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Commonwealth Health Centre vs Medic House
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?
Commonwealth Health Centre and Medic House 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 | Commonwealth Health CentreRM18 7RB | Medic HouseRM18 7RJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 83.7likely range 78.7 to 87.596 survey answers | 79.0likely range 73.8 to 83.2102 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 | 80.7%likely range 73.9% to 86.1%, 96 answers | 77.2%likely range 70.2% to 82.9%, 102 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 90.5%likely range 85.4% to 90.5% | 83.0%likely range 76.9% to 87.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 100.0%likely range 94.9% to 100.0%, 1,085 appointments | 99.7%likely range 94.2% to 100.0%, 1,060 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 65.8%likely range 54.9% to 75.3%, 1,651 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 57.4%likely range 49.3% to 65.0%, 89 answers | 75.2%likely range 67.9% to 81.3%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.9%likely range 78.4% to 89.7%, 92 answers | 95.3%likely range 90.9% to 97.7%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 22.8%likely range 17.0% to 29.9%, 97 answers | 24.4%likely range 18.5% to 31.5%, 101 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.5%likely range 75.5% to 87.8%, 88 answers | 95.1%likely range 90.5% to 97.6%, 95 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 72.9%likely range 65.4% to 79.2%, 94 answers | 83.6%likely range 77.1% to 88.5%, 100 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.6%likely range 68.7% to 82.9%, 81 answers | 76.1%likely range 68.5% to 82.3%, 90 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.0%likely range 78.2% to 89.9%, 86 answers | 88.0%likely range 82.1% to 92.1%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.8%likely range 81.5% to 92.1%, 88 answers | 86.2%likely range 80.0% to 90.7%, 99 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.8%likely range 83.8% to 93.7%, 88 answers | 88.7%likely range 82.8% to 92.7%, 98 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.4%likely range 83.0% to 93.6%, 81 answers | 91.4%likely range 85.9% to 94.9%, 94 answers |
| Needs met | 89.4%likely range 83.4% to 93.5%, 88 answers | 90.3%likely range 84.7% to 94.0%, 98 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.5%likely range 77.9% to 93.3%, 72 patients | 79.8%likely range 70.0% to 87.0%, 84 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 82.9%likely range 72.4% to 89.9%, 70 patients | 78.5%likely range 68.2% to 86.1%, 79 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 80.3%likely range 70.0% to 87.7%, 76 patients | 87.0%likely range 75.6% to 93.6%, 54 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 81.4%likely range 79.0% to 83.6%, 1,081 patients | 76.5%likely range 73.6% to 79.1%, 935 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 89.3%likely range 85.9% to 92.0%, 403 patients | 81.6%likely range 77.3% to 85.2%, 369 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,741August 2026 | 5,468August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Tilbury and Chadwell PCN | Tilbury and Chadwell PCN |
| Phone | 01375 842396 | 01375 855288 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 97.7% good or very good43 answers, June 2026 | 95.9% good or very good74 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,805 in August 2026Same day 52.1%; face to face 92.6% | 3,628 in August 2026Same day 38.7%; face to face 88.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.93England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.6 qualified permanent7.2 including trainees and locums1,602 patients per permanent GP | 0.8 qualified permanent0.8 including trainees and locums |
| 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.