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Downing Drive Surgery vs St Elizabeth's Medical Centre (Ja Wood)
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?
Downing Drive Surgery and St Elizabeth's Medical Centre (Ja Wood) 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 | Downing Drive SurgeryLE5 6LP | St Elizabeth's Medical Centre (Ja Wood)LE5 1DR |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.1likely range 71.6 to 82.885 survey answers | 82.7likely range 75.9 to 87.887 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 | 83.4%likely range 74.3% to 89.7%, 85 answers | 79.8%likely range 70.2% to 86.9%, 87 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.7%likely range 60.1% to 70.5% | 89.4%likely range 85.4% to 92.2%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 73.4%likely range 65.1% to 80.3%, 1,940 appointments | 96.8%likely range 93.0% to 98.5%, 2,661 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 57.9%likely range 50.6% to 64.8%, 3,840 calls | 82.0%likely range 75.0% to 87.3%, 3,086 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 65.4%likely range 54.9% to 74.7%, 82 answers | 48.7%likely range 38.0% to 59.4%, 80 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.9%likely range 72.5% to 88.6%, 83 answers | 81.4%likely range 71.7% to 88.3%, 83 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 44.5%likely range 34.4% to 55.0%, 83 answers | 39.4%likely range 29.8% to 49.9%, 87 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 34.7%likely range 21.1% to 51.3%, 35 answers | 58.4%likely range 42.4% to 72.8%, 38 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.7%likely range 78.9% to 93.1%, 80 answers | 83.5%likely range 74.1% to 90.0%, 82 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 80.3%likely range 70.7% to 87.3%, 83 answers | 75.9%likely range 65.8% to 83.8%, 84 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 82.3%likely range 72.4% to 89.1%, 76 answers | 63.8%likely range 52.3% to 73.9%, 73 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.3%likely range 72.9% to 89.0%, 82 answers | 89.0%likely range 80.2% to 94.1%, 80 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.3%likely range 76.3% to 91.3%, 82 answers | 85.9%likely range 76.6% to 91.9%, 80 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.4%likely range 84.6% to 96.4%, 79 answers | 98.6%likely range 92.9% to 99.7%, 79 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.0%likely range 86.6% to 97.4%, 79 answers | 96.6%likely range 89.7% to 98.9%, 75 answers |
| Needs met | 95.8%likely range 89.2% to 98.4%, 83 answers | 97.1%likely range 90.6% to 99.1%, 79 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.7%likely range 76.8% to 93.9%, 57 patients | 83.2%likely range 74.7% to 89.2%, 101 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.2%likely range 79.0% to 95.7%, 51 patients | 67.6%likely range 58.1% to 75.9%, 102 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 84.9%likely range 72.9% to 92.1%, 53 patients | 55.0%likely range 45.7% to 63.9%, 111 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.7%likely range 68.9% to 74.5%, 991 patients | 59.3%likely range 56.7% to 61.9%, 1,328 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 83.9%likely range 80.8% to 86.5%, 645 patients | 71.4%likely range 67.4% to 75.1%, 521 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,119August 2026 | 7,535August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Salutem PCN | Salutem PCN |
| Phone | 0116 2413801 | 0116 2416392 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 88.7% good or very good151 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,881 in August 2026Same day 42.3%; face to face 76.9% | 4,235 in August 2026Same day 52.0%; face to face 59.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.01England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums1,714 patients per permanent GP | 2.4 qualified permanent3.1 including trainees and locums3,157 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.