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Queens Park Health Centre vs King Street Surgery
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?
Queens Park Health Centre and King Street Surgery 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 | Queens Park Health CentreMK40 4HR | King Street SurgeryMK42 8QD |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 69.7likely range 54.6 to 81.7107 survey answers | 76.6likely range 63.8 to 85.1111 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 | 63.7%likely range 42.1% to 80.8%, 107 answers | 75.4%likely range 57.2% to 87.5%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.6%likely range 81.2% to 85.8% | 79.1%likely range 76.3% to 81.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 99.4%likely range 98.6% to 99.7%, 12,794 appointments | 99.9%likely range 99.0% to 100.0%, 7,507 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.7%likely range 63.0% to 72.1%, 8,460 calls | 58.2%likely range 52.7% to 63.6%, 6,541 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 51.6%likely range 30.4% to 72.3%, 96 answers | 38.2%likely range 22.1% to 57.3%, 101 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.4%likely range 62.9% to 94.5%, 103 answers | 66.6%likely range 48.1% to 81.1%, 109 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.2%likely range 15.4% to 53.0%, 107 answers | 37.0%likely range 21.8% to 55.3%, 111 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 31.7%likely range 10.6% to 64.4%, 34 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.3%likely range 64.8% to 95.6%, 100 answers | 81.0%likely range 62.6% to 91.5%, 104 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 72.1%likely range 49.8% to 87.0%, 103 answers | 73.4%likely range 54.8% to 86.2%, 108 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.0%likely range 42.1% to 83.9%, 87 answers | 70.0%likely range 50.6% to 84.2%, 100 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.8%likely range 67.3% to 96.8%, 97 answers | 87.3%likely range 70.1% to 95.2%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.5%likely range 61.1% to 94.2%, 97 answers | 81.9%likely range 63.8% to 92.1%, 106 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.6%likely range 73.3% to 98.7%, 97 answers | 90.6%likely range 74.1% to 97.0%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 86.3%likely range 63.4% to 95.8%, 91 answers | 89.6%likely range 72.2% to 96.6%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 92.7%likely range 72.6% to 98.4%, 100 answers | 86.1%likely range 68.8% to 94.6%, 107 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.4%likely range 86.5% to 93.2%, 301 patients | 90.1%likely range 84.5% to 93.8%, 161 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.4%likely range 79.9% to 88.0%, 307 patients | 88.1%likely range 82.4% to 92.1%, 176 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.5%likely range 82.4% to 89.8%, 334 patients | 83.7%likely range 78.0% to 88.2%, 203 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.9%likely range 65.5% to 68.2%, 4,382 patients | 58.9%likely range 57.3% to 60.6%, 3,438 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.2%likely range 73.0% to 77.3%, 1,572 patients | 66.7%likely range 64.5% to 68.9%, 1,831 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 22,615August 2026 | 20,935August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Caritas Medical PCN | Caritas Medical PCN |
| Phone | 01234 351661 | 01234 852222 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 94.5% good or very good220 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 17,575 in August 2026Same day 62.3%; face to face 41.7% | 11,682 in August 2026Same day 55.6%; face to face 41.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.7 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums4,000 patients per permanent GP | 9.7 qualified permanent13.6 including trainees and locums2,150 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.