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Larkshall Medical Centre vs Kings Head 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?
Larkshall Medical Centre and Kings Head 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 | Larkshall Medical CentreE4 7HS | Kings Head Medical PracticeE4 7NX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.8likely range 73.8 to 87.887 survey answers | 76.6likely range 73.0 to 79.5107 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 | 86.2%likely range 73.8% to 93.2%, 87 answers | 73.0%likely range 68.9% to 76.7%, 107 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.6%likely range 66.7% to 78.6% | 84.8%likely range 77.7% to 89.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.5%likely range 82.5% to 99.4%, 431 appointments | 94.5%likely range 84.4% to 98.2%, 760 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 52.5%likely range 45.1% to 59.9%, 3,548 calls | 74.9%likely range 65.0% to 82.8%, 1,848 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 60.9%likely range 46.5% to 73.6%, 83 answers | 59.2%likely range 54.7% to 63.5%, 103 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.0%likely range 74.4% to 93.9%, 83 answers | 93.2%likely range 90.7% to 95.1%, 105 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 50.4%likely range 36.7% to 64.1%, 85 answers | 27.1%likely range 23.3% to 31.2%, 105 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 58.7%likely range 38.1% to 76.6%, 40 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.5%likely range 71.5% to 92.3%, 83 answers | 84.1%likely range 80.4% to 87.1%, 97 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 79.1%likely range 65.5% to 88.3%, 84 answers | 75.0%likely range 71.0% to 78.7%, 102 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 62.6%likely range 47.6% to 75.5%, 77 answers | 75.8%likely range 71.5% to 79.7%, 90 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.7%likely range 74.2% to 93.6%, 85 answers | 85.3%likely range 81.8% to 88.2%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.0%likely range 78.2% to 95.8%, 84 answers | 78.4%likely range 74.4% to 81.9%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.6%likely range 84.3% to 98.3%, 85 answers | 90.4%likely range 87.3% to 92.8%, 96 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.0%likely range 82.5% to 98.1%, 76 answers | 86.6%likely range 83.1% to 89.4%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 84.9%likely range 72.0% to 92.4%, 84 answers | 91.1%likely range 88.1% to 93.4%, 98 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 80.3%likely range 69.2% to 88.1%, 66 patients | 65.4%likely range 46.2% to 80.6%, 26 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.1%likely range 73.2% to 89.9%, 77 patients | 67.9%likely range 49.3% to 82.1%, 28 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 76.5%likely range 66.2% to 84.4%, 81 patients | 81.0%likely range 66.7% to 90.0%, 42 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.2%likely range 69.8% to 74.5%, 1,399 patients | 68.9%likely range 65.1% to 72.4%, 611 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.0%likely range 76.0% to 81.8%, 773 patients | 75.7%likely range 70.5% to 80.3%, 292 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,859August 2026 | 3,700August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Waltham Forest 8 PCN | Waltham Forest 8 PCN |
| Phone | 020 85246355 | 020 85293501 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 100.0% good or very good14 answers, June 2026 | 96.0% good or very good25 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,418 in August 2026Same day 42.4%; face to face 97.3% | 763 in August 2026Same day 49.7%; face to face 46.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.60England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.6 qualified permanent2.8 including trainees and locums4,912 patients per permanent GP | 1.3 qualified permanent1.3 including trainees and locums2,775 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.