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Heathview Medical Practice vs Tri-Links Medical 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?
Heathview Medical Practice and Tri-Links Medical Practice 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 | Heathview Medical PracticeB77 2ED | Tri-Links Medical PracticeB77 3BZ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 63.9likely range 45.6 to 79.691 survey answers | 80.3likely range 73.9 to 85.0107 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 | 58.0%likely range 31.9% to 80.4%, 91 answers | 80.6%likely range 71.7% to 87.1%, 107 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.4%likely range 74.6% to 80.1% | 79.4%likely range 74.5% to 83.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.6%likely range 96.4% to 99.5%, 4,086 appointmentsClearly higher | 93.5%likely range 88.9% to 96.2%, 2,808 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 56.1%likely range 50.8% to 61.3%, 7,141 calls | 65.3%likely range 56.5% to 73.2%, 2,532 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 21.2%likely range 6.8% to 49.6%, 89 answers | 63.1%likely range 53.0% to 72.2%, 101 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 59.9%likely range 33.3% to 81.7%, 90 answers | 81.4%likely range 72.4% to 87.9%, 104 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 12.7%likely range 3.1% to 40.1%, 92 answers | 25.0%likely range 17.5% to 34.3%, 106 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.9%likely range 48.9% to 92.9%, 85 answers | 89.4%likely range 81.7% to 94.1%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 48.0%likely range 23.9% to 73.0%, 90 answers | 78.2%likely range 69.1% to 85.3%, 106 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 44.5%likely range 20.8% to 70.9%, 85 answers | 81.1%likely range 71.8% to 87.9%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 77.2%likely range 48.9% to 92.3%, 90 answers | 88.1%likely range 80.1% to 93.2%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 78.9%likely range 50.5% to 93.2%, 89 answers | 87.1%likely range 78.9% to 92.4%, 104 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.0%likely range 62.5% to 98.0%, 89 answers | 93.5%likely range 86.7% to 96.9%, 105 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.8%likely range 56.4% to 96.6%, 82 answers | 91.1%likely range 83.7% to 95.4%, 102 answers |
| Needs met | 85.3%likely range 57.2% to 96.2%, 89 answers | 89.2%likely range 81.4% to 93.9%, 104 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.7%likely range 82.2% to 91.7%, 187 patients | 85.9%likely range 76.0% to 92.2%, 71 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.9%likely range 80.2% to 90.2%, 185 patients | 91.5%likely range 83.4% to 95.8%, 82 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 81.1%likely range 75.6% to 85.7%, 228 patients | 93.3%likely range 86.1% to 96.9%, 89 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.4%likely range 67.8% to 71.0%, 3,072 patients | 74.8%likely range 72.4% to 77.2%, 1,256 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.5%likely range 70.9% to 75.9%, 1,233 patients | 76.0%likely range 72.4% to 79.3%, 596 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 18,136August 2026 | 7,052August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Mercian PCN | Mercian PCN |
| Phone | 01827 281000 | 01827 54777 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 83.7% good or very good129 answers, June 2026 | 87.1% good or very good31 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,892 in August 2026Same day 38.7%; face to face 69.5% | 3,267 in August 2026Same day 60.2%; face to face 40.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.3 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums7,840 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent7.9 including trainees and locums1,959 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.