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Fishermead Medical Centre vs Walnut Tree Health 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?
Fishermead Medical Centre and Walnut Tree Health 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 | Fishermead Medical CentreMK6 2LR | Walnut Tree Health CentreMK7 7PB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.6likely range 72.0 to 83.297 survey answers | 72.4likely range 63.2 to 79.5106 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 | 79.4%likely range 71.9% to 85.4%, 97 answers | 73.0%likely range 60.0% to 83.0%, 106 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 76.7%likely range 63.2% to 82.2% | 70.8%likely range 65.7% to 75.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.2%likely range 64.5% to 97.9%, 204 appointments | 68.7%likely range 60.5% to 75.8%, 2,123 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 63.2%likely range 54.8% to 70.8%, 2,825 calls | 72.9%likely range 66.8% to 78.2%, 4,869 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 57.1%likely range 48.4% to 65.4%, 91 answers | 59.1%likely range 44.8% to 72.0%, 91 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 96.0%likely range 91.1% to 98.2%, 95 answers | 91.1%likely range 80.2% to 96.3%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 43.0%likely range 34.9% to 51.4%, 97 answers | 16.3%likely range 8.7% to 28.4%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 56.3%likely range 43.1% to 68.7%, 40 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.9%likely range 69.8% to 84.3%, 88 answers | 85.5%likely range 73.4% to 92.6%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.1%likely range 68.1% to 82.5%, 94 answers | 72.7%likely range 59.4% to 82.9%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 72.7%likely range 63.6% to 80.2%, 77 answers | 64.0%likely range 49.5% to 76.4%, 89 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.7%likely range 80.9% to 92.3%, 91 answers | 86.0%likely range 73.9% to 93.0%, 99 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.2%likely range 73.6% to 87.0%, 92 answers | 87.4%likely range 75.4% to 94.0%, 97 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 86.4%likely range 79.3% to 91.3%, 90 answers | 92.1%likely range 81.3% to 96.9%, 97 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.9%likely range 84.4% to 94.9%, 86 answers | 87.4%likely range 75.1% to 94.1%, 93 answers |
| Needs met | 89.0%likely range 82.3% to 93.4%, 88 answers | 92.6%likely range 81.9% to 97.2%, 97 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.2%likely range 88.3% to 98.1%, 83 patients | 91.8%likely range 86.9% to 95.0%, 183 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.8%likely range 81.0% to 93.6%, 98 patients | 89.1%likely range 83.7% to 92.8%, 183 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.0%likely range 81.5% to 94.8%, 80 patients | 88.7%likely range 83.8% to 92.3%, 213 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 55.8%likely range 53.3% to 58.3%, 1,550 patients | 68.8%likely range 67.2% to 70.4%, 3,129 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 66.5%likely range 62.3% to 70.4%, 513 patients | 74.8%likely range 72.4% to 77.0%, 1,345 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,778August 2026 | 15,018August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Ascent PCN | Ascent PCN |
| Phone | 01908 609240 | 01908 691123 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,012 in August 2026Same day 44.4%; face to face 78.7% | 5,016 in August 2026Same day 33.4%; face to face 72.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.63England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.3 qualified permanent2.3 including trainees and locums3,392 patients per permanent GP | 4.6 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums3,284 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.