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Forest Health Care vs Dockham 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?
Forest Health Care and Dockham Surgery 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 | Forest Health CareGL14 2NX | Dockham SurgeryGL14 2NX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.1likely range 63.7 to 82.0105 survey answers | 73.7likely range 69.6 to 77.4121 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 | 72.2%likely range 57.4% to 83.4%, 105 answers | 72.1%likely range 66.6% to 77.0%, 121 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.3%likely range 74.7% to 81.4% | 77.4%likely range 72.0% to 81.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 86.5%likely range 81.6% to 90.3%, 3,586 appointments | 81.2%likely range 73.7% to 87.0%, 2,030 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 70.0%likely range 64.7% to 74.8%, 6,558 calls | 73.5%likely range 65.7% to 80.1%, 2,943 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 41.5%likely range 27.8% to 56.6%, 102 answers | 54.0%likely range 48.0% to 59.9%, 115 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.2%likely range 62.5% to 87.3%, 103 answers | 70.4%likely range 64.8% to 75.6%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.9%likely range 20.0% to 46.7%, 107 answers | 29.6%likely range 24.5% to 35.3%, 119 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 22.4%likely range 7.7% to 50.0%, 33 answers | 22.0%likely range 14.1% to 32.5%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.9%likely range 64.7% to 89.7%, 93 answers | 77.0%likely range 71.5% to 81.7%, 112 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 54.2%likely range 39.6% to 68.2%, 106 answers | 65.3%likely range 59.4% to 70.7%, 117 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.6%likely range 49.8% to 78.6%, 95 answers | 57.3%likely range 51.0% to 63.4%, 105 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.1%likely range 81.4% to 97.7%, 104 answers | 84.8%likely range 80.1% to 88.6%, 118 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.4%likely range 74.2% to 94.4%, 104 answers | 84.7%likely range 79.9% to 88.5%, 117 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.6%likely range 86.2% to 99.3%, 104 answers | 88.1%likely range 83.6% to 91.5%, 114 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.1%likely range 82.3% to 98.2%, 99 answers | 87.0%likely range 82.3% to 90.6%, 110 answers |
| Needs met | 96.3%likely range 85.8% to 99.1%, 104 answers | 83.5%likely range 78.5% to 87.5%, 114 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.4%likely range 86.4% to 96.9%, 91 patients | 88.2%likely range 76.6% to 94.5%, 51 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.5%likely range 76.4% to 91.5%, 83 patients | 91.8%likely range 80.8% to 96.8%, 49 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.9%likely range 87.4% to 97.2%, 99 patients | 90.2%likely range 80.2% to 95.4%, 61 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.8%likely range 73.7% to 77.9%, 1,635 patients | 71.1%likely range 68.0% to 74.1%, 835 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.8%likely range 74.3% to 79.1%, 1,188 patients | 70.0%likely range 66.1% to 73.6%, 563 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,822August 2026 | 5,672August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Forest Green PCN | Forest Green PCN |
| Phone | 01594 820820 | 01594 820010 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.0% good or very good200 answers, June 2026 | 94.0% good or very good133 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,611 in August 2026Same day 53.9%; face to face 63.4% | 3,528 in August 2026Same day 44.8%; face to face 54.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.95England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.2 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums2,291 patients per permanent GP | 3.1 qualified permanent7.1 including trainees and locums1,842 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.