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Castle Street Medical Centre vs Family Friendly 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?
Castle Street Medical Centre and Family Friendly Surgery cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Castle Street Medical CentreS44 6PP | Family Friendly SurgeryS44 6DE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 90.995% interval 87.6 to 93.091 survey answers | 90.995% interval 88.4 to 92.698 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 91.4%95% interval 87.5% to 94.1%, 91 answers | 95.4%95% interval 92.6% to 97.2%, 98 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.6%95% interval 83.6% to 92.9% | 80.3%95% interval 74.9% to 84.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.7%95% interval 85.6% to 98.2%, 883 appointments | 93.0%95% interval 85.4% to 96.7%, 1,292 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 84.4%95% interval 76.6% to 90.0%, 2,359 callsClearly higher | 67.5%95% interval 59.9% to 74.3%, 3,312 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 81.1%95% interval 76.0% to 85.3%, 88 answers | 79.4%95% interval 74.7% to 83.4%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.8%95% interval 91.4% to 96.9%, 87 answers | 99.3%95% interval 97.7% to 99.8%, 98 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.1%95% interval 23.2% to 33.6%, 91 answers | 43.4%95% interval 38.2% to 48.8%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 29.2%95% interval 20.9% to 39.2%, 31 answers | 57.5%95% interval 49.2% to 65.5%, 41 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.3%95% interval 85.1% to 92.5%, 87 answers | 96.7%95% interval 94.1% to 98.1%, 94 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 78.6%95% interval 73.4% to 83.0%, 90 answers | 90.1%95% interval 86.3% to 92.8%, 95 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 87.8%95% interval 83.3% to 91.2%, 86 answers | 87.0%95% interval 82.9% to 90.2%, 93 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.8%95% interval 80.1% to 88.5%, 90 answers | 95.0%95% interval 92.2% to 96.9%, 98 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.3%95% interval 83.9% to 91.6%, 87 answers | 99.4%95% interval 97.9% to 99.8%, 96 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.4%95% interval 85.3% to 92.5%, 89 answers | 100.0%95% interval 98.8% to 100.0%, 95 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.9%95% interval 95.2% to 99.1%, 81 answers | 98.3%95% interval 96.2% to 99.3%, 91 answers |
| Needs met | 90.7%95% interval 86.7% to 93.6%, 89 answers | 98.4%95% interval 96.5% to 99.3%, 98 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.4%95% interval 75.5% to 94.9%, 43 patients | 91.3%95% interval 73.2% to 97.6%, 23 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.3%95% interval 79.7% to 96.6%, 46 patients | 96.9%95% interval 84.3% to 99.4%, 32 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.0%95% interval 72.7% to 93.4%, 43 patients | 78.6%95% interval 60.5% to 89.8%, 28 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.2%95% interval 68.7% to 75.5%, 677 patients | 74.1%95% interval 70.1% to 77.8%, 499 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.3%95% interval 76.1% to 83.9%, 391 patients | 74.4%95% interval 69.6% to 78.7%, 352 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,062August 2026 | 3,729August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Hardwick and Bolsover PCN | North Hardwick and Bolsover PCN |
| Phone | 01246 822983 | 01246 826815 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 100.0% good or very good16 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,368 in August 2026Same day 31.0%; face to face 95.4% | 2,381 in August 2026Same day 31.7%; face to face 67.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.97England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.92England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.3 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums1,751 patients per permanent GP | 1.8 qualified permanent1.8 including trainees and locums2,087 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.