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Cuckfield Medical Centre vs Lindfield 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?
Cuckfield Medical Centre and Lindfield 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 | Cuckfield Medical CentreRH17 5BQ | Lindfield Medical CentreRH16 2HX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.0likely range 71.3 to 83.2123 survey answers | 80.8likely range 76.2 to 84.5145 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 | 77.0%likely range 67.6% to 84.3%, 123 answers | 80.5%likely range 74.1% to 85.5%, 145 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.2%likely range 76.5% to 83.4% | 81.5%likely range 77.1% to 85.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.0%likely range 89.5% to 95.4%, 4,586 appointments | 90.4%likely range 85.0% to 94.0%, 2,526 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.4%likely range 60.8% to 73.3%, 4,433 calls | 72.4%likely range 65.5% to 78.4%, 3,784 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 64.1%likely range 53.5% to 73.5%, 112 answers | 56.5%likely range 49.0% to 63.6%, 137 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.6%likely range 81.8% to 94.3%, 121 answers | 82.6%likely range 76.4% to 87.4%, 142 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 18.1%likely range 11.6% to 27.0%, 123 answers | 31.0%likely range 24.7% to 38.0%, 144 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 23.0%likely range 13.8% to 35.8%, 44 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.1%likely range 78.6% to 92.6%, 117 answers | 81.0%likely range 74.6% to 86.2%, 137 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 72.6%likely range 62.9% to 80.6%, 123 answers | 66.7%likely range 59.5% to 73.2%, 141 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 73.8%likely range 63.4% to 82.1%, 107 answers | 59.6%likely range 52.0% to 66.8%, 131 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.3%likely range 75.4% to 90.4%, 117 answers | 95.0%likely range 90.8% to 97.4%, 141 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.3%likely range 72.1% to 88.0%, 120 answers | 91.1%likely range 86.0% to 94.5%, 141 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.5%likely range 86.4% to 97.0%, 117 answers | 97.1%likely range 93.4% to 98.7%, 141 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.9%likely range 88.1% to 97.9%, 112 answers | 95.6%likely range 91.3% to 97.8%, 132 answers |
| Needs met | 90.2%likely range 82.3% to 94.8%, 118 answers | 94.3%likely range 89.8% to 96.8%, 141 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.5%likely range 87.3% to 95.7%, 160 patients | 93.6%likely range 85.9% to 97.2%, 78 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.9%likely range 85.5% to 94.4%, 164 patients | 95.5%likely range 88.9% to 98.2%, 88 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.9%likely range 88.2% to 95.8%, 183 patients | 94.4%likely range 87.6% to 97.6%, 90 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.2%likely range 71.3% to 75.0%, 2,309 patients | 78.0%likely range 75.8% to 80.1%, 1,405 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.2%likely range 74.7% to 79.6%, 1,112 patients | 80.0%likely range 77.5% to 82.2%, 1,114 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,995August 2026 | 10,696August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Haywards Heath Villages PCN | Haywards Heath Villages PCN |
| Phone | 01444 458738 | 01444 484056 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.7% good or very good282 answers, June 2026 | 90.2% good or very good275 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,281 in August 2026Same day 57.2%; face to face 44.6% | 4,790 in August 2026Same day 58.8%; face to face 55.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.60England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.6 qualified permanent10.4 including trainees and locums1,981 patients per permanent GP | 5.4 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums1,965 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.