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Preston Grove Medical Centre, Yeovil vs Diamond Health Group
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?
Preston Grove Medical Centre, Yeovil and Diamond Health Group 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 | Preston Grove Medical Centre, YeovilBA20 2BQ | Diamond Health GroupBA20 1UJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.4likely range 57.1 to 81.0111 survey answers | 69.9likely range 57.6 to 79.3110 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 | 73.7%likely range 53.3% to 87.3%, 111 answers | 69.7%likely range 52.2% to 83.0%, 110 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.9%likely range 61.4% to 70.1% | 70.2%likely range 66.3% to 73.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 69.1%likely range 61.7% to 75.6%, 2,555 appointments | 84.8%likely range 79.1% to 89.1%, 3,027 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.6%likely range 57.3% to 67.7%, 6,914 calls | 55.6%likely range 50.1% to 60.9%, 6,743 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 53.1%likely range 33.2% to 72.1%, 104 answers | 39.2%likely range 23.8% to 57.1%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 82.7%likely range 62.4% to 93.2%, 106 answers | 76.2%likely range 58.6% to 87.8%, 107 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.2%likely range 11.9% to 45.6%, 111 answers | 17.9%likely range 8.2% to 34.9%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 16.5%likely range 3.1% to 54.9%, 33 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.6%likely range 62.2% to 93.2%, 105 answers | 82.5%likely range 65.4% to 92.2%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 65.6%likely range 45.0% to 81.7%, 108 answers | 64.5%likely range 46.9% to 78.9%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 63.3%likely range 41.9% to 80.5%, 99 answers | 70.3%likely range 51.4% to 84.1%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.3%likely range 67.7% to 95.7%, 106 answers | 86.7%likely range 70.5% to 94.7%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.6%likely range 65.7% to 94.9%, 106 answers | 84.9%likely range 68.4% to 93.6%, 108 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.2%likely range 76.2% to 98.8%, 104 answers | 94.9%likely range 80.6% to 98.8%, 104 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.1%likely range 78.2% to 99.4%, 99 answers | 95.1%likely range 80.4% to 98.9%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 91.2%likely range 72.5% to 97.6%, 106 answers | 89.6%likely range 74.1% to 96.3%, 108 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.0%likely range 88.0% to 96.1%, 158 patients | 93.8%likely range 86.4% to 97.3%, 81 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.2%likely range 87.9% to 96.2%, 146 patients | 91.1%likely range 83.4% to 95.4%, 90 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.5%likely range 85.5% to 93.9%, 190 patients | 87.0%likely range 80.2% to 91.7%, 131 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.5%likely range 68.7% to 72.2%, 2,622 patients | 71.8%likely range 69.8% to 73.7%, 2,068 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.7%likely range 73.4% to 77.9%, 1,411 patients | 74.1%likely range 71.5% to 76.6%, 1,114 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 16,301August 2026 | 13,241August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Yeovil PCN | Yeovil PCN |
| Phone | 01935 474353 | 01935 470200 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 85.0% good or very good40 answers, June 2026 | 33.3% good or very good6 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,495 in August 2026Same day 32.6%; face to face 88.0% | 6,838 in August 2026Same day 25.4%; face to face 75.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.58England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 8.7 qualified permanent15.3 including trainees and locums1,885 patients per permanent GP | 5.3 qualified permanent7.6 including trainees and locums2,505 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.