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Cornford House Surgery vs Cherry Hinton 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?
Cornford House Surgery’s Practice score is clearly higher than Cherry Hinton Medical Centre’s: its 95% interval lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Cornford House SurgeryCB1 8BA | Cherry Hinton Medical CentreCB1 9HR |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 80.695% interval 74.3 to 85.5115 survey answersClearly higher | 66.095% interval 58.6 to 72.798 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 76.8%95% interval 68.0% to 83.8%, 115 answers | 64.3%95% interval 53.9% to 73.6%, 98 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.2%95% interval 85.7% to 91.7%Clearly higher | 69.9%95% interval 64.8% to 74.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.0%95% interval 88.6% to 95.8%, 3,106 appointmentsClearly higher | 67.7%95% interval 59.8% to 74.7%, 2,247 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 85.3%95% interval 79.9% to 89.5%, 4,292 callsClearly higher | 72.0%95% interval 65.4% to 77.8%, 4,089 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 69.2%95% interval 59.4% to 77.5%, 106 answers | 36.2%95% interval 26.4% to 47.4%, 86 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.4%95% interval 79.6% to 92.5%, 110 answers | 88.8%95% interval 80.3% to 94.0%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.2%95% interval 22.3% to 39.4%, 116 answers | 32.5%95% interval 23.5% to 42.9%, 97 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.8%95% interval 33.0% to 66.8%, 34 answers | 18.9%95% interval 8.3% to 37.4%, 31 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.4%95% interval 79.6% to 92.5%, 111 answers | 86.5%95% interval 77.0% to 92.5%, 85 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 73.8%95% interval 64.6% to 81.2%, 113 answers | 67.3%95% interval 56.7% to 76.4%, 94 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.9%95% interval 71.4% to 87.8%, 94 answers | 64.7%95% interval 53.2% to 74.8%, 81 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.0%95% interval 74.4% to 89.1%, 107 answers | 89.8%95% interval 81.4% to 94.7%, 91 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.4%95% interval 77.2% to 91.0%, 109 answers | 87.0%95% interval 77.9% to 92.7%, 90 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.3%95% interval 86.6% to 96.7%, 108 answers | 91.9%95% interval 83.9% to 96.1%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 88.1%95% interval 80.0% to 93.1%, 103 answers | 91.8%95% interval 83.5% to 96.1%, 87 answers |
| Needs met | 87.7%95% interval 79.9% to 92.8%, 110 answers | 89.0%95% interval 80.4% to 94.2%, 90 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.2%95% interval 85.1% to 97.1%, 74 patients | 94.5%95% interval 86.7% to 97.8%, 73 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 96.6%95% interval 90.6% to 98.8%, 89 patients | 87.7%95% interval 77.5% to 93.6%, 65 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 95.7%95% interval 89.6% to 98.3%, 94 patients | 85.3%95% interval 75.6% to 91.6%, 75 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 60.2%95% interval 58.0% to 62.4%, 1,981 patients | 58.7%95% interval 56.3% to 61.1%, 1,649 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.8%95% interval 69.0% to 74.6%, 991 patients | 73.6%95% interval 70.3% to 76.7%, 720 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,265August 2026 | 9,051August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Cambridge City 4 PCN | Cambridge City 4 PCN |
| Phone | 01223 247505 | 01223 652221 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 92.5% good or very good159 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,705 in August 2026Same day 42.6%; face to face 55.3% | 2,875 in August 2026Same day 29.4%; face to face 76.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.7 qualified permanent9.4 including trainees and locums1,690 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent3.6 including trainees and locums2,515 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.