Barking and Dagenham · Compare
Gables Surgery vs Dr A Arif
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?
Gables Surgery and Dr A Arif 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 | Gables SurgeryRM8 2LD | Dr A ArifRM8 2AJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.1likely range 71.8 to 83.395 survey answers | 75.7likely range 71.9 to 79.1116 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 | 75.9%likely range 67.2% to 82.9%, 95 answers | 72.3%likely range 67.3% to 76.8%, 116 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.2%likely range 77.2% to 88.1% | 83.6%likely range 78.0% to 87.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.9%likely range 95.5% to 99.0%, 4,303 appointments | 95.3%likely range 89.4% to 98.0%, 1,585 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 68.4%likely range 56.7% to 78.2%, 1,431 calls | 71.8%likely range 62.3% to 79.7%, 2,072 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 33.1%likely range 24.9% to 42.5%, 90 answers | 64.0%likely range 58.6% to 69.0%, 109 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 70.9%likely range 61.6% to 78.7%, 90 answers | 84.8%likely range 80.5% to 88.3%, 112 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 24.1%likely range 17.1% to 32.9%, 94 answers | 44.0%likely range 38.8% to 49.3%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 37.1%likely range 30.1% to 44.7%, 57 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.1%likely range 73.3% to 88.5%, 82 answers | 81.8%likely range 77.1% to 85.6%, 107 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 65.7%likely range 56.1% to 74.1%, 88 answers | 74.7%likely range 69.7% to 79.0%, 112 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 58.0%likely range 47.5% to 67.8%, 75 answers | 54.7%likely range 48.9% to 60.3%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.9%likely range 85.1% to 95.8%, 89 answers | 83.5%likely range 79.1% to 87.2%, 109 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.2%likely range 79.4% to 92.4%, 88 answers | 86.8%likely range 82.6% to 90.1%, 108 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.9%likely range 84.9% to 95.8%, 87 answers | 92.7%likely range 89.2% to 95.1%, 104 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.9%likely range 82.2% to 94.5%, 81 answers | 85.5%likely range 81.1% to 89.1%, 103 answers |
| Needs met | 88.1%likely range 80.3% to 93.0%, 86 answers | 81.0%likely range 76.2% to 85.0%, 104 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 79.5%likely range 69.6% to 86.8%, 83 patients | 74.1%likely range 61.6% to 83.7%, 58 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 71.1%likely range 60.6% to 79.7%, 83 patients | 70.0%likely range 57.5% to 80.1%, 60 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 58.9%likely range 49.7% to 67.6%, 112 patients | 56.3%likely range 44.1% to 67.7%, 64 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 60.1%likely range 57.3% to 62.7%, 1,260 patients | 49.7%likely range 46.7% to 52.7%, 1,038 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.7%likely range 67.8% to 75.3%, 554 patients | 62.3%likely range 57.2% to 67.1%, 366 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,922August 2026 | 5,085August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Barking & Dagenham North PCN | Barking & Dagenham North PCN |
| Phone | 020 36675410 | 020 36687497 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 2 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,719 in August 2026Same day 53.2%; face to face 91.0% | 1,725 in August 2026Same day 48.1%; face to face 72.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.53England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.1 qualified permanent5.7 including trainees and locums2,207 patients per permanent GP | 1.1 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums4,487 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.