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Manor Farm Medical Centre vs Plowright Medical 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?
Manor Farm Medical Centre and Plowright Medical Centre 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 | Manor Farm Medical CentrePE37 7QN | Plowright Medical CentrePE37 7HJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.3likely range 70.4 to 81.0108 survey answers | 81.8likely range 78.5 to 84.4123 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 74.8%likely range 66.7% to 81.4%, 108 answers | 88.0%likely range 83.8% to 91.2%, 123 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.5%likely range 74.3% to 83.2%Clearly higher | 67.3%likely range 62.2% to 71.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 89.0%likely range 83.8% to 92.7%, 2,929 appointments | 82.2%likely range 74.1% to 88.1%, 1,738 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 52.4%likely range 46.2% to 58.5%, 5,237 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 42.2%likely range 33.9% to 51.0%, 103 answers | 90.0%likely range 85.9% to 93.0%, 113 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 76.5%likely range 68.3% to 83.1%, 102 answers | 97.4%likely range 94.9% to 98.7%, 119 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.7%likely range 24.4% to 40.1%, 109 answers | 24.3%likely range 19.8% to 29.4%, 123 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 21.5%likely range 11.8% to 35.9%, 37 answers | 59.2%likely range 48.0% to 69.5%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.7%likely range 80.6% to 92.5%, 97 answers | 85.6%likely range 81.2% to 89.2%, 119 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 58.8%likely range 50.2% to 67.0%, 106 answers | 85.5%likely range 81.0% to 89.1%, 120 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.9%likely range 56.8% to 74.0%, 94 answers | 79.5%likely range 74.3% to 83.8%, 111 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.3%likely range 75.8% to 88.8%, 104 answers | 91.7%likely range 87.9% to 94.3%, 115 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.1%likely range 78.9% to 91.1%, 103 answers | 86.2%likely range 81.7% to 89.7%, 114 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.9%likely range 87.0% to 96.3%, 103 answers | 93.1%likely range 89.6% to 95.5%, 114 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.3%likely range 86.1% to 95.9%, 99 answers | 93.3%likely range 89.6% to 95.7%, 106 answers |
| Needs met | 90.6%likely range 84.1% to 94.6%, 102 answers | 92.9%likely range 89.3% to 95.4%, 115 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.2%likely range 87.2% to 99.0%, 53 patients | 91.7%likely range 80.4% to 96.7%, 48 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.2%likely range 82.1% to 95.9%, 68 patients | 88.0%likely range 76.2% to 94.4%, 50 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.0%likely range 83.6% to 96.3%, 75 patients | 92.6%likely range 83.9% to 96.8%, 68 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 79.2%likely range 76.6% to 81.5%, 1,056 patients | 71.6%likely range 68.5% to 74.5%, 866 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.8%likely range 74.6% to 80.7%, 702 patients | 76.1%likely range 72.9% to 79.1%, 724 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,793August 2026 | 7,062August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Swaffham & Downham Market PCN | Swaffham & Downham Market PCN |
| Phone | 01760 721786 | 01760 722797 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.2% good or very good234 answers, June 2026 | 96.0% good or very good176 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,027 in August 2026Same day 48.3%; face to face 61.2% | 3,481 in August 2026Same day 33.0%; face to face 65.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.00England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.8 qualified permanent3.8 including trainees and locums2,081 patients per permanent GP | 3.0 qualified permanent3.0 including trainees and locums2,323 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.