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Merridale Medical Centre (Rp Tew) vs Spirit Primary Care Limited-Asquith
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?
Merridale Medical Centre (Rp Tew) and Spirit Primary Care Limited-Asquith 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 | Merridale Medical Centre (Rp Tew)LE3 1BL | Spirit Primary Care Limited-AsquithLE2 6FQ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.3likely range 63.4 to 81.1113 survey answers | 69.3likely range 63.7 to 74.384 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 69.2%likely range 55.3% to 80.3%, 113 answers | 63.1%likely range 55.4% to 70.2%, 84 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.6%likely range 76.8% to 86.9% | 83.5%likely range 79.1% to 86.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.7%likely range 83.5% to 91.0%, 4,555 appointments | 93.0%likely range 88.6% to 95.8%, 3,077 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 77.3%likely range 66.6% to 85.3%, 1,561 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 42.9%likely range 29.8% to 57.1%, 107 answers | 42.4%likely range 34.6% to 50.7%, 75 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 78.6%likely range 65.2% to 87.8%, 112 answers | 77.2%likely range 70.1% to 83.1%, 83 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.8%likely range 16.4% to 40.6%, 112 answers | 25.5%likely range 19.3% to 32.9%, 82 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 22.2%likely range 7.6% to 49.6%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 71.4%likely range 56.9% to 82.4%, 104 answers | 70.8%likely range 62.7% to 77.7%, 74 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 64.3%likely range 50.1% to 76.3%, 110 answers | 58.5%likely range 50.5% to 66.1%, 79 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.4%likely range 50.4% to 77.9%, 98 answers | 47.9%likely range 39.2% to 56.7%, 65 answers |
| Being listened to | 81.9%likely range 68.7% to 90.3%, 109 answers | 85.7%likely range 79.1% to 90.5%, 77 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.8%likely range 66.4% to 88.7%, 110 answers | 85.4%likely range 78.8% to 90.2%, 78 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 83.6%likely range 70.1% to 91.7%, 102 answers | 96.3%likely range 91.9% to 98.4%, 78 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.7%likely range 77.1% to 95.7%, 99 answers | 80.4%likely range 72.9% to 86.3%, 72 answers |
| Needs met | 85.6%likely range 72.5% to 93.0%, 103 answers | 92.6%likely range 87.2% to 95.9%, 77 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.7%likely range 85.3% to 95.4%, 120 patients | 87.1%likely range 71.1% to 94.9%, 31 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 80.0%likely range 72.0% to 86.2%, 120 patients | 94.9%likely range 83.1% to 98.6%, 39 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.3%likely range 78.6% to 90.2%, 143 patients | 84.5%likely range 73.1% to 91.6%, 58 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 63.3%likely range 61.4% to 65.2%, 2,418 patients | 60.1%likely range 56.5% to 63.6%, 732 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.0%likely range 67.2% to 72.7%, 1,077 patients | 77.7%likely range 72.9% to 81.9%, 327 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,624August 2026 | 4,185August 2026 |
| Primary care network | City Care Alliance PCN | City Care Alliance PCN |
| Phone | 0116 2166996 | – |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 86.5% good or very good155 answers, June 2026 | 84.2% good or very good76 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,189 in August 2026Same day 39.1%; face to face 92.0% | 3,776 in August 2026Same day 55.1%; face to face 36.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.50England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent4.2 including trainees and locums3,228 patients per permanent GP | 0.8 qualified permanent3.0 including trainees and locums |
| 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.