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Rowcroft Medical Centre vs Beeches Green 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?
Rowcroft Medical Centre and Beeches Green 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 | Rowcroft Medical CentreGL5 3BE | Beeches Green SurgeryGL5 4BH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 89.1likely range 80.2 to 93.7107 survey answers | 84.7likely range 79.2 to 87.6113 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 88.8%likely range 76.2% to 95.2%, 107 answers | 95.8%likely range 89.0% to 98.4%, 113 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.7%likely range 86.4% to 92.0%Clearly higher | 58.5%likely range 49.8% to 66.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.1%likely range 91.7% to 98.2%, 2,247 appointmentsClearly higher | 68.0%likely range 59.3% to 75.6%, 1,873 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 83.2%likely range 78.3% to 87.2%, 5,764 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 81.9%likely range 67.7% to 90.7%, 102 answers | 90.8%likely range 82.3% to 95.4%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.6%likely range 83.6% to 98.4%, 106 answers | 100.0%likely range 95.4% to 100.0%, 109 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.3%likely range 22.9% to 50.0%, 108 answers | 53.3%likely range 42.6% to 63.7%, 112 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 46.5%likely range 25.1% to 69.3%, 40 answers | 70.9%likely range 56.8% to 81.9%, 65 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.2%likely range 68.5% to 90.8%, 107 answers | 99.1%likely range 93.8% to 99.9%, 110 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.3%likely range 68.6% to 90.8%, 108 answers | 88.6%likely range 79.9% to 93.8%, 112 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 64.7%likely range 49.2% to 77.5%, 99 answers | 70.8%likely range 59.9% to 79.8%, 106 answers |
| Being listened to | 92.6%likely range 80.8% to 97.4%, 105 answers | 91.3%likely range 83.2% to 95.7%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.7%likely range 80.8% to 97.4%, 104 answers | 91.7%likely range 83.6% to 96.0%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.6%likely range 80.9% to 97.4%, 105 answers | 96.0%likely range 89.3% to 98.6%, 111 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.4%likely range 80.1% to 97.4%, 99 answers | 94.6%likely range 87.2% to 97.8%, 107 answers |
| Needs met | 93.6%likely range 82.1% to 97.9%, 105 answers | 93.3%likely range 85.7% to 97.0%, 112 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.1%likely range 81.5% to 93.8%, 101 patients | 88.9%likely range 78.8% to 94.5%, 63 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.8%likely range 81.4% to 93.5%, 107 patients | 87.5%likely range 77.2% to 93.5%, 64 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.3%likely range 74.6% to 88.0%, 124 patients | 94.1%likely range 85.8% to 97.7%, 68 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.1%likely range 72.1% to 76.0%, 1,941 patients | 76.9%likely range 74.6% to 79.1%, 1,329 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 82.1%likely range 79.9% to 84.1%, 1,319 patients | 79.7%likely range 77.0% to 82.1%, 978 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,351August 2026 | 8,991August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Stroud Cotswold PCN | Stroud Cotswold PCN |
| Phone | 01453 764471 | 01453 763980 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.0% good or very good315 answers, June 2026 | 98.5% good or very good135 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,807 in August 2026Same day 63.7%; face to face 72.4% | 3,162 in August 2026Same day 25.7%; face to face 87.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.56England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.6 qualified permanent6.5 including trainees and locums2,206 patients per permanent GP | 4.9 qualified permanent6.8 including trainees and locums1,822 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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.