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Putneymead Group Medical Practice vs Alton 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?
Putneymead Group Medical Practice and Alton 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 | Putneymead Group Medical PracticeSW15 6TQ | Alton PracticeSW15 4LE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.1likely range 52.1 to 89.996 survey answers | 86.3likely range 81.2 to 89.683 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 78.2%likely range 41.0% to 94.9%, 96 answers | 88.7%likely range 82.6% to 92.8%, 83 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.8%likely range 74.4% to 80.7% | 80.4%likely range 71.6% to 86.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 88.0%likely range 84.5% to 90.8%, 6,244 appointments | 86.4%likely range 74.3% to 93.3%, 771 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.4%likely range 61.6% to 72.7%, 5,680 calls | 74.3%likely range 61.5% to 84.0%, 1,152 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 73.9%likely range 34.7% to 93.8%, 82 answers | 74.7%likely range 66.8% to 81.2%, 76 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.0%likely range 50.7% to 98.5%, 94 answers | 89.7%likely range 83.7% to 93.7%, 79 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 20.4%likely range 4.6% to 57.8%, 96 answers | 40.3%likely range 32.9% to 48.2%, 84 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.5%likely range 50.2% to 98.6%, 89 answers | 75.6%likely range 67.7% to 82.1%, 73 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.0%likely range 43.6% to 96.4%, 92 answers | 80.7%likely range 73.5% to 86.4%, 78 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 79.7%likely range 40.6% to 95.8%, 87 answers | 84.6%likely range 77.2% to 89.9%, 69 answers |
| Being listened to | 95.9%likely range 57.2% to 99.8%, 90 answers | 93.2%likely range 87.8% to 96.3%, 77 answers |
| Care and concern | 96.1%likely range 56.9% to 99.8%, 88 answers | 87.5%likely range 81.1% to 92.0%, 78 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.5%likely range 58.0% to 99.8%, 91 answers | 94.3%likely range 89.0% to 97.1%, 73 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.7%likely range 57.6% to 99.9%, 84 answers | 80.9%likely range 73.5% to 86.6%, 76 answers |
| Needs met | 94.6%likely range 55.9% to 99.6%, 91 answers | 94.3%likely range 89.1% to 97.1%, 75 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.2%likely range 91.4% to 98.4%, 132 patients | 72.1%likely range 57.3% to 83.3%, 43 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 96.1%likely range 91.7% to 98.2%, 152 patients | 60.9%likely range 46.5% to 73.6%, 46 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.1%likely range 83.4% to 93.0%, 165 patients | 47.8%likely range 34.1% to 61.9%, 46 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 61.5%likely range 60.2% to 62.7%, 5,599 patients | 42.9%likely range 39.8% to 46.1%, 948 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.3%likely range 71.2% to 75.2%, 1,881 patients | 60.4%likely range 54.8% to 65.7%, 308 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 23,214August 2026 | 4,184August 2026 |
| Primary care network | West Wandsworth PCN | West Wandsworth PCN |
| Phone | 020 87880686 | 020 87884844 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 97.1% good or very good68 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,643 in August 2026Same day 41.9%; face to face 59.0% | 1,356 in August 2026Same day 40.0%; face to face 77.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.45England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 13.5 qualified permanent16.5 including trainees and locums1,717 patients per permanent GP | 2.1 qualified permanent3.9 including trainees and locums1,961 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.