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Maidstone Road Surgery vs Princes Park Medical Ctr
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?
Maidstone Road Surgery and Princes Park Medical Ctr 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 | Maidstone Road SurgeryME4 6JL | Princes Park Medical CtrME7 1LX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 51.6likely range 44.2 to 58.999 survey answers | 54.2likely range 39.2 to 68.3136 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 52.4%likely range 42.6% to 62.1%, 99 answers | 53.6%likely range 32.3% to 73.6%, 136 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 49.6%likely range 39.9% to 58.6% | 55.4%likely range 50.7% to 59.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 59.1%likely range 49.4% to 68.1%, 1,581 appointments | 64.9%likely range 60.2% to 69.4%, 6,285 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 34.6%likely range 25.5% to 44.9%, 91 answers | 31.8%likely range 14.6% to 55.8%, 120 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 70.1%likely range 60.2% to 78.4%, 96 answers | 66.5%likely range 42.8% to 84.0%, 123 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 12.1%likely range 7.0% to 20.0%, 99 answers | 15.9%likely range 5.5% to 37.9%, 136 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 70.7%likely range 60.5% to 79.1%, 90 answers | 66.7%likely range 42.3% to 84.5%, 116 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 52.9%likely range 43.0% to 62.5%, 98 answers | 39.9%likely range 21.0% to 62.4%, 130 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 41.2%likely range 31.4% to 51.9%, 86 answers | 37.3%likely range 17.9% to 62.0%, 109 answers |
| Being listened to | 79.4%likely range 69.9% to 86.5%, 90 answers | 74.9%likely range 51.2% to 89.5%, 125 answers |
| Care and concern | 74.1%likely range 64.2% to 82.0%, 92 answers | 73.7%likely range 50.0% to 88.7%, 125 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.8%likely range 79.5% to 93.0%, 92 answers | 83.8%likely range 60.1% to 94.6%, 121 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.5%likely range 80.9% to 94.4%, 83 answers | 82.1%likely range 57.5% to 93.9%, 114 answers |
| Needs met | 84.2%likely range 75.6% to 90.2%, 96 answers | 81.1%likely range 57.6% to 93.1%, 125 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.8%likely range 79.0% to 92.0%, 106 patients | 86.4%likely range 82.4% to 89.6%, 353 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 77.8%likely range 69.4% to 84.4%, 117 patients | 78.9%likely range 74.9% to 82.4%, 454 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 84.4%likely range 76.4% to 90.0%, 109 patients | 68.2%likely range 63.4% to 72.6%, 390 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 65.9%likely range 63.6% to 68.1%, 1,706 patients | 62.9%likely range 61.7% to 64.1%, 6,126 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.1%likely range 67.7% to 74.3%, 710 patients | 70.3%likely range 68.2% to 72.3%, 1,854 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,801August 2026 | 30,566August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Mpa PCN | Mpa PCN |
| Phone | 01634 842093 | 01634 557878 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 82.2% good or very good45 answers, June 2026 | 83.4% good or very good807 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,349 in August 2026Same day 21.9%; face to face 61.9% | 8,930 in August 2026Same day 28.7%; face to face 46.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.5 qualified permanent2.5 including trainees and locums3,541 patients per permanent GP | 6.3 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums4,825 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.