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Otford Medical Practice vs St John's 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?
Otford Medical Practice and St John's 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 | Otford Medical PracticeTN14 5RB | St John's Medical PracticeTN13 3NT |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.1likely range 63.2 to 79.499 survey answers | 73.5likely range 68.7 to 77.5127 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 69.2%likely range 56.5% to 79.5%, 99 answers | 67.5%likely range 61.1% to 73.2%, 127 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.8%likely range 74.9% to 82.1% | 87.2%likely range 81.6% to 89.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.8%likely range 82.3% to 91.8%, 2,825 appointments | 96.7%likely range 91.1% to 98.8%, 1,530 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.7%likely range 64.0% to 74.9%, 5,667 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 59.5%likely range 46.1% to 71.5%, 91 answers | 40.2%likely range 33.9% to 46.9%, 120 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 76.3%likely range 63.8% to 85.5%, 96 answers | 83.4%likely range 77.9% to 87.7%, 124 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.6%likely range 19.4% to 42.3%, 98 answers | 23.7%likely range 18.6% to 29.7%, 126 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 32.0%likely range 15.0% to 55.8%, 30 answers | 30.1%likely range 20.0% to 42.7%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.6%likely range 66.0% to 87.4%, 92 answers | 85.0%likely range 79.6% to 89.1%, 121 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 62.8%likely range 49.9% to 74.2%, 97 answers | 64.8%likely range 58.3% to 70.7%, 125 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 69.1%likely range 55.7% to 79.8%, 90 answers | 76.9%likely range 70.7% to 82.2%, 114 answers |
| Being listened to | 78.1%likely range 65.9% to 86.7%, 99 answers | 82.6%likely range 77.0% to 87.1%, 120 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.6%likely range 68.7% to 88.7%, 98 answers | 81.1%likely range 75.4% to 85.8%, 121 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.2%likely range 78.6% to 94.9%, 97 answers | 91.6%likely range 87.0% to 94.6%, 118 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.7%likely range 73.8% to 92.7%, 89 answers | 90.8%likely range 86.0% to 94.1%, 112 answers |
| Needs met | 88.2%likely range 77.2% to 94.2%, 95 answers | 87.4%likely range 82.3% to 91.1%, 122 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.6%likely range 83.5% to 94.8%, 106 patients | 86.2%likely range 75.7% to 92.5%, 65 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.0%likely range 77.2% to 90.4%, 113 patients | 83.8%likely range 73.8% to 90.5%, 74 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.5%likely range 81.7% to 93.0%, 122 patients | 82.1%likely range 72.1% to 89.0%, 78 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.8%likely range 73.7% to 77.7%, 1,683 patients | 62.9%likely range 60.4% to 65.4%, 1,392 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.9%likely range 77.5% to 82.1%, 1,163 patients | 68.1%likely range 64.8% to 71.3%, 775 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,746August 2026 | 8,152August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Sevenoaks PCN | Sevenoaks PCN |
| Phone | 01959 524633 | 01732 747203 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 86.0% good or very good100 answers, June 2026 | 84.9% good or very good73 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,298 in August 2026Same day 63.2%; face to face 61.7% | 2,450 in August 2026Same day 42.2%; face to face 64.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.0 qualified permanent6.9 including trainees and locums1,953 patients per permanent GP | 2.4 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums3,384 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Requires improvement |
“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.