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Millcroft Medical Centre vs Earnswood 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?
Millcroft Medical Centre and Earnswood 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 | Millcroft Medical CentreCW1 3AW | Earnswood Medical CentreCW1 3AW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 69.3likely range 37.9 to 88.7101 survey answers | 77.4likely range 55.8 to 90.098 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 | 65.7%likely range 20.8% to 93.3%, 101 answers | 73.1%likely range 42.2% to 91.0%, 98 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.6%likely range 74.8% to 80.2% | 87.3%likely range 84.2% to 89.9%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.7%likely range 89.1% to 93.8%, 8,132 appointments | 98.4%likely range 96.2% to 99.4%, 4,186 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 63.4%likely range 58.4% to 68.2%, 7,709 calls | 76.1%likely range 70.3% to 81.1%, 4,893 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 30.6%likely range 4.8% to 79.2%, 86 answers | 27.4%likely range 8.7% to 59.9%, 87 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.3%likely range 31.0% to 98.5%, 93 answers | 78.6%likely range 45.8% to 94.1%, 88 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.3%likely range 4.2% to 74.4%, 101 answers | 22.9%likely range 6.9% to 54.5%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.3%likely range 24.4% to 95.9%, 95 answers | 77.1%likely range 45.3% to 93.2%, 94 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 62.9%likely range 18.8% to 92.5%, 97 answers | 64.1%likely range 34.1% to 86.1%, 95 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 51.0%likely range 12.5% to 88.4%, 91 answers | 54.7%likely range 25.2% to 81.2%, 83 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.6%likely range 33.3% to 98.8%, 96 answers | 83.9%likely range 52.0% to 96.1%, 94 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.1%likely range 33.4% to 98.9%, 95 answers | 85.6%likely range 53.4% to 96.8%, 92 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.7%likely range 34.6% to 99.2%, 95 answers | 92.5%likely range 61.5% to 99.0%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.3%likely range 35.8% to 99.6%, 89 answers | 92.3%likely range 60.2% to 99.0%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 86.8%likely range 32.8% to 98.9%, 93 answers | 85.9%likely range 54.2% to 96.9%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.1%likely range 82.8% to 90.4%, 294 patients | 91.7%likely range 86.3% to 95.1%, 156 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.5%likely range 82.6% to 89.7%, 356 patients | 88.5%likely range 82.7% to 92.5%, 165 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 79.5%likely range 75.3% to 83.2%, 400 patients | 84.4%likely range 78.7% to 88.8%, 199 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.5%likely range 67.3% to 69.7%, 5,866 patients | 68.2%likely range 66.5% to 69.8%, 2,964 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 69.1%likely range 67.2% to 70.9%, 2,359 patients | 74.9%likely range 72.5% to 77.2%, 1,325 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 30,965August 2026 | 16,764August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Eagle Bridge PCN | Eagle Bridge PCN |
| Phone | 01270 275200 | 01270 376666 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.8% good or very good621 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 17,055 in August 2026Same day 54.8%; face to face 37.3% | 12,174 in August 2026Same day 63.5%; face to face 35.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.49England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.2 qualified permanent15.1 including trainees and locums3,374 patients per permanent GP | 7.0 qualified permanent11.3 including trainees and locums2,383 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.