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Houghton Regis Medical Centre vs Toddington 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?
Toddington Medical Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Houghton Regis Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Houghton Regis Medical CentreLU5 5EZ | Toddington Medical CentreLU5 6DE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 57.8likely range 48.6 to 67.099 survey answers | 78.2likely range 72.8 to 82.5113 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 50.7%likely range 37.7% to 63.7%, 99 answers | 76.0%likely range 69.2% to 81.6%, 113 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.3%likely range 68.7% to 78.5% | 83.2%likely range 74.9% to 89.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 86.1%likely range 76.7% to 92.2%, 1,169 appointments | 93.3%likely range 86.6% to 96.8%, 1,509 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.3%likely range 56.1% to 68.2%, 5,137 calls | 73.0%likely range 57.8% to 84.1%, 854 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 34.0%likely range 22.5% to 47.9%, 93 answers | 44.9%likely range 37.7% to 52.4%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 61.7%likely range 48.0% to 73.8%, 94 answers | 82.4%likely range 76.1% to 87.3%, 110 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 38.1%likely range 26.2% to 51.7%, 97 answers | 17.3%likely range 12.4% to 23.5%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 48.1%likely range 29.1% to 67.7%, 42 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 65.8%likely range 52.1% to 77.4%, 94 answers | 90.6%likely range 85.2% to 94.1%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 52.4%likely range 39.2% to 65.3%, 97 answers | 73.7%likely range 66.8% to 79.6%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 56.2%likely range 41.6% to 69.7%, 82 answers | 75.1%likely range 67.9% to 81.1%, 102 answers |
| Being listened to | 70.3%likely range 56.8% to 81.0%, 96 answers | 84.3%likely range 78.2% to 88.9%, 110 answers |
| Care and concern | 68.7%likely range 55.0% to 79.8%, 94 answers | 84.6%likely range 78.5% to 89.2%, 109 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 81.5%likely range 68.5% to 89.9%, 91 answers | 93.0%likely range 88.2% to 96.0%, 108 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.0%likely range 72.2% to 92.5%, 88 answers | 92.0%likely range 86.8% to 95.3%, 101 answers |
| Needs met | 85.0%likely range 72.6% to 92.3%, 93 answers | 96.1%likely range 92.1% to 98.1%, 109 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.2%likely range 84.7% to 93.9%, 163 patients | 84.8%likely range 76.5% to 90.6%, 99 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.5%likely range 79.7% to 89.8%, 186 patients | 91.6%likely range 83.6% to 95.9%, 83 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 71.2%likely range 64.1% to 77.4%, 177 patients | 85.4%likely range 77.0% to 91.1%, 96 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.3%likely range 65.5% to 69.1%, 2,654 patients | 76.3%likely range 74.0% to 78.5%, 1,344 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.2%likely range 74.5% to 79.8%, 966 patients | 82.9%likely range 80.2% to 85.3%, 860 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,695August 2026 | 8,621August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Titan PCN | Titan PCN |
| Phone | 01582 866161 | 01525 872222 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,495 in August 2026Same day 34.6%; face to face 89.1% | 4,118 in August 2026Same day 41.4%; face to face 56.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.4 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums2,140 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent4.6 including trainees and locums2,413 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.