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Greensand Surgery (Ampthill) vs Houghton Close Surgery
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?
Greensand Surgery (Ampthill) and Houghton Close Surgery cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Greensand Surgery (Ampthill)MK45 2SB | Houghton Close SurgeryMK45 2TG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 83.195% interval 76.4 to 87.895 survey answers | 78.895% interval 73.0 to 83.4125 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 | 82.8%95% interval 73.4% to 89.3%, 95 answers | 78.6%95% interval 70.4% to 85.0%, 125 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.7%95% interval 79.9% to 86.8% | 79.1%95% interval 75.9% to 81.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.5%95% interval 94.3% to 99.0%, 2,989 appointments | 92.1%95% interval 88.4% to 94.7%, 4,444 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.8%95% interval 62.9% to 75.8%, 3,979 calls | 66.0%95% interval 60.7% to 71.0%, 6,757 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 70.6%95% interval 59.9% to 79.4%, 89 answers | 69.9%95% interval 60.9% to 77.6%, 120 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.8%95% interval 77.8% to 92.5%, 91 answers | 87.4%95% interval 80.1% to 92.2%, 122 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.4%95% interval 19.9% to 38.8%, 93 answers | 31.7%95% interval 24.1% to 40.5%, 126 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 11.4%95% interval 4.7% to 25.0%, 42 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.1%95% interval 72.3% to 89.0%, 88 answers | 88.7%95% interval 81.7% to 93.2%, 123 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 80.8%95% interval 71.1% to 87.7%, 94 answers | 78.0%95% interval 69.7% to 84.5%, 125 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.6%95% interval 70.4% to 87.9%, 85 answers | 80.2%95% interval 71.6% to 86.7%, 111 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.8%95% interval 81.5% to 94.7%, 92 answers | 90.7%95% interval 83.9% to 94.8%, 117 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.2%95% interval 83.2% to 95.7%, 91 answers | 87.3%95% interval 79.9% to 92.2%, 120 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.4%95% interval 91.2% to 99.2%, 90 answers | 96.7%95% interval 91.6% to 98.8%, 118 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.1%95% interval 84.1% to 96.2%, 89 answers | 95.2%95% interval 89.5% to 97.9%, 114 answers |
| Needs met | 95.1%95% interval 88.1% to 98.1%, 92 answers | 96.0%95% interval 90.7% to 98.3%, 121 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.4%95% interval 87.6% to 97.6%, 90 patients | 93.4%95% interval 86.4% to 96.9%, 91 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 94.5%95% interval 87.8% to 97.6%, 91 patients | 87.8%95% interval 79.4% to 93.0%, 90 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.5%95% interval 81.3% to 93.2%, 113 patients | 90.0%95% interval 83.0% to 94.3%, 110 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 80.9%95% interval 79.0% to 82.7%, 1,662 patients | 78.2%95% interval 76.1% to 80.1%, 1,672 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 84.6%95% interval 82.3% to 86.7%, 1,015 patients | 81.1%95% interval 78.8% to 83.2%, 1,249 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,152August 2026 | 11,658August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Hillton PCN | Hillton PCN |
| Phone | 01525 631390 | 01525 300898 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.5% good or very good170 answers, June 2026 | 93.4% good or very good256 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,616 in August 2026Same day 58.0%; face to face 27.9% | 6,861 in August 2026Same day 50.9%; face to face 50.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.2 qualified permanent5.2 including trainees and locums1,960 patients per permanent GP | 6.7 qualified permanent10.0 including trainees and locums1,735 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.