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Salters Meadow Health Ctr vs Darwin 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?
Salters Meadow Health Ctr and Darwin 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 | Salters Meadow Health CtrWS7 1AQ | Darwin Medical PracticeWS7 0AQ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.5likely range 69.9 to 86.0124 survey answers | 77.9likely range 56.7 to 87.1111 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 | 79.3%likely range 65.8% to 88.5%, 124 answers | 82.0%likely range 51.7% to 95.1%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.7%likely range 75.5% to 83.1%Clearly higher | 68.2%likely range 65.1% to 71.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.1%likely range 74.0% to 85.1%, 2,969 appointments | 71.5%likely range 67.1% to 75.5%, 6,658 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 79.1%likely range 73.3% to 83.9%, 4,723 callsClearly higher | 64.8%likely range 60.4% to 69.0%, 9,702 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 64.4%likely range 49.4% to 77.0%, 113 answers | 52.8%likely range 25.4% to 78.7%, 103 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.2%likely range 83.3% to 98.1%, 120 answers | 90.2%likely range 60.0% to 98.3%, 108 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 43.9%likely range 30.7% to 58.1%, 123 answers | 25.3%likely range 8.4% to 55.6%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 25.2%likely range 11.4% to 46.9%, 55 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.8%likely range 76.3% to 95.1%, 118 answers | 87.9%likely range 56.9% to 97.5%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 78.7%likely range 64.9% to 88.1%, 121 answers | 81.4%likely range 50.8% to 94.9%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 46.7%likely range 32.5% to 61.5%, 110 answers | 61.0%likely range 31.5% to 84.1%, 102 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.8%likely range 72.9% to 93.1%, 121 answers | 86.6%likely range 56.0% to 97.0%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.1%likely range 70.9% to 92.0%, 120 answers | 93.7%likely range 63.8% to 99.2%, 106 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.9%likely range 75.5% to 94.5%, 121 answers | 93.2%likely range 63.2% to 99.1%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.2%likely range 81.5% to 97.7%, 113 answers | 96.8%likely range 66.6% to 99.8%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 90.3%likely range 78.4% to 96.0%, 121 answers | 86.0%likely range 54.9% to 96.9%, 105 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 97.4%likely range 90.9% to 99.3%, 76 patients | 91.5%likely range 87.2% to 94.4%, 235 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.3%likely range 85.3% to 97.1%, 75 patients | 93.4%likely range 89.5% to 95.9%, 241 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 96.6%likely range 90.3% to 98.8%, 87 patients | 88.8%likely range 84.3% to 92.1%, 258 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.9%likely range 71.7% to 76.1%, 1,526 patients | 72.5%likely range 71.0% to 73.8%, 3,867 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.0%likely range 74.4% to 79.5%, 1,058 patients | 76.7%likely range 74.9% to 78.3%, 2,300 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,369August 2026 | 24,524August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Burntwood PCN | Burntwood PCN |
| Phone | 01543 682611 | 01543 682654 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.8% good or very good65 answers, June 2026 | 93.4% good or very good910 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,344 in August 2026Same day 46.9%; face to face 92.8% | 9,918 in August 2026Same day 29.2%; face to face 68.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.9 qualified permanent6.6 including trainees and locums2,330 patients per permanent GP | 12.0 qualified permanent20.4 including trainees and locums2,051 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.