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Riverside Surgery vs The Peel 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?
Riverside Surgery and The Peel 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Riverside SurgeryB79 7BH | The Peel Medical PracticeB79 7DJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.2likely range 67.6 to 73.8104 survey answers | 81.9likely range 59.8 to 90.784 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 64.0%likely range 60.5% to 67.3%, 104 answers | 83.4%likely range 51.9% to 95.9%, 84 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.7%likely range 79.2% to 92.0% | 78.2%likely range 74.7% to 81.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.8%likely range 84.9% to 99.7%, 454 appointments | 88.5%likely range 84.8% to 91.5%, 5,404 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 77.5%likely range 66.3% to 85.8%, 1,416 calls | 67.7%likely range 61.8% to 73.1%, 5,448 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 84.8%likely range 81.9% to 87.3%, 95 answers | 61.9%likely range 31.4% to 85.2%, 78 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.9%likely range 82.1% to 87.3%, 100 answers | 91.7%likely range 60.1% to 98.8%, 81 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.7%likely range 23.6% to 30.0%, 102 answers | 38.7%likely range 15.7% to 68.1%, 84 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.6%likely range 81.7% to 87.2%, 92 answers | 90.2%likely range 57.8% to 98.4%, 78 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.4%likely range 62.8% to 69.8%, 97 answers | 77.2%likely range 45.4% to 93.3%, 82 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 74.2%likely range 70.5% to 77.5%, 86 answers | 61.4%likely range 30.4% to 85.3%, 74 answers |
| Being listened to | 63.9%likely range 60.3% to 67.4%, 96 answers | 86.1%likely range 53.8% to 97.1%, 80 answers |
| Care and concern | 66.2%likely range 62.5% to 69.6%, 95 answers | 86.3%likely range 54.0% to 97.1%, 80 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 71.4%likely range 67.8% to 74.7%, 93 answers | 91.2%likely range 59.7% to 98.7%, 81 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 78.0%likely range 74.6% to 81.1%, 87 answers | 78.4%likely range 45.9% to 93.9%, 79 answers |
| Needs met | 67.4%likely range 63.7% to 70.8%, 92 answers | 87.3%likely range 55.5% to 97.4%, 82 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.7%likely range 74.2% to 97.7%, 24 patients | 92.5%likely range 85.9% to 96.2%, 107 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 80.8%likely range 62.1% to 91.5%, 26 patients | 84.9%likely range 77.4% to 90.2%, 119 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 68.2%likely range 47.3% to 83.6%, 22 patients | 83.8%likely range 76.9% to 89.0%, 142 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.5%likely range 62.8% to 71.8%, 415 patients | 70.6%likely range 68.8% to 72.4%, 2,373 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 65.5%likely range 58.2% to 72.2%, 174 patients | 70.3%likely range 67.8% to 72.8%, 1,271 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 2,400August 2026 | 14,092August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Mercian PCN | Mercian PCN |
| Phone | 01827 66676 | 01827 50575 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.4% good or very good66 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 872 in August 2026Same day 27.5%; face to face 51.0% | 9,847 in August 2026Same day 61.7%; face to face 27.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums2,400 patients per permanent GP | 7.5 qualified permanent10.7 including trainees and locums1,871 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.