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Clifton Medical Practice vs Rivergreen 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?
Clifton Medical Practice’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Rivergreen Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Clifton Medical PracticeNG11 8EW | Rivergreen Medical CentreNG11 8AD |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.4likely range 74.0 to 86.596 survey answersClearly higher | 66.2likely range 58.7 to 72.9108 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 82.5%likely range 72.0% to 89.6%, 96 answers | 63.9%likely range 53.3% to 73.3%, 108 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.8%likely range 75.1% to 82.0%Clearly higher | 71.5%likely range 68.0% to 74.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 92.7%likely range 88.5% to 95.5%, 3,331 appointments | 90.7%likely range 86.2% to 93.8%, 3,426 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 64.9%likely range 58.7% to 70.6%, 5,081 callsClearly higher | 52.2%likely range 46.9% to 57.5%, 6,986 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 54.1%likely range 42.4% to 65.3%, 94 answers | 28.5%likely range 19.8% to 39.2%, 102 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.9%likely range 79.2% to 94.4%, 92 answers | 68.2%likely range 57.3% to 77.4%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 22.7%likely range 14.5% to 33.7%, 96 answers | 39.1%likely range 29.4% to 49.7%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 25.3%likely range 13.6% to 42.2%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.8%likely range 71.9% to 90.0%, 90 answers | 83.5%likely range 73.9% to 90.1%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 75.6%likely range 64.2% to 84.3%, 92 answers | 53.1%likely range 42.6% to 63.3%, 108 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 74.7%likely range 62.2% to 84.1%, 79 answers | 66.6%likely range 55.2% to 76.3%, 93 answers |
| Being listened to | 90.0%likely range 80.5% to 95.2%, 90 answers | 84.6%likely range 75.2% to 90.8%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.8%likely range 76.6% to 93.0%, 90 answers | 84.4%likely range 75.0% to 90.7%, 103 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.5%likely range 86.0% to 98.0%, 87 answers | 91.3%likely range 83.2% to 95.7%, 103 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.5%likely range 83.4% to 96.8%, 87 answers | 89.3%likely range 80.5% to 94.4%, 98 answers |
| Needs met | 96.0%likely range 88.1% to 98.7%, 87 answers | 89.4%likely range 80.9% to 94.4%, 104 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.3%likely range 86.9% to 96.7%, 105 patients | 92.1%likely range 83.8% to 96.3%, 76 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.0%likely range 83.3% to 95.4%, 89 patients | 92.0%likely range 83.6% to 96.3%, 75 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.2%likely range 76.3% to 91.2%, 88 patients | 84.6%likely range 75.0% to 91.0%, 78 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.2%likely range 64.9% to 69.4%, 1,660 patients | 66.9%likely range 64.4% to 69.3%, 1,393 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.4%likely range 67.8% to 74.7%, 664 patients | 75.3%likely range 72.1% to 78.3%, 733 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,050August 2026 | 8,548August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Clifton & Meadows PCN | Clifton & Meadows PCN |
| Phone | 0115 9211288 | 0115 9211566 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 4 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 | 96.0% good or very good223 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,269 in August 2026Same day 52.3%; face to face 34.3% | 4,259 in August 2026Same day 45.6%; face to face 59.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.95England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.3 qualified permanent7.7 including trainees and locums2,108 patients per permanent GP | 4.0 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums2,137 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.