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Fountain Medical Centre vs Balderton Primary Care 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?
Fountain Medical Centre and Balderton Primary Care 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 | Fountain Medical CentreNG24 1QH | Balderton Primary Care CentreNG24 3HJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 65.2likely range 56.6 to 73.0123 survey answers | 61.4likely range 55.3 to 67.0104 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 62.3%likely range 50.1% to 73.2%, 123 answers | 60.0%likely range 51.8% to 67.6%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.9%likely range 67.1% to 76.1% | 64.4%likely range 57.7% to 70.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 69.6%likely range 61.9% to 76.3%, 2,341 appointments | 73.9%likely range 67.2% to 79.7%, 2,853 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.1%likely range 68.4% to 79.2%, 5,211 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 51.5%likely range 38.9% to 63.8%, 112 answers | 32.4%likely range 25.2% to 40.6%, 100 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 70.4%likely range 57.9% to 80.5%, 114 answers | 63.9%likely range 55.8% to 71.3%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.7%likely range 17.4% to 38.6%, 123 answers | 21.8%likely range 15.9% to 29.2%, 105 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 28.0%likely range 11.8% to 53.1%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.7%likely range 77.3% to 93.7%, 120 answers | 57.0%likely range 48.7% to 64.9%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.3%likely range 54.1% to 76.7%, 122 answers | 49.8%likely range 41.7% to 57.9%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 39.1%likely range 27.3% to 52.3%, 105 answers | 45.8%likely range 37.5% to 54.4%, 93 answers |
| Being listened to | 78.1%likely range 66.3% to 86.6%, 119 answers | 76.5%likely range 68.6% to 82.9%, 97 answers |
| Care and concern | 78.6%likely range 66.9% to 87.0%, 118 answers | 74.2%likely range 65.9% to 81.0%, 91 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 86.0%likely range 75.0% to 92.6%, 115 answers | 87.2%likely range 80.3% to 91.9%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.5%likely range 74.2% to 92.4%, 110 answers | 87.8%likely range 80.8% to 92.5%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 80.4%likely range 68.8% to 88.4%, 117 answers | 86.1%likely range 79.2% to 91.0%, 95 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.5%likely range 80.6% to 93.5%, 96 patients | 95.4%likely range 87.3% to 98.4%, 65 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 81.7%likely range 72.0% to 88.6%, 82 patients | 92.1%likely range 83.8% to 96.3%, 76 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 68.8%likely range 58.9% to 77.1%, 96 patients | 78.5%likely range 68.2% to 86.1%, 79 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.3%likely range 66.1% to 70.5%, 1,772 patients | 73.9%likely range 71.4% to 76.3%, 1,255 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.6%likely range 72.0% to 77.0%, 1,149 patients | 80.9%likely range 77.3% to 84.0%, 538 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,912August 2026 | 7,046August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Newark PCN | Newark PCN |
| Phone | 01636 704378 | 01636 705826 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.6% good or very good324 answers, June 2026 | 80.0% good or very good115 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,051 in August 2026Same day 26.6%; face to face 47.3% | 3,565 in August 2026Same day 45.4%; face to face 49.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.63England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.2 qualified permanent11.0 including trainees and locums1,921 patients per permanent GP | 1.9 qualified permanent2.3 including trainees and locums3,678 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.