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French Weir Health Centre vs St James Medical 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?
French Weir Health Centre and St James Medical 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 | French Weir Health CentreTA1 1NW | St James Medical CentreTA1 1JP |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.4likely range 63.0 to 84.4126 survey answers | 77.0likely range 65.9 to 83.3127 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 | 78.7%likely range 59.7% to 90.2%, 126 answers | 83.7%likely range 68.0% to 92.6%, 127 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 70.7%likely range 67.5% to 73.6%Clearly higher | 61.1%likely range 56.8% to 65.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 79.6%likely range 75.4% to 83.2%, 6,209 appointmentsClearly higher | 66.8%likely range 60.2% to 72.8%, 3,255 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 61.6%likely range 56.9% to 66.2%, 8,617 calls | 55.2%likely range 49.9% to 60.4%, 7,134 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 63.7%likely range 44.0% to 79.7%, 119 answers | 49.4%likely range 32.8% to 66.1%, 116 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.5%likely range 72.0% to 96.6%, 124 answers | 89.3%likely range 74.3% to 96.0%, 123 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 49.3%likely range 31.2% to 67.6%, 124 answers | 36.2%likely range 22.1% to 53.0%, 127 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 50.9%likely range 25.3% to 76.0%, 56 answers | 48.3%likely range 22.5% to 74.9%, 40 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 94.2%likely range 78.0% to 98.7%, 122 answers | 87.3%likely range 71.2% to 95.0%, 115 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 83.4%likely range 64.7% to 93.3%, 123 answers | 80.3%likely range 63.7% to 90.4%, 122 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.8%likely range 57.9% to 89.9%, 117 answers | 69.7%likely range 51.7% to 83.2%, 112 answers |
| Being listened to | 92.2%likely range 75.4% to 97.8%, 124 answers | 93.2%likely range 79.0% to 98.0%, 119 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.2%likely range 70.4% to 95.9%, 124 answers | 89.7%likely range 74.4% to 96.3%, 118 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.4%likely range 79.7% to 99.1%, 124 answers | 93.3%likely range 79.0% to 98.1%, 118 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.1%likely range 82.0% to 99.6%, 122 answers | 96.6%likely range 83.5% to 99.4%, 117 answers |
| Needs met | 93.7%likely range 77.4% to 98.5%, 125 answers | 88.9%likely range 73.5% to 95.9%, 119 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.6%likely range 89.6% to 97.2%, 147 patients | 91.8%likely range 87.2% to 94.9%, 196 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.4%likely range 82.0% to 92.7%, 138 patients | 91.7%likely range 87.2% to 94.7%, 216 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.0%likely range 82.8% to 93.1%, 145 patients | 86.3%likely range 80.7% to 90.5%, 190 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.1%likely range 64.3% to 67.9%, 2,748 patients | 64.1%likely range 62.5% to 65.7%, 3,442 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.3%likely range 74.1% to 78.3%, 1,517 patients | 71.3%likely range 68.7% to 73.7%, 1,270 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 17,563August 2026 | 17,509August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Taunton Central PCN | Taunton Central PCN |
| Phone | 01823 331381 | 01823 285400 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 92.2% good or very good232 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 8,419 in August 2026Same day 41.8%; face to face 63.4% | 6,455 in August 2026Same day 35.0%; face to face 57.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.3 qualified permanent11.3 including trainees and locums1,881 patients per permanent GP | 6.7 qualified permanent9.7 including trainees and locums2,600 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.