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Middleton Lodge Practice vs Major Oak 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?
Middleton Lodge Practice and Major Oak 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 | Middleton Lodge PracticeNG22 9SZ | Major Oak Medical PracticeNG21 9QS |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.8likely range 63.9 to 83.6102 survey answers | 82.4likely range 78.5 to 85.7139 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 | 77.2%likely range 60.4% to 88.3%, 102 answers | 80.4%likely range 75.1% to 84.9%, 139 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 72.3%likely range 68.0% to 75.9% | 86.9%likely range 82.6% to 89.6%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.5%likely range 74.4% to 86.9%, 2,243 appointments | 96.0%likely range 89.4% to 98.5%, 1,288 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 63.1%likely range 58.2% to 67.8%, 8,019 calls | 77.8%likely range 72.2% to 82.5%, 5,201 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 56.2%likely range 39.1% to 71.9%, 99 answers | 77.6%likely range 72.0% to 82.4%, 136 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.0%likely range 64.3% to 91.0%, 99 answers | 88.7%likely range 84.2% to 92.1%, 137 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.0%likely range 15.5% to 45.2%, 101 answers | 39.1%likely range 33.2% to 45.3%, 136 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 34.6%likely range 25.3% to 45.2%, 48 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.2%likely range 68.9% to 93.7%, 98 answers | 77.5%likely range 71.9% to 82.3%, 135 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.5%likely range 49.1% to 80.3%, 100 answers | 76.1%likely range 70.5% to 81.0%, 138 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 52.1%likely range 34.8% to 69.0%, 91 answers | 83.8%likely range 78.5% to 88.0%, 125 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.0%likely range 65.1% to 91.7%, 97 answers | 85.3%likely range 80.3% to 89.1%, 136 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.7%likely range 66.1% to 92.1%, 99 answers | 83.7%likely range 78.6% to 87.8%, 136 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.6%likely range 73.0% to 95.7%, 99 answers | 88.8%likely range 84.2% to 92.1%, 136 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.5%likely range 71.3% to 95.1%, 95 answers | 87.0%likely range 82.2% to 90.7%, 133 answers |
| Needs met | 85.0%likely range 68.5% to 93.6%, 96 answers | 90.0%likely range 85.7% to 93.2%, 137 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.8%likely range 85.8% to 96.5%, 97 patients | 86.8%likely range 76.7% to 92.9%, 68 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.9%likely range 79.8% to 91.8%, 122 patients | 94.4%likely range 84.9% to 98.1%, 54 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.8%likely range 75.3% to 88.4%, 128 patients | 86.0%likely range 77.2% to 91.8%, 86 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.2%likely range 66.1% to 70.2%, 1,969 patients | 77.9%likely range 75.3% to 80.2%, 1,125 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 68.3%likely range 65.6% to 70.8%, 1,194 patients | 82.8%likely range 79.8% to 85.4%, 685 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,988August 2026 | 7,595August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Sherwood PCN | Sherwood PCN |
| Phone | 01623 703266 | 01623 822303 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 87.8% good or very good540 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,530 in August 2026Same day 21.3%; face to face 67.3% | 3,383 in August 2026Same day 46.2%; face to face 90.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.07England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.3 qualified permanent3.3 including trainees and locums3,981 patients per permanent GP | 2.0 qualified permanent3.9 including trainees and locums3,798 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.