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Central Surgery vs Farnham Dene Medical Practice
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?
Central Surgery and Farnham Dene Medical Practice 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 | Central SurgeryGU9 7PT | Farnham Dene Medical PracticeGU10 3RB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.8likely range 67.5 to 82.0127 survey answers | 68.2likely range 58.0 to 76.6109 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 | 76.2%likely range 64.5% to 84.9%, 127 answers | 66.5%likely range 52.1% to 78.4%, 109 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.6%likely range 70.3% to 78.4% | 72.0%likely range 67.8% to 75.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 76.8%likely range 70.4% to 82.1%, 3,026 appointments | 76.4%likely range 70.3% to 81.6%, 3,262 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 72.4%likely range 66.5% to 77.6%, 5,097 calls | 67.6%likely range 61.6% to 73.0%, 5,260 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 63.6%likely range 51.0% to 74.7%, 117 answers | 47.3%likely range 33.4% to 61.7%, 103 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 80.6%likely range 69.3% to 88.5%, 123 answers | 80.4%likely range 66.6% to 89.4%, 105 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 40.9%likely range 29.8% to 53.0%, 127 answers | 28.3%likely range 17.4% to 42.4%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 76.0%likely range 56.5% to 88.5%, 50 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.0%likely range 81.4% to 95.9%, 123 answers | 79.4%likely range 65.5% to 88.7%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 79.2%likely range 67.8% to 87.3%, 126 answers | 62.3%likely range 47.8% to 74.9%, 107 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 53.4%likely range 40.8% to 65.7%, 113 answers | 60.1%likely range 44.8% to 73.6%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 81.4%likely range 70.2% to 89.1%, 124 answers | 91.0%likely range 78.7% to 96.5%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.1%likely range 70.8% to 89.6%, 123 answers | 89.8%likely range 77.2% to 95.8%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.2%likely range 84.2% to 97.2%, 124 answers | 97.5%likely range 87.7% to 99.5%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.4%likely range 87.0% to 98.4%, 121 answers | 96.1%likely range 85.5% to 99.0%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 86.8%likely range 76.3% to 93.1%, 123 answers | 88.9%likely range 76.2% to 95.3%, 101 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.2%likely range 87.1% to 96.5%, 117 patients | 91.9%likely range 85.8% to 95.6%, 124 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.1%likely range 83.1% to 94.4%, 111 patients | 94.3%likely range 89.2% to 97.1%, 141 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 96.2%likely range 91.3% to 98.3%, 130 patients | 94.2%likely range 89.3% to 96.9%, 154 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.7%likely range 67.7% to 71.6%, 2,188 patients | 75.7%likely range 73.9% to 77.4%, 2,249 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.8%likely range 76.4% to 81.0%, 1,231 patients | 84.0%likely range 82.0% to 85.7%, 1,533 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 14,345August 2026 | 14,578August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Farnham PCN | Farnham PCN |
| Phone | 01252 716226 | 01252 730100 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 92.8% good or very good433 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,823 in August 2026Same day 43.2%; face to face 55.2% | 6,425 in August 2026Same day 47.2%; face to face 61.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.36England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.46England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 10.3 qualified permanent12.3 including trainees and locums1,389 patients per permanent GP | 7.9 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums1,854 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | – | 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.