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Mount Chambers Medical Practice vs Blyth's Meadow Surgery
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?
Blyth's Meadow Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Mount Chambers Medical Practice’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Mount Chambers Medical PracticeCM7 9BY | Blyth's Meadow SurgeryCM7 3JN |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 65.3likely range 55.3 to 73.9120 survey answers | 83.8likely range 76.7 to 88.1117 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 64.0%likely range 49.8% to 76.2%, 120 answers | 87.2%likely range 77.4% to 93.1%, 117 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 68.3%likely range 64.9% to 71.5% | 75.6%likely range 69.4% to 80.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.3%likely range 86.1% to 93.3%, 4,042 appointments | 85.1%likely range 78.9% to 89.7%, 2,576 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 46.2%likely range 40.9% to 51.7%, 6,700 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 34.7%likely range 22.5% to 49.3%, 113 answers | 67.2%likely range 55.1% to 77.4%, 108 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.5%likely range 71.5% to 92.2%, 117 answers | 84.1%likely range 73.6% to 90.9%, 113 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 23.8%likely range 14.0% to 37.5%, 121 answers | 48.5%likely range 37.2% to 60.1%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 35.3%likely range 14.8% to 63.1%, 31 answers | 74.4%likely range 58.0% to 85.9%, 59 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.7%likely range 73.1% to 94.0%, 103 answers | 85.5%likely range 75.2% to 92.0%, 113 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.7%likely range 54.5% to 80.1%, 119 answers | 79.0%likely range 68.1% to 87.0%, 115 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.8%likely range 51.2% to 79.4%, 100 answers | 85.8%likely range 75.4% to 92.3%, 109 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.2%likely range 66.3% to 89.2%, 113 answers | 85.7%likely range 75.6% to 92.1%, 115 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.0%likely range 66.8% to 90.1%, 107 answers | 85.9%likely range 75.8% to 92.2%, 115 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.6%likely range 82.4% to 97.9%, 112 answers | 94.3%likely range 86.0% to 97.8%, 114 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.2%likely range 82.6% to 98.2%, 105 answers | 94.1%likely range 85.6% to 97.7%, 111 answers |
| Needs met | 89.6%likely range 77.5% to 95.6%, 114 answers | 93.6%likely range 85.2% to 97.4%, 114 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.2%likely range 87.2% to 96.5%, 118 patients | 83.6%likely range 76.4% to 88.9%, 134 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.9%likely range 83.2% to 94.1%, 119 patients | 81.4%likely range 73.4% to 87.4%, 118 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.5%likely range 78.9% to 91.6%, 111 patients | 78.0%likely range 69.3% to 84.7%, 109 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.2%likely range 68.2% to 72.1%, 2,184 patients | 66.7%likely range 64.7% to 68.7%, 2,147 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.3%likely range 73.8% to 78.6%, 1,230 patients | 71.7%likely range 68.9% to 74.4%, 1,018 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,698August 2026 | 11,338August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Braintree PCN Ltd | Braintree PCN Ltd |
| Phone | 01376 553415 | 01376 552508 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 66.7% good or very good12 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,711 in August 2026Same day 45.8%; face to face 64.1% | 3,151 in August 2026Same day 37.1%; face to face 80.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.12England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.5 qualified permanent11.1 including trainees and locums3,058 patients per permanent GP | 3.0 qualified permanent3.0 including trainees and locums3,730 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.