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Queensway Medical Centre vs Albany House 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?
Queensway Medical Centre and Albany House 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 | Queensway Medical CentreNN8 3QE | Albany House Medical CentreNN8 4RW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.7likely range 71.5 to 85.6114 survey answers | 73.5likely range 58.3 to 84.7100 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 | 78.6%likely range 67.0% to 86.9%, 114 answers | 67.7%likely range 46.0% to 83.7%, 100 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.1%likely range 78.5% to 85.2% | 86.8%likely range 84.7% to 88.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.5%likely range 94.1% to 97.9%, 5,696 appointments | 96.3%likely range 94.2% to 97.7%, 7,068 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.6%likely range 60.9% to 73.7%, 4,216 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 47.0%likely range 34.5% to 59.8%, 101 answers | 47.3%likely range 26.6% to 68.9%, 87 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.9%likely range 70.5% to 89.6%, 110 answers | 86.2%likely range 64.3% to 95.6%, 91 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.9%likely range 24.2% to 47.3%, 112 answers | 19.1%likely range 7.6% to 40.3%, 101 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 20.1%likely range 7.6% to 43.5%, 33 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.6%likely range 67.8% to 87.9%, 108 answers | 84.6%likely range 62.4% to 94.8%, 91 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.8%likely range 54.5% to 77.1%, 114 answers | 76.0%likely range 53.8% to 89.6%, 96 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 85.1%likely range 73.9% to 92.0%, 107 answers | 77.0%likely range 53.4% to 90.7%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.3%likely range 75.5% to 92.8%, 110 answers | 86.9%likely range 65.5% to 95.9%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.2%likely range 69.8% to 89.0%, 112 answers | 85.6%likely range 64.0% to 95.2%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.0%likely range 86.5% to 98.3%, 112 answers | 94.3%likely range 74.5% to 98.9%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.8%likely range 76.8% to 94.0%, 102 answers | 97.1%likely range 77.9% to 99.7%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 89.2%likely range 79.1% to 94.7%, 113 answers | 85.8%likely range 64.0% to 95.4%, 92 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.9%likely range 74.9% to 87.4%, 144 patients | 88.3%likely range 83.2% to 92.0%, 205 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.1%likely range 76.4% to 88.2%, 154 patients | 83.1%likely range 77.4% to 87.6%, 207 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 67.8%likely range 60.5% to 74.4%, 171 patients | 78.9%likely range 73.1% to 83.8%, 223 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.0%likely range 67.2% to 70.7%, 2,570 patients | 52.9%likely range 51.2% to 54.5%, 3,526 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.1%likely range 69.4% to 74.6%, 1,143 patients | 59.7%likely range 57.2% to 62.1%, 1,513 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 14,810August 2026 | 19,794August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Wellingborough & District PCN | Wellingborough & District PCN |
| Phone | 01933 420777 | 01933 234900 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.8% good or very good579 answers, June 2026 | 98.0% good or very good100 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 8,319 in August 2026Same day 23.0%; face to face 53.2% | 10,271 in August 2026Same day 63.6%; face to face 42.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.6 qualified permanent9.4 including trainees and locums2,234 patients per permanent GP | 8.2 qualified permanent15.4 including trainees and locums2,423 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.