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Pikes Lane 1 vs Swan Lane 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?
Pikes Lane 1 and Swan Lane 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 | Pikes Lane 1BL3 5HP | Swan Lane Medical CentreBL3 6TL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 85.8likely range 78.2 to 90.297 survey answers | 82.6likely range 72.2 to 89.198 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 | 87.0%likely range 76.4% to 93.2%, 97 answers | 81.0%likely range 66.3% to 90.2%, 98 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.7%likely range 78.1% to 86.2% | 86.1%likely range 81.8% to 89.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 86.3%likely range 80.1% to 90.8%, 2,421 appointments | 88.0%likely range 81.5% to 92.5%, 2,071 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 78.9%likely range 72.3% to 84.3%, 3,616 calls | 84.1%likely range 78.4% to 88.5%, 4,179 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 60.1%likely range 47.5% to 71.5%, 94 answers | 59.7%likely range 44.0% to 73.6%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.7%likely range 75.8% to 93.1%, 93 answers | 81.4%likely range 66.5% to 90.7%, 94 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 45.3%likely range 33.4% to 57.7%, 94 answers | 55.3%likely range 40.0% to 69.7%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 42.3%likely range 25.2% to 61.5%, 40 answers | 47.3%likely range 28.7% to 66.7%, 57 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.4%likely range 79.0% to 95.0%, 92 answers | 74.1%likely range 58.1% to 85.6%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.6%likely range 70.0% to 89.4%, 94 answers | 80.3%likely range 65.1% to 90.0%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 82.6%likely range 70.3% to 90.4%, 84 answers | 58.3%likely range 41.9% to 73.1%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.0%likely range 73.7% to 92.0%, 91 answers | 93.8%likely range 81.8% to 98.1%, 97 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.7%likely range 75.7% to 93.1%, 92 answers | 87.4%likely range 73.5% to 94.6%, 95 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.6%likely range 81.6% to 96.4%, 90 answers | 97.1%likely range 86.3% to 99.5%, 95 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 86.0%likely range 74.5% to 92.8%, 87 answers | 91.3%likely range 78.4% to 96.8%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 91.0%likely range 80.9% to 96.0%, 91 answers | 94.2%likely range 81.7% to 98.3%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 79.3%likely range 67.2% to 87.7%, 58 patients | 86.8%likely range 79.4% to 91.9%, 114 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.6%likely range 73.9% to 91.4%, 65 patients | 85.9%likely range 79.1% to 90.8%, 135 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 74.6%likely range 63.4% to 83.3%, 71 patients | 86.3%likely range 79.1% to 91.3%, 124 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 55.4%likely range 52.4% to 58.4%, 1,081 patients | 49.9%likely range 47.6% to 52.3%, 1,696 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 63.6%likely range 59.7% to 67.3%, 604 patients | 64.0%likely range 60.3% to 67.6%, 659 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,111August 2026 | 9,619August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Rumworth PCN | Rumworth PCN |
| Phone | 01204 463636 | 01204 661600 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.9% good or very good154 answers, June 2026 | 91.9% good or very good236 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,814 in August 2026Same day 43.1%; face to face 94.0% | 4,599 in August 2026Same day 30.5%; face to face 71.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.4 qualified permanent4.3 including trainees and locums2,963 patients per permanent GP | 3.1 qualified permanent3.1 including trainees and locums3,070 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.