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Gade and Chorleywood Health Centres vs The Colne Practice
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?
The Colne Practice’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Gade and Chorleywood Health Centres’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Gade and Chorleywood Health CentresWD3 7DJ | The Colne PracticeWD3 7DJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 69.5likely range 57.8 to 78.8112 survey answers | 88.3likely range 82.9 to 91.597 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 67.9%likely range 51.2% to 81.0%, 112 answers | 91.0%likely range 83.4% to 95.3%, 97 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 73.2%likely range 69.6% to 76.4% | 81.9%likely range 78.0% to 85.0%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.1%likely range 82.3% to 90.8%, 3,661 appointments | 84.3%likely range 79.8% to 87.9%, 4,674 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 59.2%likely range 53.8% to 64.4%, 6,796 calls | 79.3%likely range 73.0% to 84.4%, 4,035 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 44.4%likely range 28.6% to 61.5%, 102 answers | 71.3%likely range 61.0% to 79.8%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.9%likely range 65.9% to 91.4%, 110 answers | 92.3%likely range 85.0% to 96.2%, 97 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 43.5%likely range 28.4% to 59.9%, 112 answers | 48.3%likely range 38.5% to 58.2%, 101 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 26.8%likely range 10.5% to 53.3%, 46 answers | 55.4%likely range 41.2% to 68.8%, 50 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 71.2%likely range 53.7% to 84.0%, 102 answers | 87.8%likely range 79.5% to 93.0%, 97 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 58.8%likely range 42.1% to 73.7%, 110 answers | 88.4%likely range 80.2% to 93.5%, 95 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 52.4%likely range 35.6% to 68.7%, 102 answers | 73.1%likely range 63.0% to 81.2%, 94 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.9%likely range 68.1% to 92.7%, 109 answers | 90.4%likely range 82.6% to 95.0%, 95 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.6%likely range 64.2% to 90.6%, 107 answers | 90.0%likely range 82.0% to 94.7%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.2%likely range 79.1% to 98.0%, 104 answers | 97.9%likely range 92.3% to 99.5%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 84.9%likely range 68.4% to 93.6%, 100 answers | 96.1%likely range 89.7% to 98.6%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 92.0%likely range 77.8% to 97.4%, 108 answers | 93.6%likely range 86.6% to 97.1%, 95 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.4%likely range 87.6% to 96.6%, 122 patients | 89.9%likely range 81.3% to 94.8%, 79 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.7%likely range 80.3% to 91.2%, 150 patients | 91.1%likely range 83.4% to 95.4%, 90 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.0%likely range 87.1% to 95.2%, 176 patients | 90.4%likely range 82.8% to 94.9%, 94 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.4%likely range 72.8% to 75.9%, 2,907 patients | 73.4%likely range 71.2% to 75.5%, 1,600 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.7%likely range 77.8% to 81.4%, 2,010 patients | 76.6%likely range 73.8% to 79.1%, 1,015 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 19,319August 2026 | 10,238August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Rickmansworth & Chorleywood PCN | Rickmansworth & Chorleywood PCN |
| Phone | 01923 772591 | 01923 776295 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 86.3% good or very good320 answers, June 2026 | 95.5% good or very good292 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,162 in August 2026Same day 43.4%; face to face 61.8% | 5,159 in August 2026Same day 55.0%; face to face 59.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.71England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.94England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.1 qualified permanent10.2 including trainees and locums2,118 patients per permanent GP | 3.7 qualified permanent4.8 including trainees and locums2,755 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.