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Harden Health Centre vs Harden Blakenall
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?
Harden Health Centre and Harden Blakenall 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 | Harden Health CentreWS3 1ET | Harden BlakenallWS3 1LZ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.2likely range 76.9 to 84.3100 survey answers | 76.3likely range 63.3 to 85.696 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 | 79.0%likely range 74.2% to 83.2%, 100 answers | 71.4%likely range 52.8% to 84.7%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.1%likely range 77.5% to 89.1% | 87.5%likely range 85.8% to 88.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 95.6%likely range 87.0% to 98.6%, 895 appointments | 97.0%likely range 95.3% to 98.1%, 9,214 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 79.2%likely range 74.2% to 83.4%, 97 answers | 62.3%likely range 43.0% to 78.3%, 88 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.7%likely range 86.9% to 93.5%, 98 answers | 78.5%likely range 59.7% to 90.0%, 91 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.4%likely range 32.2% to 43.0%, 98 answers | 20.6%likely range 9.5% to 38.9%, 94 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.9%likely range 40.3% to 59.5%, 34 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.8%likely range 79.1% to 87.6%, 93 answers | 85.9%likely range 68.1% to 94.5%, 92 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 84.1%likely range 79.5% to 87.9%, 95 answers | 69.6%likely range 50.7% to 83.6%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 74.5%likely range 69.0% to 79.4%, 87 answers | 60.6%likely range 40.9% to 77.4%, 83 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.6%likely range 81.1% to 89.2%, 95 answers | 84.5%likely range 66.4% to 93.8%, 91 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.0%likely range 76.1% to 85.1%, 95 answers | 87.1%likely range 69.7% to 95.2%, 93 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.6%likely range 87.8% to 94.3%, 92 answers | 91.6%likely range 75.0% to 97.5%, 91 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.8%likely range 85.6% to 92.8%, 89 answers | 90.0%likely range 72.5% to 96.8%, 87 answers |
| Needs met | 85.4%likely range 80.9% to 88.9%, 96 answers | 93.0%likely range 76.9% to 98.1%, 92 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.7%likely range 79.3% to 94.2%, 71 patients | 78.7%likely range 70.8% to 85.0%, 127 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 81.5%likely range 70.4% to 89.1%, 65 patients | 80.6%likely range 73.2% to 86.3%, 139 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.2%likely range 74.8% to 94.0%, 47 patients | 66.1%likely range 58.7% to 72.8%, 171 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.6%likely range 64.0% to 70.9%, 709 patients | 65.1%likely range 63.0% to 67.1%, 2,117 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.1%likely range 64.4% to 75.3%, 268 patients | 63.8%likely range 60.2% to 67.2%, 734 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,009August 2026 | 11,871August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Walsall North PCN | Walsall North PCN |
| Phone | 01922 475015 | 01922 443729 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 81.6% good or very good174 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,746 in August 2026Same day 38.8%; face to face 88.4% | 10,778 in August 2026Same day 62.3%; face to face 86.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.99England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.12England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 0.1 qualified permanent0.1 including trainees and locums | 5.8 qualified permanent9.6 including trainees and locums2,051 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.