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Kingshurst Medical Practice vs The Castle 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?
Kingshurst Medical Practice and The Castle 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 | Kingshurst Medical PracticeB37 6BE | The Castle PracticeB36 0HH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 67.2likely range 59.6 to 74.284 survey answers | 78.6likely range 68.7 to 85.998 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 59.0%likely range 48.4% to 68.9%, 84 answers | 73.6%likely range 59.6% to 84.0%, 98 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.2%likely range 80.7% to 88.7% | 90.0%likely range 85.7% to 92.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 95.7%likely range 90.2% to 98.2%, 1,703 appointments | 98.5%likely range 91.6% to 99.7%, 969 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 81.5%likely range 76.4% to 85.6%, 5,661 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 34.3%likely range 25.0% to 44.9%, 83 answers | 47.9%likely range 34.4% to 61.8%, 97 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 66.1%likely range 55.3% to 75.4%, 81 answers | 90.0%likely range 78.2% to 95.8%, 96 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 23.1%likely range 15.3% to 33.2%, 82 answers | 32.5%likely range 21.0% to 46.6%, 99 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 27.6%likely range 11.5% to 52.7%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 64.6%likely range 53.8% to 74.1%, 81 answers | 81.8%likely range 68.3% to 90.4%, 94 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 49.4%likely range 39.0% to 59.8%, 84 answers | 70.1%likely range 55.9% to 81.2%, 97 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 58.3%likely range 47.3% to 68.6%, 78 answers | 78.7%likely range 64.2% to 88.5%, 86 answers |
| Being listened to | 73.6%likely range 63.2% to 81.9%, 82 answers | 81.9%likely range 68.4% to 90.4%, 95 answers |
| Care and concern | 76.0%likely range 65.8% to 83.9%, 82 answers | 82.2%likely range 68.8% to 90.6%, 95 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.3%likely range 83.2% to 95.7%, 81 answers | 92.0%likely range 80.4% to 97.0%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 84.4%likely range 74.8% to 90.8%, 78 answers | 88.3%likely range 75.4% to 94.9%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 86.3%likely range 77.2% to 92.1%, 81 answers | 86.6%likely range 74.1% to 93.6%, 97 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 75.7%likely range 64.5% to 84.2%, 70 patients | 87.4%likely range 79.2% to 92.6%, 95 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 71.3%likely range 60.5% to 80.0%, 80 patients | 77.8%likely range 66.9% to 85.8%, 72 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 75.0%likely range 64.2% to 83.4%, 76 patients | 83.5%likely range 76.2% to 88.8%, 133 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 61.8%likely range 59.1% to 64.6%, 1,190 patients | 75.7%likely range 73.6% to 77.8%, 1,649 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 60.6%likely range 56.2% to 64.9%, 485 patients | 83.5%likely range 81.0% to 85.6%, 1,004 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,579August 2026 | 10,538August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Solihull PCN | North Solihull PCN |
| Phone | 01217 175350 | 0121 7472422 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.4% good or very good198 answers, June 2026 | 87.3% good or very good134 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,515 in August 2026Same day 53.4%; face to face 69.2% | 6,648 in August 2026Same day 69.3%; face to face 46.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.1 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums3,074 patients per permanent GP | 4.6 qualified permanent6.7 including trainees and locums2,311 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.