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Parkfield Medical Centre vs The Castle 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?
Parkfield Medical Centre and The Castle 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 | Parkfield Medical CentreB36 9EJ | The Castle PracticeB36 0HH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 83.7likely range 80.6 to 86.2105 survey answers | 78.6likely range 68.7 to 85.998 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 81.1%likely range 77.4% to 84.3%, 105 answers | 73.6%likely range 59.6% to 84.0%, 98 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.6%likely range 83.9% to 93.1% | 90.0%likely range 85.7% to 92.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.4%likely range 91.8% to 99.7%, 1,037 appointments | 98.5%likely range 91.6% to 99.7%, 969 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.8%likely range 71.4% to 87.6%, 1,860 calls | 81.5%likely range 76.4% to 85.6%, 5,661 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 70.3%likely range 66.1% to 74.1%, 106 answers | 47.9%likely range 34.4% to 61.8%, 97 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.4%likely range 92.0% to 96.1%, 106 answers | 90.0%likely range 78.2% to 95.8%, 96 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.5%likely range 24.6% to 32.6%, 103 answers | 32.5%likely range 21.0% to 46.6%, 99 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 43.7%likely range 35.8% to 51.9%, 32 answers | 27.6%likely range 11.5% to 52.7%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 93.2%likely range 90.6% to 95.1%, 104 answers | 81.8%likely range 68.3% to 90.4%, 94 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.7%likely range 78.0% to 84.8%, 106 answers | 70.1%likely range 55.9% to 81.2%, 97 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 74.5%likely range 70.4% to 78.3%, 98 answers | 78.7%likely range 64.2% to 88.5%, 86 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.3%likely range 80.8% to 87.3%, 105 answers | 81.9%likely range 68.4% to 90.4%, 95 answers |
| Care and concern | 77.2%likely range 73.3% to 80.7%, 105 answers | 82.2%likely range 68.8% to 90.6%, 95 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.5%likely range 94.5% to 97.8%, 105 answers | 92.0%likely range 80.4% to 97.0%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.0%likely range 92.7% to 96.7%, 101 answers | 88.3%likely range 75.4% to 94.9%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 93.4%likely range 90.8% to 95.2%, 106 answers | 86.6%likely range 74.1% to 93.6%, 97 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 85.0%likely range 70.9% to 92.9%, 40 patients | 87.4%likely range 79.2% to 92.6%, 95 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 78.4%likely range 62.8% to 88.6%, 37 patients | 77.8%likely range 66.9% to 85.8%, 72 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.4%likely range 71.6% to 93.1%, 41 patients | 83.5%likely range 76.2% to 88.8%, 133 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.4%likely range 71.7% to 78.7%, 581 patients | 75.7%likely range 73.6% to 77.8%, 1,649 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.1%likely range 72.9% to 82.5%, 283 patients | 83.5%likely range 81.0% to 85.6%, 1,004 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 3,689August 2026 | 10,538August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Solihull PCN | North Solihull PCN |
| Phone | 0121 7495757 | 0121 7472422 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 89.8% good or very good118 answers, June 2026 | 87.3% good or very good134 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,803 in August 2026Same day 15.1%; face to face 73.2% | 6,648 in August 2026Same day 69.3%; face to face 46.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.2 qualified permanent1.2 including trainees and locums3,074 patients per permanent GP | 4.6 qualified permanent6.7 including trainees and locums2,311 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.