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Priory Fields Surgery vs The Hicks Group 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?
Priory Fields Surgery and The Hicks Group 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 | Priory Fields SurgeryPE29 3RL | The Hicks Group PracticePE29 3EZ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.0likely range 73.3 to 87.793 survey answers | 83.6likely range 72.4 to 89.8103 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 | 82.5%likely range 70.2% to 90.5%, 93 answers | 84.3%likely range 68.4% to 93.1%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.8%likely range 76.7% to 84.0% | 81.8%likely range 78.7% to 84.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.2%likely range 93.0% to 98.9%, 2,197 appointments | 92.4%likely range 89.7% to 94.4%, 7,578 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 64.3%likely range 57.3% to 70.6%, 4,093 calls | 71.1%likely range 65.5% to 76.2%, 5,722 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 68.0%likely range 53.9% to 79.5%, 84 answers | 52.1%likely range 34.4% to 69.2%, 88 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.7%likely range 84.7% to 98.3%, 88 answers | 93.8%likely range 79.2% to 98.3%, 95 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 18.1%likely range 10.0% to 30.4%, 94 answers | 23.5%likely range 12.2% to 40.4%, 102 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.1%likely range 79.0% to 95.7%, 91 answers | 85.1%likely range 68.5% to 93.8%, 95 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.1%likely range 68.4% to 89.5%, 91 answers | 87.1%likely range 71.1% to 94.9%, 98 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.3%likely range 61.1% to 85.6%, 80 answers | 83.6%likely range 66.3% to 93.0%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.4%likely range 73.1% to 92.6%, 88 answers | 84.2%likely range 68.0% to 93.1%, 100 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.1%likely range 74.0% to 93.1%, 89 answers | 82.8%likely range 66.3% to 92.2%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.5%likely range 80.4% to 96.6%, 87 answers | 93.1%likely range 78.8% to 98.0%, 100 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.8%likely range 80.8% to 96.7%, 88 answers | 93.3%likely range 78.3% to 98.2%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 93.0%likely range 82.4% to 97.4%, 88 answers | 90.4%likely range 75.1% to 96.7%, 98 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.6%likely range 79.2% to 93.0%, 89 patients | 93.1%likely range 88.3% to 96.0%, 173 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.7%likely range 81.5% to 94.5%, 87 patients | 93.3%likely range 88.7% to 96.1%, 180 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 80.5%likely range 70.9% to 87.4%, 87 patients | 92.3%likely range 87.9% to 95.2%, 209 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 58.0%likely range 55.7% to 60.2%, 1,893 patients | 73.7%likely range 72.1% to 75.2%, 3,137 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 58.8%likely range 55.6% to 61.9%, 956 patients | 77.4%likely range 75.2% to 79.5%, 1,418 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,890August 2026 | 16,927August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Huntingdon PCN | Huntingdon PCN |
| Phone | 01480 413600 | 01480 453038 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 98.8% good or very good86 answers, June 2026 | 96.3% good or very good491 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,198 in August 2026Same day 30.9%; face to face 75.2% | 10,596 in August 2026Same day 45.2%; face to face 50.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.8 qualified permanent11.4 including trainees and locums1,873 patients per permanent GP | 9.4 qualified permanent14.3 including trainees and locums1,801 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.