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Kingsfold Medical Centre vs St. Mary's Health 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?
Kingsfold Medical Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than St. Mary's Health Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Kingsfold Medical CentrePR1 9BX | St. Mary's Health CentrePR1 0SR |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 94.5likely range 91.1 to 95.993 survey answersClearly higher | 79.7likely range 59.5 to 89.6107 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 97.4%likely range 93.2% to 99.0%, 93 answers | 79.6%likely range 50.7% to 93.7%, 107 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.4%likely range 82.1% to 90.5% | 79.9%likely range 76.4% to 82.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.7%likely range 91.0% to 99.8%, 817 appointmentsClearly higher | 82.7%likely range 77.6% to 86.8%, 3,897 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.0%likely range 68.7% to 82.1%, 3,234 calls | 77.1%likely range 72.3% to 81.2%, 7,155 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 87.0%likely range 80.3% to 91.6%, 91 answers | 80.8%likely range 50.9% to 94.5%, 100 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.3%likely range 90.4% to 97.7%, 93 answers | 84.0%likely range 54.9% to 95.8%, 105 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 44.0%likely range 36.0% to 52.3%, 92 answers | 35.2%likely range 14.7% to 63.1%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 58.3%likely range 45.1% to 70.4%, 38 answers | 42.4%likely range 11.4% to 80.9%, 39 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 93.1%likely range 87.6% to 96.2%, 93 answers | 99.1%likely range 72.7% to 100.0%, 102 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 91.9%likely range 86.2% to 95.4%, 93 answers | 85.1%likely range 55.9% to 96.2%, 104 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 94.8%likely range 89.6% to 97.5%, 89 answers | 82.5%likely range 52.4% to 95.3%, 99 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.0%likely range 88.7% to 96.9%, 93 answers | 92.7%likely range 64.5% to 98.9%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 99.0%likely range 95.6% to 99.8%, 93 answers | 90.8%likely range 61.9% to 98.4%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 100.0%likely range 97.3% to 100.0%, 93 answers | 99.5%likely range 73.3% to 100.0%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 99.3%likely range 96.0% to 99.9%, 88 answers | 87.5%likely range 57.6% to 97.3%, 98 answers |
| Needs met | 100.0%likely range 97.3% to 100.0%, 92 answers | 87.5%likely range 58.4% to 97.2%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.4%likely range 87.9% to 99.0%, 56 patients | 94.5%likely range 87.8% to 97.6%, 91 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.9%likely range 82.5% to 96.5%, 62 patients | 91.1%likely range 83.4% to 95.4%, 90 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.8%likely range 83.2% to 97.9%, 48 patients | 89.3%likely range 81.9% to 93.9%, 103 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.6%likely range 72.6% to 78.3%, 888 patients | 60.2%likely range 58.4% to 62.0%, 2,746 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.3%likely range 74.2% to 82.0%, 434 patients | 82.8%likely range 80.4% to 85.1%, 985 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,525August 2026 | 17,912August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Greater Preston PCN | Greater Preston PCN |
| Phone | 01772 746492 | 01772 214800 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.9% good or very good169 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,185 in August 2026Same day 50.1%; face to face 72.6% | 5,504 in August 2026Same day 32.8%; face to face 72.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.9 qualified permanent2.9 including trainees and locums2,943 patients per permanent GP | 10.7 qualified permanent13.7 including trainees and locums1,669 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.