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Church Road Surgery vs Mirfield 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?
Church Road Surgery and Mirfield Surgery 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 | Church Road SurgeryB26 3TP | Mirfield SurgeryB33 9SA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.9likely range 69.9 to 86.7103 survey answers | 65.1likely range 58.7 to 70.883 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 78.0%likely range 63.8% to 87.7%, 103 answers | 61.8%likely range 53.6% to 69.4%, 83 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.2%likely range 80.5% to 86.9%Clearly higher | 72.8%likely range 63.3% to 79.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 92.5%likely range 86.8% to 95.9%, 2,069 appointments | 82.3%likely range 72.8% to 89.0%, 1,298 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.7%likely range 71.0% to 79.9%, 7,278 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 45.1%likely range 31.3% to 59.6%, 102 answers | 34.2%likely range 26.8% to 42.5%, 80 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.7%likely range 72.4% to 93.2%, 101 answers | 71.6%likely range 63.5% to 78.6%, 78 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.1%likely range 19.4% to 46.0%, 101 answers | 30.9%likely range 23.9% to 38.9%, 82 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 75.4%likely range 60.7% to 85.9%, 99 answers | 74.6%likely range 66.3% to 81.5%, 72 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 63.8%likely range 49.0% to 76.3%, 103 answers | 58.0%likely range 49.7% to 66.0%, 80 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.9%likely range 61.8% to 87.3%, 93 answers | 63.7%likely range 54.8% to 71.8%, 70 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.9%likely range 80.0% to 97.0%, 101 answers | 77.5%likely range 69.7% to 83.7%, 78 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.7%likely range 78.4% to 96.3%, 100 answers | 73.7%likely range 65.6% to 80.5%, 77 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.9%likely range 89.6% to 99.9%, 97 answers | 88.7%likely range 82.1% to 93.0%, 77 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.7%likely range 83.0% to 98.5%, 92 answers | 81.8%likely range 74.4% to 87.4%, 78 answers |
| Needs met | 93.8%likely range 82.4% to 98.0%, 100 answers | 82.8%likely range 75.5% to 88.2%, 79 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.9%likely range 73.5% to 88.1%, 105 patients | 86.0%likely range 73.8% to 93.0%, 50 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 75.0%likely range 65.5% to 82.6%, 96 patients | 71.2%likely range 57.7% to 81.7%, 52 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 62.7%likely range 53.4% to 71.2%, 110 patients | 69.7%likely range 57.8% to 79.4%, 66 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 63.9%likely range 61.6% to 66.2%, 1,700 patients | 61.2%likely range 58.1% to 64.3%, 962 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.6%likely range 67.8% to 73.3%, 1,025 patients | 67.3%likely range 62.3% to 72.0%, 358 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,914August 2026 | 5,193August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Shard End and Kitts Green PCN | Shard End and Kitts Green PCN |
| Phone | 0121 7411101 | 0121 4110484 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 66.7% good or very good6 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,916 in August 2026Same day 42.3%; face to face 67.5% | 1,970 in August 2026Same day 36.7%; face to face 75.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.07England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.7 qualified permanent4.6 including trainees and locums2,930 patients per permanent GP | 3.1 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums1,650 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.