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Huddersfield Road Surgery vs Victoria Medical Centre PMS 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?
Huddersfield Road Surgery and Victoria Medical Centre PMS 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 | Huddersfield Road SurgeryS70 2LT | Victoria Medical Centre PMS PracticeS75 2AE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 69.7likely range 58.0 to 78.2107 survey answers | 70.0likely range 58.9 to 78.3100 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 | 73.1%likely range 57.1% to 84.7%, 107 answers | 72.7%likely range 56.9% to 84.3%, 100 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 61.5%likely range 51.0% to 70.3% | 63.6%likely range 58.4% to 68.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 61.2%likely range 40.9% to 78.2%, 345 appointments | 64.9%likely range 56.0% to 72.8%, 1,845 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 61.7%likely range 56.3% to 66.8%, 6,751 calls | 62.2%likely range 56.9% to 67.1%, 7,198 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 27.3%likely range 15.4% to 43.6%, 103 answers | 50.6%likely range 34.5% to 66.5%, 90 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 71.1%likely range 54.5% to 83.4%, 101 answers | 85.6%likely range 71.1% to 93.5%, 99 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 27.1%likely range 15.5% to 42.9%, 109 answers | 26.7%likely range 15.2% to 42.5%, 100 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.0%likely range 66.3% to 91.4%, 101 answers | 85.2%likely range 69.9% to 93.5%, 92 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 64.8%likely range 48.8% to 78.1%, 108 answers | 73.2%likely range 57.2% to 84.8%, 98 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 62.0%likely range 44.8% to 76.6%, 94 answers | 48.2%likely range 32.4% to 64.3%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.8%likely range 69.9% to 93.1%, 106 answers | 85.0%likely range 69.9% to 93.3%, 94 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.6%likely range 74.3% to 95.4%, 105 answers | 83.1%likely range 67.8% to 92.0%, 96 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.1%likely range 80.2% to 97.8%, 106 answers | 91.4%likely range 77.7% to 97.0%, 95 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.8%likely range 76.8% to 96.7%, 101 answers | 88.3%likely range 73.5% to 95.3%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 93.3%likely range 80.4% to 98.0%, 105 answers | 83.0%likely range 67.6% to 92.0%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.0%likely range 84.3% to 96.0%, 87 patients | 84.2%likely range 76.4% to 89.8%, 114 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.9%likely range 86.1% to 96.5%, 99 patients | 89.8%likely range 82.2% to 94.4%, 98 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.5%likely range 81.7% to 94.2%, 95 patients | 79.7%likely range 71.7% to 85.8%, 123 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 78.5%likely range 76.6% to 80.3%, 1,810 patients | 61.3%likely range 59.2% to 63.4%, 2,003 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.3%likely range 77.9% to 82.4%, 1,206 patients | 74.5%likely range 71.7% to 77.2%, 962 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,999August 2026 | 10,773August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Fcp Service - Barnsley PCN | Fcp Service - Barnsley PCN |
| Phone | 01226 203420 | 01226 282758 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.4% good or very good249 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,445 in August 2026Same day 52.2%; face to face 78.5% | 5,114 in August 2026Same day 48.2%; face to face 93.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.6 qualified permanent5.7 including trainees and locums2,612 patients per permanent GP | 2.4 qualified permanent4.1 including trainees and locums4,489 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.