105 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 85.5%likely range 74.7% to 92.2%, 62 patients | 95.4%likely range 87.3% to 98.4%, 65 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.7%likely range 76.8% to 93.9%, 57 patients | 91.5%likely range 81.6% to 96.3%, 59 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 84.4%likely range 73.6% to 91.3%, 64 patients | 85.0%likely range 73.9% to 91.9%, 60 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.1%likely range 62.8% to 69.3%, 806 patients | 68.5%likely range 65.5% to 71.4%, 947 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 62.3%likely range 57.0% to 67.3%, 337 patients | 74.4%likely range 70.8% to 77.7%, 625 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,728August 2026 | 6,008August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Sapa 5 PCN | Sapa 5 PCN |
| Phone | 0114 2454834 | 0114 2455112 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 84.9% good or very good126 answers, June 2026 | 93.9% good or very good131 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,141 in August 2026Same day 60.0%; face to face 58.0% | 2,784 in August 2026Same day 40.0%; face to face 56.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.4 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums1,938 patients per permanent GP | 3.2 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums1,878 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.