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Sidley Medical Practice vs Collington 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?
Sidley Medical Practice and Collington 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 | Sidley Medical PracticeTN39 5HE | Collington SurgeryTN39 3LR |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 63.4likely range 54.1 to 72.3116 survey answers | 50.7likely range 35.1 to 64.397 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 53.9%likely range 40.6% to 66.6%, 116 answers | 58.7%likely range 36.4% to 78.0%, 97 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 85.4%likely range 82.7% to 87.2%Clearly higher | 31.9%likely range 29.1% to 35.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.9%likely range 92.2% to 96.7%, 5,772 appointmentsClearly higher | 3.6%likely range 1.7% to 7.6%, 2,619 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 60.0%likely range 54.8% to 64.9%, 7,432 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 25.6%likely range 15.4% to 39.3%, 106 answers | 26.0%likely range 11.1% to 49.7%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 76.9%likely range 63.7% to 86.4%, 111 answers | 83.6%likely range 60.2% to 94.5%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 23.5%likely range 14.0% to 36.6%, 113 answers | 16.9%likely range 5.9% to 39.8%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 64.5%likely range 50.4% to 76.5%, 106 answers | 82.8%likely range 56.9% to 94.6%, 77 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 50.0%likely range 37.0% to 63.1%, 115 answers | 51.8%likely range 30.4% to 72.5%, 97 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 45.0%likely range 31.3% to 59.4%, 98 answers | 53.3%likely range 30.5% to 74.7%, 86 answers |
| Being listened to | 75.9%likely range 62.6% to 85.6%, 111 answers | 93.5%likely range 72.1% to 98.8%, 92 answers |
| Care and concern | 72.7%likely range 59.0% to 83.1%, 109 answers | 93.3%likely range 71.7% to 98.7%, 91 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 82.0%likely range 69.1% to 90.2%, 109 answers | 97.3%likely range 77.1% to 99.7%, 91 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 74.8%likely range 60.5% to 85.2%, 98 answers | 95.0%likely range 73.6% to 99.2%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 76.7%likely range 63.3% to 86.2%, 110 answers | 89.9%likely range 67.7% to 97.4%, 93 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.0%likely range 80.2% to 93.0%, 100 patients | 92.9%likely range 86.5% to 96.3%, 112 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.4%likely range 75.8% to 90.3%, 96 patients | 86.4%likely range 79.3% to 91.3%, 125 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 76.2%likely range 67.1% to 83.5%, 101 patients | 86.1%likely range 78.8% to 91.1%, 122 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.8%likely range 65.6% to 69.9%, 1,862 patients | 74.3%likely range 72.4% to 76.1%, 2,172 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.2%likely range 68.7% to 73.7%, 1,231 patients | 74.9%likely range 72.7% to 77.0%, 1,562 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,266August 2026 | 16,414August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bexhill PCN | Bexhill PCN |
| Phone | 01424 230025 | 01424 217465 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 86.8% good or very good469 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 9,678 in August 2026Same day 57.0%; face to face 51.2% | 2,784 in August 2026Same day 0.0%; face to face 82.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.94England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.65England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.2 qualified permanent2.2 including trainees and locums6,002 patients per permanent GP | 7.7 qualified permanent13.8 including trainees and locums2,123 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | – | Requires improvement |
“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.