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Richmond Medical Centre vs The Woodland Medical 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?
Richmond Medical Centre and The Woodland Medical 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.
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| Measure | Richmond Medical CentreLN6 9AY | The Woodland Medical PracticeLN6 0QQ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.3likely range 63.0 to 88.0103 survey answers | 61.8likely range 56.5 to 66.9130 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 | 84.2%likely range 59.6% to 95.1%, 103 answers | 79.8%likely range 73.7% to 84.8%, 130 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.0%likely range 65.7% to 75.4%Clearly higher | 19.5%likely range 9.4% to 32.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.5%likely range 75.2% to 84.9%, 3,946 appointmentsClearly higher | 29.0%likely range 18.9% to 41.7%, 884 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 49.8%likely range 26.9% to 72.9%, 97 answers | 63.4%likely range 56.3% to 69.9%, 125 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.0%likely range 71.0% to 99.0%, 101 answers | 92.2%likely range 87.6% to 95.2%, 129 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 10.2%likely range 2.4% to 34.0%, 103 answers | 35.4%likely range 29.0% to 42.4%, 127 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 32.4%likely range 22.2% to 44.7%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 94.0%likely range 71.1% to 99.0%, 102 answers | 84.4%likely range 78.7% to 88.9%, 127 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 87.8%likely range 63.6% to 96.7%, 103 answers | 74.5%likely range 68.0% to 80.1%, 128 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 84.4%likely range 58.5% to 95.4%, 95 answers | 84.5%likely range 78.5% to 89.1%, 116 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.6%likely range 71.6% to 99.2%, 100 answers | 91.1%likely range 86.2% to 94.3%, 129 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.5%likely range 69.0% to 98.6%, 101 answers | 87.2%likely range 81.8% to 91.1%, 129 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.1%likely range 75.0% to 99.7%, 100 answers | 96.3%likely range 92.6% to 98.2%, 128 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.7%likely range 73.8% to 99.7%, 96 answers | 96.3%likely range 92.5% to 98.2%, 122 answers |
| Needs met | 94.1%likely range 71.1% to 99.0%, 101 answers | 91.8%likely range 87.1% to 94.9%, 128 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.8%likely range 87.5% to 95.9%, 152 patients | 91.5%likely range 82.8% to 96.1%, 71 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.8%likely range 85.4% to 94.3%, 163 patients | 83.3%likely range 70.4% to 91.3%, 48 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.0%likely range 85.2% to 93.4%, 210 patients | 93.8%likely range 86.4% to 97.3%, 81 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.1%likely range 73.5% to 76.6%, 3,057 patients | 69.8%likely range 67.2% to 72.3%, 1,222 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.7%likely range 76.7% to 80.6%, 1,726 patients | 73.3%likely range 69.7% to 76.5%, 643 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 19,013August 2026 | 7,540August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Apex PCN Ltd | Apex PCN Ltd |
| Phone | 01522 500240 | 01522 305727 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.2% good or very good204 answers, June 2026 | 80.6% good or very good31 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,615 in August 2026Same day 33.9%; face to face 72.7% | 3,170 in August 2026Same day 46.7%; face to face 65.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.97England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.7 qualified permanent8.8 including trainees and locums3,363 patients per permanent GP | 3.3 qualified permanent3.3 including trainees and locums2,289 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | 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.