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Nightingale Valley Practice vs Birchwood Medical 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?
Nightingale Valley Practice and Birchwood Medical 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 | Nightingale Valley PracticeBS4 4HU | Birchwood Medical PracticeBS4 4HU |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 70.6likely range 62.2 to 76.8106 survey answers | 75.3likely range 70.4 to 79.3106 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 | 78.0%likely range 66.0% to 86.7%, 106 answers | 80.0%likely range 73.4% to 85.4%, 106 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 53.3%likely range 49.3% to 57.2% | 64.1%likely range 58.7% to 68.9%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 59.7%likely range 53.9% to 65.2%, 4,340 appointments | 72.0%likely range 63.7% to 79.0%, 1,993 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 46.8%likely range 41.4% to 52.4%, 6,505 calls | 56.1%likely range 49.3% to 62.7%, 4,323 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 27.9%likely range 17.7% to 41.0%, 97 answers | 54.6%likely range 47.0% to 62.0%, 103 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.7%likely range 69.7% to 89.6%, 101 answers | 80.5%likely range 73.8% to 85.8%, 104 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 27.1%likely range 17.5% to 39.5%, 107 answers | 41.4%likely range 34.3% to 48.9%, 106 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 59.0%likely range 47.0% to 70.1%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.8%likely range 72.2% to 91.1%, 103 answers | 82.1%likely range 75.7% to 87.2%, 106 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 57.3%likely range 44.7% to 69.0%, 107 answers | 70.5%likely range 63.3% to 76.8%, 107 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 59.0%likely range 45.4% to 71.3%, 93 answers | 48.1%likely range 40.2% to 56.1%, 93 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.0%likely range 80.8% to 96.0%, 103 answers | 84.5%likely range 78.2% to 89.3%, 102 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.3%likely range 81.2% to 96.2%, 104 answers | 88.9%likely range 83.1% to 92.8%, 102 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.8%likely range 83.2% to 97.1%, 104 answers | 92.6%likely range 87.5% to 95.7%, 101 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.4%likely range 81.0% to 96.4%, 97 answers | 92.4%likely range 87.1% to 95.6%, 97 answers |
| Needs met | 91.8%likely range 81.6% to 96.6%, 99 answers | 90.8%likely range 85.4% to 94.3%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.9%likely range 84.8% to 94.7%, 132 patients | 93.8%likely range 87.8% to 97.0%, 113 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.0%likely range 84.2% to 95.0%, 111 patients | 86.8%likely range 79.9% to 91.6%, 129 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.3%likely range 78.1% to 90.4%, 129 patients | 86.2%likely range 79.0% to 91.2%, 123 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.3%likely range 69.7% to 72.9%, 2,936 patients | 73.4%likely range 71.5% to 75.3%, 2,083 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.5%likely range 70.9% to 75.9%, 1,161 patients | 73.1%likely range 69.5% to 76.5%, 603 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 14,533August 2026 | 8,828August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Connexus PCN | Connexus PCN |
| Phone | 0117 3304300 | 0117 3304223 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 89.7% good or very good262 answers, June 2026 | 93.5% good or very good77 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,175 in August 2026Same day 29.8%; face to face 71.7% | 3,119 in August 2026Same day 26.5%; face to face 57.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.51England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.52England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.6 qualified permanent8.3 including trainees and locums2,206 patients per permanent GP | 3.4 qualified permanent4.3 including trainees and locums2,570 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.