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Chafford Hundred Medical Centre vs Stifford Clays 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?
Chafford Hundred Medical Centre and Stifford Clays 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 | Chafford Hundred Medical CentreRM16 6RS | Stifford Clays Medical CentreRM16 2AP |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 68.8likely range 60.0 to 76.5132 survey answers | 82.5likely range 74.3 to 87.7110 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 65.5%likely range 53.1% to 76.2%, 132 answers | 83.2%likely range 71.6% to 90.6%, 110 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 76.5%likely range 71.4% to 80.8% | 80.6%likely range 76.6% to 83.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 78.2%likely range 71.5% to 83.7%, 2,657 appointments | 92.8%likely range 88.1% to 95.8%, 2,768 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.8%likely range 67.1% to 81.2%, 2,974 calls | 68.3%likely range 61.8% to 74.2%, 4,402 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 36.6%likely range 25.5% to 49.4%, 126 answers | 48.0%likely range 35.3% to 60.9%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 62.2%likely range 49.6% to 73.4%, 128 answers | 86.7%likely range 75.7% to 93.2%, 109 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.5%likely range 17.1% to 38.7%, 131 answers | 39.5%likely range 27.9% to 52.4%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 35.5%likely range 17.8% to 58.3%, 40 answers | 45.8%likely range 26.8% to 66.2%, 41 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.4%likely range 66.3% to 87.0%, 125 answers | 95.9%likely range 87.1% to 98.7%, 107 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 62.1%likely range 49.5% to 73.2%, 129 answers | 72.0%likely range 59.3% to 81.9%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 62.4%likely range 49.0% to 74.2%, 114 answers | 72.1%likely range 58.6% to 82.5%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.0%likely range 68.0% to 88.2%, 125 answers | 95.0%likely range 86.0% to 98.4%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 77.2%likely range 65.0% to 86.1%, 125 answers | 86.1%likely range 74.7% to 92.8%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.2%likely range 79.7% to 95.5%, 122 answers | 98.3%likely range 90.7% to 99.7%, 107 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.4%likely range 73.8% to 92.4%, 119 answers | 92.1%likely range 81.8% to 96.8%, 102 answers |
| Needs met | 91.5%likely range 81.5% to 96.3%, 124 answers | 97.6%likely range 89.5% to 99.5%, 106 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.9%likely range 74.9% to 87.4%, 144 patients | 86.3%likely range 77.0% to 92.1%, 80 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 82.3%likely range 74.6% to 88.0%, 124 patients | 82.0%likely range 72.8% to 88.6%, 89 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 71.5%likely range 64.2% to 77.9%, 165 patients | 80.0%likely range 70.0% to 87.3%, 80 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.4%likely range 69.7% to 73.1%, 2,682 patients | 74.2%likely range 72.0% to 76.3%, 1,588 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.5%likely range 78.4% to 82.5%, 1,396 patients | 81.7%likely range 79.0% to 84.1%, 863 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,920August 2026 | 10,295August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Grays PCN | Grays PCN |
| Phone | 01375 480000 | 01375 800450 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 1 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 | 98.8% good or very good256 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,918 in August 2026Same day 31.4%; face to face 83.9% | 3,169 in August 2026Same day 30.0%; face to face 84.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.2 qualified permanent5.8 including trainees and locums2,685 patients per permanent GP | 4.1 qualified permanent6.0 including trainees and locums2,523 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.