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Solent GP Surgery vs Alma Road 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?
Solent GP Surgery and Alma Road 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 | Solent GP SurgerySO16 4XE | Alma Road SurgerySO14 6UX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.0likely range 59.8 to 81.0112 survey answers | 67.1likely range 59.8 to 73.9103 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 70.7%likely range 53.4% to 83.5%, 112 answers | 59.1%likely range 48.8% to 68.7%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.9%likely range 70.9% to 78.4% | 85.7%likely range 81.1% to 88.9%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 78.8%likely range 72.4% to 84.1%, 2,814 appointments | 93.8%likely range 87.7% to 97.0%, 1,674 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 70.9%likely range 65.9% to 75.5%, 7,094 calls | 77.5%likely range 70.6% to 83.1%, 3,505 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 39.7%likely range 24.1% to 57.7%, 101 answers | 35.0%likely range 25.6% to 45.7%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.7%likely range 72.2% to 96.0%, 99 answers | 69.5%likely range 59.0% to 78.3%, 96 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.4%likely range 14.3% to 43.6%, 112 answers | 38.2%likely range 28.9% to 48.4%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 32.6%likely range 19.4% to 49.3%, 41 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.0%likely range 61.9% to 90.8%, 97 answers | 82.7%likely range 72.8% to 89.5%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 63.3%likely range 45.3% to 78.2%, 103 answers | 48.5%likely range 38.2% to 59.0%, 97 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 56.2%likely range 36.4% to 74.2%, 80 answers | 68.8%likely range 57.7% to 78.1%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 90.8%likely range 74.9% to 97.0%, 101 answers | 73.7%likely range 63.2% to 82.0%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.2%likely range 67.1% to 93.3%, 101 answers | 74.9%likely range 64.6% to 83.0%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.9%likely range 78.6% to 98.5%, 97 answers | 82.1%likely range 72.5% to 88.9%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.2%likely range 79.0% to 98.6%, 97 answers | 79.7%likely range 69.5% to 87.2%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 91.1%likely range 75.2% to 97.2%, 100 answers | 85.5%likely range 76.3% to 91.5%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.5%likely range 85.2% to 92.6%, 266 patients | 79.3%likely range 69.3% to 86.6%, 82 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.3%likely range 81.7% to 89.9%, 270 patients | 88.3%likely range 80.2% to 93.3%, 94 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 81.3%likely range 76.3% to 85.4%, 278 patients | 78.9%likely range 69.4% to 86.0%, 90 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 43.7%likely range 42.2% to 45.2%, 4,467 patients | 53.2%likely range 50.9% to 55.5%, 1,870 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 54.9%likely range 51.8% to 57.9%, 1,033 patients | 70.2%likely range 66.3% to 73.8%, 580 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 21,752August 2026 | 9,769August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Southampton Central PCN | Southampton Central PCN |
| Phone | 0300 1236066 | 023 80672666 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 97.6% good or very good41 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 10,777 in August 2026Same day 41.1%; face to face 53.8% | 4,225 in August 2026Same day 52.0%; face to face 35.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.54England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 11.6 qualified permanent12.6 including trainees and locums1,880 patients per permanent GP | 4.5 qualified permanent5.5 including trainees and locums2,194 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | – | 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.