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Shefa Medical Practice vs Bowling Green Street 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?
Shefa Medical Practice’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Bowling Green Street Surgery’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Shefa Medical PracticeLE2 0TA | Bowling Green Street SurgeryLE1 6AS |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.1likely range 75.6 to 83.891 survey answersClearly higher | 64.0likely range 53.1 to 72.982 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 | 78.5%likely range 72.4% to 83.5%, 91 answers | 66.5%likely range 51.6% to 78.6%, 82 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.7%likely range 79.0% to 87.2%Clearly higher | 58.0%likely range 47.6% to 66.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.2%likely range 77.5% to 89.2%, 2,303 appointmentsClearly higher | 67.5%likely range 57.1% to 76.4%, 1,344 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 83.1%likely range 76.5% to 88.1%, 3,340 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 66.1%likely range 59.4% to 72.2%, 92 answers | 33.7%likely range 20.7% to 49.8%, 70 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 82.9%likely range 77.2% to 87.4%, 90 answers | 80.7%likely range 66.2% to 89.9%, 77 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 42.7%likely range 36.1% to 49.5%, 91 answers | 24.6%likely range 14.2% to 39.1%, 81 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 31.4%likely range 23.1% to 41.2%, 44 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.2%likely range 72.8% to 84.5%, 81 answers | 80.5%likely range 64.9% to 90.2%, 68 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 80.7%likely range 74.7% to 85.6%, 87 answers | 50.4%likely range 35.8% to 64.9%, 78 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 82.6%likely range 76.4% to 87.5%, 79 answers | 65.7%likely range 49.1% to 79.2%, 66 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.6%likely range 82.3% to 91.5%, 88 answers | 75.3%likely range 60.1% to 86.1%, 75 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.9%likely range 77.1% to 87.5%, 89 answers | 76.4%likely range 61.3% to 86.9%, 75 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.1%likely range 89.9% to 96.6%, 88 answers | 85.4%likely range 71.3% to 93.2%, 75 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.4%likely range 92.6% to 98.2%, 83 answers | 89.8%likely range 76.4% to 96.0%, 73 answers |
| Needs met | 95.0%likely range 91.0% to 97.3%, 86 answers | 88.8%likely range 75.5% to 95.3%, 76 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.1%likely range 70.2% to 90.0%, 56 patients | 85.2%likely range 78.0% to 90.3%, 128 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 81.4%likely range 70.8% to 88.8%, 70 patients | 59.4%likely range 51.1% to 67.3%, 138 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 74.6%likely range 63.4% to 83.3%, 71 patients | 53.1%likely range 43.3% to 62.6%, 98 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 59.7%likely range 56.2% to 63.1%, 762 patients | 47.0%likely range 45.0% to 49.0%, 2,431 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.2%likely range 75.5% to 84.2%, 323 patients | 57.4%likely range 51.5% to 63.1%, 277 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,512August 2026 | 9,014August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Leicester Central PCN | Leicester Central PCN |
| Phone | 0116 2957835 | 0116 2047240 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 100.0% good or very good8 answers, June 2026 | 73.1% good or very good26 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,462 in August 2026Same day 41.8%; face to face 77.4% | 2,929 in August 2026Same day 34.1%; face to face 80.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.29England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.4 qualified permanent2.5 including trainees and locums3,254 patients per permanent GP | 2.3 qualified permanent2.3 including trainees and locums3,954 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.