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Sovereign Medical Centre vs Purbeck Health Centre
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?
Sovereign Medical Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Purbeck Health Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Sovereign Medical CentreMK15 8AJ | Purbeck Health CentreMK14 6BL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 86.8likely range 79.6 to 90.8101 survey answersClearly higher | 69.2likely range 62.5 to 75.276 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 89.7%likely range 79.5% to 95.2%, 101 answersClearly higher | 65.1%likely range 56.1% to 73.3%, 76 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.0%likely range 77.0% to 82.5% | 78.7%likely range 71.2% to 84.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.4%likely range 93.4% to 98.0%, 4,048 appointments | 90.1%likely range 81.8% to 94.8%, 1,279 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 63.5%likely range 58.4% to 68.3%, 7,557 calls | 67.2%likely range 54.7% to 77.6%, 1,286 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 79.0%likely range 66.8% to 87.5%, 97 answers | 23.7%likely range 16.7% to 32.4%, 73 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.5%likely range 83.1% to 96.9%, 102 answers | 77.0%likely range 68.3% to 84.0%, 72 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 52.9%likely range 40.4% to 65.0%, 100 answers | 19.9%likely range 13.6% to 28.2%, 75 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 55.2%likely range 36.2% to 72.8%, 43 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 92.9%likely range 83.3% to 97.2%, 97 answers | 62.1%likely range 52.3% to 70.9%, 67 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 86.0%likely range 75.1% to 92.6%, 101 answers | 43.3%likely range 34.5% to 52.5%, 75 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 87.2%likely range 76.2% to 93.6%, 96 answers | 40.5%likely range 31.0% to 50.6%, 62 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.5%likely range 79.3% to 95.0%, 101 answers | 68.2%likely range 59.0% to 76.2%, 72 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.4%likely range 79.1% to 95.0%, 100 answers | 74.6%likely range 65.5% to 82.0%, 70 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.6%likely range 81.9% to 96.3%, 101 answers | 82.1%likely range 73.6% to 88.2%, 70 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.2%likely range 79.6% to 95.6%, 94 answers | 85.6%likely range 77.2% to 91.2%, 65 answers |
| Needs met | 90.9%likely range 80.8% to 95.9%, 98 answers | 79.0%likely range 70.2% to 85.7%, 70 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.9%likely range 84.3% to 96.9%, 70 patients | 78.4%likely range 65.4% to 87.5%, 51 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.9%likely range 79.6% to 93.1%, 91 patients | 80.0%likely range 67.6% to 88.4%, 55 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.4%likely range 76.6% to 91.3%, 89 patients | 72.4%likely range 59.8% to 82.2%, 58 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.6%likely range 66.3% to 70.8%, 1,622 patients | 51.8%likely range 48.8% to 54.8%, 1,065 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.8%likely range 72.9% to 78.4%, 957 patients | 59.0%likely range 54.5% to 63.3%, 485 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,586August 2026 | 5,886August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Nexus Mk PCN | Nexus Mk PCN |
| Phone | 01908 209420 | 01908 318989 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 98.6% good or very good348 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,103 in August 2026Same day 51.7%; face to face 72.3% | 2,603 in August 2026Same day 22.0%; face to face 57.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.2 qualified permanent3.9 including trainees and locums3,294 patients per permanent GP | 1.3 qualified permanent1.3 including trainees and locums4,441 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.