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Mossley & Dudley Fields Medical Practice vs Lower Farm Health 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?
Mossley & Dudley Fields Medical Practice and Lower Farm Health 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 | Mossley & Dudley Fields Medical PracticeWS3 2TA | Lower Farm Health CentreWS3 3RT |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.9likely range 67.4 to 79.195 survey answers | 78.6likely range 75.6 to 80.5120 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 76.1%likely range 67.5% to 82.9%, 95 answers | 73.9%likely range 71.9% to 75.7%, 120 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 68.7%likely range 60.7% to 75.0% | 89.4%likely range 80.7% to 94.0%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 78.2%likely range 70.2% to 84.5%, 1,951 appointments | 98.2%likely range 88.5% to 99.8%, 627 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 80.4%likely range 66.0% to 89.6%, 872 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 53.7%likely range 44.3% to 62.7%, 90 answers | 75.9%likely range 73.9% to 77.8%, 111 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.5%likely range 76.7% to 90.1%, 93 answers | 82.3%likely range 80.5% to 83.9%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 42.3%likely range 33.7% to 51.5%, 94 answers | 23.5%likely range 21.7% to 25.5%, 117 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 47.7%likely range 35.0% to 60.7%, 46 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.2%likely range 77.3% to 90.7%, 89 answers | 85.9%likely range 84.3% to 87.4%, 120 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.1%likely range 59.1% to 76.0%, 94 answers | 78.2%likely range 76.3% to 80.0%, 120 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 62.6%likely range 52.7% to 71.5%, 81 answers | 67.6%likely range 65.3% to 69.7%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.8%likely range 79.2% to 91.9%, 91 answers | 79.9%likely range 78.0% to 81.6%, 115 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.1%likely range 76.2% to 89.8%, 91 answers | 82.2%likely range 80.4% to 83.9%, 116 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.6%likely range 81.2% to 93.3%, 90 answers | 90.9%likely range 89.5% to 92.1%, 113 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.8%likely range 80.2% to 92.7%, 89 answers | 87.1%likely range 85.5% to 88.5%, 112 answers |
| Needs met | 87.5%likely range 79.9% to 92.5%, 89 answers | 91.8%likely range 90.5% to 93.0%, 116 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.2%likely range 81.1% to 96.2%, 57 patients | 72.7%likely range 51.8% to 86.8%, 22 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.5%likely range 80.6% to 94.6%, 76 patients | 80.0%likely range 49.0% to 94.3%, 10 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 84.8%likely range 75.3% to 91.1%, 79 patients | 85.2%likely range 67.5% to 94.1%, 27 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.8%likely range 74.2% to 79.3%, 1,041 patients | 71.5%likely range 65.8% to 76.5%, 270 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.1%likely range 76.0% to 83.7%, 412 patients | 79.2%likely range 72.5% to 84.6%, 173 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,828August 2026 | 1,952August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Walsall North PCN | Walsall North PCN |
| Phone | 01922 477226 | 01922 476640 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 97.1% good or very good174 answers, June 2026 | 4 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,496 in August 2026Same day 33.6%; face to face 83.3% | 889 in August 2026Same day 37.8%; face to face 77.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.02England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent4.2 including trainees and locums1,388 patients per permanent GP | 0.5 qualified permanent0.7 including trainees and locums |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Outstanding | 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.