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Grange Farm Medical Centre vs Bilborough 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?
Grange Farm Medical Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Bilborough Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Grange Farm Medical CentreNG8 4HQ | Bilborough Medical CentreNG8 4PN |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 65.8likely range 61.0 to 70.3107 survey answersClearly higher | 49.8likely range 42.1 to 57.9104 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 61.9%likely range 55.4% to 68.1%, 107 answersClearly higher | 41.3%likely range 30.5% to 52.9%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.6%likely range 69.8% to 79.1% | 69.3%likely range 65.1% to 73.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.9%likely range 92.9% to 98.6%, 2,490 appointmentsClearly higher | 85.9%likely range 80.6% to 89.9%, 3,291 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 52.3%likely range 43.5% to 61.0%, 2,538 calls | 52.6%likely range 46.0% to 59.1%, 4,523 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 32.1%likely range 26.2% to 38.6%, 105 answers | 22.3%likely range 13.9% to 33.9%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 74.6%likely range 68.5% to 79.9%, 107 answers | 55.5%likely range 43.8% to 66.5%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.7%likely range 29.6% to 42.2%, 106 answers | 23.4%likely range 15.1% to 34.5%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 30.0%likely range 20.3% to 41.9%, 34 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 71.0%likely range 64.4% to 76.8%, 99 answers | 62.9%likely range 50.8% to 73.6%, 96 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 58.4%likely range 51.8% to 64.8%, 106 answers | 42.4%likely range 31.4% to 54.3%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 54.0%likely range 47.0% to 60.9%, 94 answers | 40.1%likely range 28.8% to 52.6%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.0%likely range 74.0% to 84.9%, 100 answers | 71.0%likely range 59.2% to 80.6%, 97 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.5%likely range 73.5% to 84.5%, 100 answers | 71.4%likely range 59.6% to 80.8%, 98 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.2%likely range 91.4% to 97.4%, 99 answers | 86.9%likely range 76.7% to 93.0%, 97 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.7%likely range 82.4% to 91.6%, 96 answers | 89.3%likely range 79.2% to 94.8%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 82.9%likely range 77.1% to 87.4%, 99 answers | 81.4%likely range 70.5% to 89.0%, 98 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 74.4%likely range 58.9% to 85.4%, 39 patients | 64.5%likely range 52.1% to 75.3%, 62 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 79.1%likely range 64.8% to 88.6%, 43 patients | 71.8%likely range 61.0% to 80.6%, 78 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 69.0%likely range 56.2% to 79.4%, 58 patients | 62.9%likely range 52.5% to 72.2%, 89 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.4%likely range 69.4% to 75.1%, 948 patients | 64.1%likely range 61.6% to 66.5%, 1,451 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.7%likely range 70.4% to 78.6%, 435 patients | 73.0%likely range 69.8% to 76.0%, 779 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,466August 2026 | 9,095August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Aspire PCN | Aspire PCN |
| Phone | 0115 8965002 | 0115 9292354 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 97.8% good or very good46 answers, June 2026 | 81.5% good or very good92 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,943 in August 2026Same day 64.7%; face to face 58.2% | 6,564 in August 2026Same day 69.5%; face to face 44.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.94England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.1 qualified permanent2.1 including trainees and locums2,639 patients per permanent GP | 3.0 qualified permanent3.0 including trainees and locums3,032 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | 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.