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Long Barn Lane Surgery vs South Reading & Shinfield Group Med Prac
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?
Long Barn Lane Surgery and South Reading & Shinfield Group Med Prac 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 | Long Barn Lane SurgeryRG2 7SZ | South Reading & Shinfield Group Med PracRG2 9EH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.5likely range 72.1 to 81.9114 survey answers | 69.3likely range 61.6 to 76.1107 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 77.5%likely range 70.0% to 83.6%, 114 answers | 64.2%likely range 53.4% to 73.8%, 107 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.3%likely range 73.3% to 80.8% | 80.9%likely range 76.9% to 84.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.2%likely range 92.5% to 98.1%, 2,940 appointments | 92.3%likely range 88.4% to 94.9%, 3,949 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 58.2%likely range 51.2% to 65.0%, 4,045 calls | 69.4%likely range 62.4% to 75.6%, 3,870 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 63.4%likely range 55.0% to 71.0%, 109 answers | 50.0%likely range 39.0% to 61.0%, 99 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.6%likely range 80.0% to 91.2%, 114 answers | 73.7%likely range 62.8% to 82.2%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.9%likely range 23.0% to 37.9%, 114 answers | 23.6%likely range 15.7% to 33.9%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 60.1%likely range 45.0% to 73.6%, 35 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.9%likely range 77.0% to 89.1%, 113 answers | 84.5%likely range 74.6% to 91.1%, 97 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 83.2%likely range 76.2% to 88.5%, 114 answers | 64.6%likely range 53.6% to 74.3%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 85.7%likely range 78.6% to 90.7%, 103 answers | 62.8%likely range 51.0% to 73.2%, 92 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.0%likely range 74.7% to 87.5%, 111 answers | 71.5%likely range 60.6% to 80.3%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.7%likely range 72.2% to 85.6%, 110 answers | 72.1%likely range 61.2% to 80.8%, 102 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 85.2%likely range 78.2% to 90.2%, 108 answers | 82.7%likely range 72.7% to 89.5%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.8%likely range 89.4% to 97.5%, 102 answers | 79.9%likely range 69.4% to 87.4%, 98 answers |
| Needs met | 83.5%likely range 76.4% to 88.8%, 109 answers | 77.7%likely range 67.0% to 85.7%, 98 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 79.3%likely range 71.3% to 85.6%, 121 patients | 92.3%likely range 86.8% to 95.7%, 143 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.7%likely range 76.8% to 90.2%, 111 patients | 91.6%likely range 86.1% to 95.0%, 154 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 77.3%likely range 69.4% to 83.6%, 132 patients | 91.2%likely range 85.8% to 94.7%, 159 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 55.9%likely range 53.6% to 58.2%, 1,802 patients | 66.1%likely range 64.2% to 68.0%, 2,375 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.0%likely range 68.2% to 75.5%, 586 patients | 72.8%likely range 69.5% to 75.9%, 758 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,177August 2026 | 11,676August 2026 |
| Primary care network | New Reading PCN | New Reading PCN |
| Phone | 0118 9871377 | 0118 4029177 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 87.8% good or very good74 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,490 in August 2026Same day 42.4%; face to face 64.2% | 5,743 in August 2026Same day 50.0%; face to face 48.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums3,459 patients per permanent GP | 2.1 qualified permanent2.1 including trainees and locums5,650 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.