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Preston Park Surgery vs Stanford 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?
Preston Park Surgery and Stanford 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 | Preston Park SurgeryBN1 6DP | Stanford Medical CentreBN1 6AG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.2likely range 63.6 to 78.9115 survey answers | 80.2likely range 61.0 to 88.895 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 | 73.4%likely range 61.2% to 82.8%, 115 answers | 82.3%likely range 55.0% to 94.6%, 95 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 69.2%likely range 65.3% to 72.8% | 75.0%likely range 71.2% to 78.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 86.9%likely range 82.4% to 90.4%, 4,167 appointments | 82.0%likely range 76.4% to 86.5%, 3,397 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 51.4%likely range 45.0% to 57.7%, 4,848 calls | 68.0%likely range 62.8% to 72.8%, 6,950 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 39.6%likely range 28.0% to 52.6%, 107 answers | 71.0%likely range 43.3% to 88.7%, 91 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.1%likely range 78.5% to 94.9%, 108 answers | 96.2%likely range 70.3% to 99.6%, 89 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 43.7%likely range 32.0% to 56.2%, 115 answers | 32.4%likely range 13.5% to 59.6%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 39.4%likely range 22.9% to 58.9%, 48 answers | 44.4%likely range 13.0% to 81.1%, 34 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.3%likely range 71.5% to 90.9%, 105 answers | 83.4%likely range 55.5% to 95.3%, 91 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.2%likely range 56.6% to 79.5%, 111 answers | 84.5%likely range 57.0% to 95.8%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 55.8%likely range 42.8% to 68.0%, 106 answers | 65.3%likely range 37.7% to 85.4%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.1%likely range 76.2% to 93.4%, 110 answers | 98.7%likely range 74.5% to 100.0%, 92 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.2%likely range 73.6% to 92.2%, 105 answers | 96.4%likely range 71.1% to 99.6%, 92 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 84.6%likely range 73.1% to 91.8%, 107 answers | 100.0%likely range 76.4% to 100.0%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 86.8%likely range 75.4% to 93.4%, 104 answers | 95.0%likely range 68.8% to 99.4%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 86.6%likely range 75.5% to 93.1%, 108 answers | 98.0%likely range 72.9% to 99.9%, 89 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.0%likely range 84.6% to 97.0%, 71 patients | 83.7%likely range 74.5% to 90.0%, 86 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.7%likely range 86.9% to 97.1%, 95 patients | 77.8%likely range 69.1% to 84.6%, 108 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.5%likely range 81.3% to 94.4%, 86 patients | 78.5%likely range 71.3% to 84.4%, 149 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.7%likely range 68.9% to 72.5%, 2,397 patients | 59.3%likely range 57.5% to 61.0%, 2,953 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.5%likely range 78.3% to 82.6%, 1,259 patients | 77.0%likely range 74.7% to 79.2%, 1,314 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,684August 2026 | 16,745August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Preston Park Community PCN | Preston Park Community PCN |
| Phone | 01273 559601 | 01273 506361 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.8% good or very good405 answers, June 2026 | 94.3% good or very good335 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,553 in August 2026Same day 63.0%; face to face 39.8% | 4,726 in August 2026Same day 36.9%; face to face 69.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.54England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.41England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.3 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums2,399 patients per permanent GP | 9.2 qualified permanent12.2 including trainees and locums1,821 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.