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Falmouth Health Centre vs Trescobeas 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?
Falmouth Health Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Trescobeas Surgery’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Falmouth Health CentreTR11 2LH | Trescobeas SurgeryTR11 2UN |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 88.9likely range 79.9 to 93.395 survey answersClearly higher | 70.1likely range 62.2 to 77.3119 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 89.2%likely range 76.5% to 95.4%, 95 answersClearly higher | 62.0%likely range 50.7% to 72.1%, 119 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.9%likely range 83.9% to 90.7% | 89.0%likely range 85.1% to 91.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.2%likely range 84.0% to 94.1%, 2,067 appointments | 94.5%likely range 90.1% to 97.0%, 2,738 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 85.6%likely range 80.5% to 89.5%, 4,939 calls | 83.5%likely range 77.0% to 88.4%, 3,426 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 79.3%likely range 64.7% to 88.9%, 91 answers | 44.5%likely range 33.3% to 56.3%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.3%likely range 70.5% to 92.3%, 94 answers | 79.3%likely range 68.9% to 87.0%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.2%likely range 22.7% to 50.1%, 96 answers | 32.4%likely range 23.0% to 43.6%, 119 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 68.3%likely range 42.5% to 86.2%, 33 answers | 27.4%likely range 12.7% to 49.4%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.9%likely range 73.6% to 94.1%, 93 answers | 84.0%likely range 74.0% to 90.7%, 115 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 85.1%likely range 71.6% to 92.8%, 95 answers | 63.9%likely range 52.5% to 73.8%, 117 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 68.1%likely range 52.3% to 80.5%, 86 answers | 62.2%likely range 50.3% to 72.8%, 106 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.0%likely range 72.6% to 93.5%, 94 answers | 78.0%likely range 67.1% to 86.0%, 112 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.9%likely range 70.3% to 92.0%, 95 answers | 83.8%likely range 73.7% to 90.5%, 114 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.8%likely range 83.6% to 98.5%, 93 answers | 85.0%likely range 75.0% to 91.4%, 114 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.7%likely range 84.7% to 98.9%, 90 answers | 85.7%likely range 75.4% to 92.2%, 106 answers |
| Needs met | 92.4%likely range 80.3% to 97.3%, 92 answers | 87.1%likely range 77.4% to 93.0%, 112 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.1%likely range 88.0% to 98.1%, 81 patients | 96.4%likely range 89.9% to 98.8%, 83 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.4%likely range 77.3% to 92.2%, 81 patients | 96.2%likely range 89.4% to 98.7%, 79 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 78.7%likely range 69.4% to 85.8%, 94 patients | 91.7%likely range 84.4% to 95.7%, 96 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.6%likely range 73.5% to 77.6%, 1,709 patients | 75.5%likely range 73.3% to 77.6%, 1,559 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.3%likely range 75.5% to 80.8%, 911 patients | 79.9%likely range 77.3% to 82.2%, 998 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,606August 2026 | 10,373August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Falmouth and Penryn PCN | Falmouth and Penryn PCN |
| Phone | 01326 210090 | 01326 315615 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 100.0% good or very good14 answers, June 2026 | 93.3% good or very good15 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,526 in August 2026Same day 39.4%; face to face 60.3% | 5,433 in August 2026Same day 44.3%; face to face 55.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.71England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.9 qualified permanent7.0 including trainees and locums1,792 patients per permanent GP | 6.3 qualified permanent9.3 including trainees and locums1,652 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.