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Elm Lane Surgery vs Barnsley Road Surgery
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?
Elm Lane Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Barnsley Road Surgery’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Elm Lane SurgeryS5 7TW | Barnsley Road SurgeryS5 0QJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 83.8likely range 78.6 to 87.4112 survey answersClearly higher | 72.1likely range 66.7 to 76.682 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 83.6%likely range 76.9% to 88.6%, 112 answersClearly higher | 68.1%likely range 63.8% to 72.2%, 82 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.0%likely range 76.4% to 87.7% | 81.3%likely range 66.3% to 92.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.5%likely range 85.9% to 97.2%, 1,221 appointments | Not in the grade: too few appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 71.7%likely range 56.7% to 83.0%, 882 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 72.3%likely range 64.6% to 78.9%, 110 answers | 49.9%likely range 45.3% to 54.5%, 79 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.6%likely range 81.3% to 91.9%, 111 answers | 81.5%likely range 77.7% to 84.8%, 79 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 40.6%likely range 33.0% to 48.6%, 110 answers | 21.7%likely range 18.2% to 25.7%, 80 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 59.4%likely range 45.2% to 72.1%, 37 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.2%likely range 84.3% to 94.1%, 106 answers | 74.4%likely range 69.9% to 78.5%, 70 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.1%likely range 75.2% to 87.5%, 109 answers | 65.0%likely range 60.5% to 69.2%, 79 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 69.7%likely range 61.5% to 76.9%, 99 answers | 75.5%likely range 70.8% to 79.6%, 64 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.3%likely range 76.4% to 88.5%, 107 answers | 85.4%likely range 81.8% to 88.4%, 76 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.8%likely range 78.0% to 89.8%, 105 answers | 86.5%likely range 83.0% to 89.4%, 75 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 84.6%likely range 77.8% to 89.6%, 106 answers | 92.8%likely range 89.9% to 94.9%, 74 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.9%likely range 88.6% to 96.8%, 103 answers | 91.5%likely range 88.4% to 93.9%, 71 answers |
| Needs met | 88.3%likely range 82.0% to 92.6%, 105 answers | 92.5%likely range 89.7% to 94.7%, 75 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.4%likely range 87.3% to 98.4%, 65 patients | 64.0%likely range 44.5% to 79.8%, 25 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.5%likely range 81.6% to 96.3%, 59 patients | 76.9%likely range 57.9% to 89.0%, 26 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.0%likely range 73.9% to 91.9%, 60 patients | 78.4%likely range 62.8% to 88.6%, 37 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.5%likely range 65.5% to 71.4%, 947 patients | 65.4%likely range 60.7% to 69.8%, 416 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.4%likely range 70.8% to 77.7%, 625 patients | 70.8%likely range 63.5% to 77.1%, 171 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,008August 2026 | 2,215August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Sapa 5 PCN | Sapa 5 PCN |
| Phone | 0114 2455112 | 0114 2329390 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.9% good or very good131 answers, June 2026 | 94.1% good or very good34 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,784 in August 2026Same day 40.0%; face to face 56.4% | 973 in August 2026Same day 55.6%; face to face 45.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.2 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums1,878 patients per permanent GP | 0.8 qualified permanent0.8 including trainees and locums |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Requires improvement |
“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.