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Modality Kingfisher Darlaston Practice vs Stroud 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?
Modality Kingfisher Darlaston Practice and Stroud 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 | Modality Kingfisher Darlaston PracticeWS2 0BA | Stroud PracticeWS2 0BA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.7likely range 62.4 to 89.086 survey answers | 87.4likely range 77.3 to 93.193 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 | 79.1%likely range 54.4% to 92.3%, 86 answers | 84.7%likely range 70.4% to 92.8%, 93 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.1%likely range 78.3% to 83.3% | 93.4%likely range 90.7% to 95.1%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.6%likely range 87.8% to 92.8%, 8,013 appointments | 98.2%likely range 94.7% to 99.4%, 2,366 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 88.5%likely range 84.3% to 91.7%, 6,008 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 53.7%likely range 30.1% to 75.7%, 80 answers | 78.6%likely range 63.7% to 88.5%, 94 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.0%likely range 65.0% to 97.3%, 83 answers | 90.8%likely range 77.8% to 96.5%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 20.0%likely range 7.3% to 44.5%, 87 answers | 26.1%likely range 15.0% to 41.5%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.3%likely range 60.7% to 95.6%, 83 answers | 86.4%likely range 72.0% to 94.0%, 88 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 70.7%likely range 46.1% to 87.2%, 87 answers | 79.0%likely range 64.0% to 88.8%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.3%likely range 40.7% to 84.9%, 78 answers | 73.1%likely range 57.1% to 84.7%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.8%likely range 62.6% to 96.3%, 84 answers | 87.5%likely range 73.6% to 94.6%, 91 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.6%likely range 61.2% to 95.8%, 84 answers | 83.0%likely range 68.2% to 91.7%, 90 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.3%likely range 71.8% to 99.1%, 85 answers | 91.2%likely range 77.9% to 96.8%, 89 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.5%likely range 70.4% to 98.9%, 83 answers | 86.3%likely range 71.5% to 94.1%, 84 answers |
| Needs met | 91.0%likely range 67.8% to 98.0%, 86 answers | 94.5%likely range 82.4% to 98.5%, 89 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.7%likely range 73.2% to 88.0%, 104 patients | 89.8%likely range 83.3% to 93.9%, 127 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 77.0%likely range 68.8% to 83.6%, 122 patients | 86.5%likely range 79.6% to 91.3%, 133 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.7%likely range 75.4% to 88.2%, 133 patients | 91.2%likely range 85.5% to 94.8%, 147 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.1%likely range 66.1% to 70.0%, 2,188 patients | 71.6%likely range 69.5% to 73.6%, 1,803 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.2%likely range 75.6% to 80.7%, 993 patients | 76.5%likely range 73.0% to 79.7%, 621 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,771August 2026 | 9,559August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Walsall West 1 PCN | Walsall West 1 PCN |
| Phone | 01922 927260 | 01922 423580 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 84.2% good or very good196 answers, June 2026 | 94.2% good or very good555 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 9,097 in August 2026Same day 57.0%; face to face 75.2% | 4,952 in August 2026Same day 35.9%; face to face 44.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.06England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 7.2 qualified permanent12.5 including trainees and locums1,778 patients per permanent GP | 4.8 qualified permanent7.4 including trainees and locums1,988 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.