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Grove Hill Medical Centre vs Woodhall Farm Medical Ctr
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?
Grove Hill Medical Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Woodhall Farm Medical Ctr’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Grove Hill Medical CentreHP2 6AD | Woodhall Farm Medical CtrHP2 7RJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 87.5likely range 83.7 to 90.493 survey answersClearly higher | 64.0likely range 57.1 to 67.984 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 85.9%likely range 81.2% to 89.7%, 93 answersClearly higher | 58.1%likely range 53.9% to 62.2%, 84 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 91.2%likely range 84.9% to 94.3% | 77.7%likely range 56.9% to 86.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.0%likely range 88.4% to 99.7%, 653 appointments | 87.2%likely range 66.4% to 95.9%, 304 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 84.3%likely range 76.0% to 90.2%, 2,094 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 81.3%likely range 75.9% to 85.7%, 87 answers | 48.9%likely range 44.6% to 53.3%, 76 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.7%likely range 86.5% to 93.7%, 91 answers | 67.2%likely range 63.1% to 71.1%, 81 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.6%likely range 24.3% to 35.4%, 93 answers | 52.6%likely range 48.4% to 56.7%, 84 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 46.8%likely range 36.5% to 57.4%, 32 answers | 34.0%likely range 28.4% to 40.2%, 39 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.8%likely range 73.3% to 83.4%, 90 answers | 73.7%likely range 69.8% to 77.2%, 82 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 78.4%likely range 72.9% to 83.0%, 91 answers | 49.0%likely range 44.9% to 53.2%, 84 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 86.9%likely range 81.8% to 90.7%, 81 answers | 55.1%likely range 50.6% to 59.4%, 74 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.2%likely range 86.9% to 94.2%, 87 answers | 78.7%likely range 75.0% to 82.0%, 80 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.8%likely range 88.8% to 95.4%, 88 answers | 80.7%likely range 77.2% to 83.9%, 81 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.4%likely range 89.5% to 95.9%, 87 answers | 86.5%likely range 83.3% to 89.1%, 81 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.1%likely range 94.1% to 98.6%, 85 answers | 88.2%likely range 85.0% to 90.8%, 73 answers |
| Needs met | 97.2%likely range 94.2% to 98.6%, 87 answers | 87.2%likely range 84.1% to 89.8%, 80 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.7%likely range 76.8% to 93.9%, 57 patients | 93.3%likely range 84.1% to 97.4%, 60 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.5%likely range 74.7% to 92.2%, 62 patients | 82.3%likely range 71.0% to 89.8%, 62 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 80.0%likely range 67.6% to 88.4%, 55 patients | 72.9%likely range 60.4% to 82.6%, 59 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.9%likely range 68.0% to 73.7%, 974 patients | 62.3%likely range 58.8% to 65.7%, 764 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.6%likely range 71.0% to 79.7%, 377 patients | 67.8%likely range 61.2% to 73.7%, 211 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,429August 2026 | 3,674August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Alliance PCN | Alliance PCN |
| Phone | 01442 212038 | 01442 261805 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.7% good or very good210 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,337 in August 2026Same day 45.0%; face to face 84.4% | 1,297 in August 2026Same day 41.7%; face to face 71.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.8 qualified permanent2.7 including trainees and locums2,994 patients per permanent GP | 1.1 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums3,444 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.