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Montpelier Surgery vs Seven Dials 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?
Montpelier Surgery and Seven Dials 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 | Montpelier SurgeryBN1 3FS | Seven Dials Medical CentreBN1 3JJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 84.2likely range 79.4 to 87.4100 survey answers | 87.6likely range 82.6 to 90.6101 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 90.7%likely range 84.1% to 94.8%, 100 answers | 91.9%likely range 85.8% to 95.5%, 101 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 69.0%likely range 64.3% to 73.1% | 77.3%likely range 68.9% to 82.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 82.6%likely range 75.8% to 87.8%, 2,341 appointments | 86.8%likely range 78.4% to 92.2%, 1,413 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 55.3%likely range 48.7% to 61.7%, 4,630 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 87.1%likely range 79.5% to 92.2%, 94 answers | 76.0%likely range 67.6% to 82.8%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.8%likely range 90.4% to 98.3%, 96 answers | 90.7%likely range 84.2% to 94.7%, 97 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.0%likely range 28.7% to 46.0%, 100 answers | 46.3%likely range 37.8% to 55.0%, 101 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 75.9%likely range 61.7% to 86.1%, 40 answers | 58.2%likely range 44.5% to 70.8%, 42 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 93.2%likely range 86.8% to 96.6%, 94 answers | 90.7%likely range 84.3% to 94.7%, 99 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 85.6%likely range 77.8% to 91.0%, 94 answers | 86.2%likely range 79.1% to 91.2%, 100 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 87.3%likely range 79.6% to 92.3%, 92 answers | 80.4%likely range 72.4% to 86.6%, 95 answers |
| Being listened to | 95.8%likely range 90.4% to 98.2%, 98 answers | 88.9%likely range 82.1% to 93.4%, 98 answers |
| Care and concern | 93.1%likely range 86.8% to 96.5%, 97 answers | 90.3%likely range 83.7% to 94.4%, 98 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.1%likely range 93.5% to 99.4%, 98 answers | 100.0%likely range 97.0% to 100.0%, 99 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.5%likely range 91.2% to 98.7%, 94 answers | 98.8%likely range 94.5% to 99.7%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 97.9%likely range 93.2% to 99.3%, 98 answers | 92.4%likely range 86.4% to 95.9%, 99 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 83.3%likely range 66.4% to 92.7%, 30 patients | 97.1%likely range 85.5% to 99.5%, 35 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 96.4%likely range 82.3% to 99.4%, 28 patients | 91.9%likely range 78.7% to 97.2%, 37 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 78.6%likely range 60.5% to 89.8%, 28 patients | 96.9%likely range 84.3% to 99.4%, 32 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.0%likely range 65.6% to 70.3%, 1,506 patients | 64.4%likely range 61.9% to 66.9%, 1,412 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.2%likely range 74.8% to 81.3%, 625 patients | 72.5%likely range 68.6% to 76.1%, 549 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,471August 2026 | 6,445August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North & Central Brighton PCN | North & Central Brighton PCN |
| Phone | 01273 328950 | 01273 773089 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 88.2% good or very good34 answers, June 2026 | 94.6% good or very good111 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,432 in August 2026Same day 50.7%; face to face 92.8% | 1,818 in August 2026Same day 51.5%; face to face 85.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.48England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.41England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.5 qualified permanent4.5 including trainees and locums1,427 patients per permanent GP | 2.4 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums2,685 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.