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Parkside Medical Centre vs Bedford Street 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?
Parkside Medical Centre and Bedford Street Surgery cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Parkside Medical CentreMK3 6EN | Bedford Street SurgeryMK2 2TX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 61.895% interval 55.7 to 67.6114 survey answers | 75.595% interval 61.1 to 85.488 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 55.6%95% interval 47.2% to 63.7%, 114 answers | 72.3%95% interval 51.8% to 86.4%, 88 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 76.1%95% interval 70.5% to 80.6% | 82.9%95% interval 79.4% to 85.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 79.8%95% interval 71.0% to 86.4%, 1,574 appointments | 91.4%95% interval 86.8% to 94.4%, 3,254 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 72.3%95% interval 65.2% to 78.5%, 3,522 calls | 74.3%95% interval 69.1% to 78.8%, 6,459 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 38.5%95% interval 30.6% to 47.1%, 109 answers | 47.3%95% interval 28.5% to 67.0%, 85 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.5%95% interval 69.7% to 83.8%, 111 answers | 80.4%95% interval 59.8% to 91.9%, 84 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 19.2%95% interval 13.5% to 26.6%, 114 answers | 54.8%95% interval 35.1% to 73.1%, 87 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 17.4%95% interval 4.6% to 47.9%, 41 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.8%95% interval 70.9% to 85.0%, 107 answers | 79.9%95% interval 58.4% to 91.8%, 78 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 52.2%95% interval 43.8% to 60.4%, 113 answers | 70.0%95% interval 49.5% to 84.7%, 88 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 70.1%95% interval 61.0% to 77.9%, 92 answers | 53.5%95% interval 32.2% to 73.6%, 72 answers |
| Being listened to | 64.1%95% interval 55.5% to 71.8%, 108 answers | 82.2%95% interval 61.5% to 93.1%, 82 answers |
| Care and concern | 64.4%95% interval 55.9% to 72.1%, 109 answers | 81.2%95% interval 60.4% to 92.4%, 82 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 78.9%95% interval 71.0% to 85.2%, 105 answers | 91.9%95% interval 73.0% to 97.9%, 82 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 74.9%95% interval 66.4% to 81.9%, 100 answers | 89.1%95% interval 68.8% to 96.8%, 78 answers |
| Needs met | 77.7%95% interval 69.7% to 84.1%, 105 answers | 92.4%95% interval 73.3% to 98.2%, 80 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.7%95% interval 89.6% to 98.3%, 94 patients | 90.0%95% interval 84.6% to 93.7%, 170 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 94.0%95% interval 85.6% to 97.7%, 67 patients | 81.7%95% interval 75.5% to 86.6%, 186 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.3%95% interval 80.7% to 93.2%, 103 patients | 77.6%95% interval 71.2% to 82.9%, 192 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.9%95% interval 67.7% to 72.1%, 1,677 patients | 56.2%95% interval 54.5% to 57.9%, 3,295 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.2%95% interval 75.3% to 80.9%, 830 patients | 65.8%95% interval 63.1% to 68.5%, 1,209 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,756August 2026 | 16,147August 2026 |
| Primary care network | South West PCN | South West PCN |
| Phone | 01908 375341 | 01908 658850 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 89.2% good or very good166 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,033 in August 2026Same day 49.9%; face to face 75.2% | 5,693 in August 2026Same day 44.4%; face to face 91.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.46England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent4.4 including trainees and locums2,898 patients per permanent GP | 4.6 qualified permanent4.6 including trainees and locums3,500 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.