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Parkfield Medical Centre vs Highview 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?
Parkfield Medical Centre and Highview 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 | Parkfield Medical CentreEN6 1QH | Highview Medical CentreEN6 5DA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.8likely range 69.2 to 82.9115 survey answers | 75.5likely range 68.5 to 81.097 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 | 72.6%likely range 61.7% to 81.2%, 115 answers | 77.0%likely range 67.3% to 84.6%, 97 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.6%likely range 83.4% to 89.0%Clearly higher | 71.7%likely range 66.3% to 76.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 95.2%likely range 91.3% to 97.4%, 3,033 appointmentsClearly higher | 77.4%likely range 69.7% to 83.6%, 2,118 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 77.8%likely range 72.8% to 82.2%, 6,208 calls | 65.9%likely range 58.2% to 72.9%, 3,244 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 45.3%likely range 34.7% to 56.4%, 115 answers | 55.6%likely range 45.1% to 65.5%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.5%likely range 78.3% to 93.2%, 114 answers | 86.8%likely range 78.2% to 92.3%, 97 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.5%likely range 24.8% to 45.5%, 115 answers | 28.5%likely range 20.1% to 38.6%, 97 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 16.5%likely range 6.7% to 35.1%, 39 answers | 42.3%likely range 25.5% to 61.1%, 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.3%likely range 66.7% to 85.3%, 112 answers | 73.4%likely range 63.2% to 81.7%, 93 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.4%likely range 55.3% to 76.0%, 114 answers | 60.9%likely range 50.4% to 70.4%, 96 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.5%likely range 66.0% to 85.9%, 98 answers | 74.4%likely range 64.3% to 82.5%, 94 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.9%likely range 81.0% to 94.9%, 111 answers | 89.9%likely range 81.7% to 94.7%, 94 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.4%likely range 76.8% to 92.4%, 112 answers | 84.4%likely range 75.3% to 90.5%, 96 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.4%likely range 86.7% to 97.7%, 112 answers | 92.5%likely range 85.0% to 96.4%, 96 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.1%likely range 79.7% to 94.4%, 105 answers | 96.1%likely range 89.4% to 98.6%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 89.1%likely range 80.1% to 94.3%, 112 answers | 90.8%likely range 83.0% to 95.3%, 97 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.4%likely range 85.5% to 97.2%, 76 patients | 84.4%likely range 75.6% to 90.5%, 90 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 80.7%likely range 71.2% to 87.6%, 88 patients | 82.4%likely range 73.8% to 88.5%, 102 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 81.7%likely range 73.2% to 88.0%, 104 patients | 69.5%likely range 60.2% to 77.5%, 105 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.2%likely range 72.3% to 76.1%, 1,964 patients | 70.3%likely range 68.2% to 72.3%, 1,885 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 82.9%likely range 80.6% to 85.0%, 1,165 patients | 81.6%likely range 79.0% to 84.0%, 903 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,442August 2026 | 10,076August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Potters Bar PCN | Potters Bar PCN |
| Phone | 01707 291041 | 01707 871980 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.0% good or very good470 answers, June 2026 | 88.5% good or very good96 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,979 in August 2026Same day 43.4%; face to face 65.5% | 3,467 in August 2026Same day 40.2%; face to face 69.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.0 qualified permanent8.2 including trainees and locums2,064 patients per permanent GP | 5.2 qualified permanent8.6 including trainees and locums1,933 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.