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Spinney Brook Medical Centre vs Higham Ferrers 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?
Spinney Brook Medical Centre and Higham Ferrers 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 | Spinney Brook Medical CentreNN9 5GA | Higham Ferrers SurgeryNN10 8ED |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.4likely range 71.5 to 82.1118 survey answers | 68.6likely range 63.8 to 73.191 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 79.7%likely range 71.5% to 86.1%, 118 answersClearly higher | 61.4%likely range 54.9% to 67.5%, 91 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.9%likely range 66.9% to 76.2% | 85.3%likely range 79.6% to 89.6%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.4%likely range 74.4% to 86.8%, 2,297 appointments | 100.0%likely range 95.9% to 100.0%, 1,365 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.3%likely range 55.3% to 68.9%, 4,017 calls | 70.5%likely range 59.9% to 79.2%, 1,734 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 50.7%likely range 41.6% to 59.7%, 116 answers | 17.3%likely range 12.7% to 23.3%, 79 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.7%likely range 78.1% to 91.0%, 115 answers | 75.1%likely range 68.8% to 80.5%, 85 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.9%likely range 26.8% to 44.0%, 118 answers | 19.8%likely range 15.1% to 25.6%, 89 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 38.6%likely range 24.3% to 55.2%, 37 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.6%likely range 68.9% to 84.5%, 110 answers | 81.7%likely range 75.8% to 86.4%, 82 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 67.2%likely range 58.1% to 75.1%, 117 answers | 71.0%likely range 64.7% to 76.7%, 87 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 67.1%likely range 57.8% to 75.3%, 110 answers | 88.5%likely range 83.3% to 92.3%, 80 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.4%likely range 81.2% to 93.1%, 116 answers | 75.0%likely range 68.7% to 80.4%, 85 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.4%likely range 82.3% to 93.8%, 115 answers | 74.0%likely range 67.7% to 79.5%, 85 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.9%likely range 81.8% to 93.5%, 115 answers | 85.5%likely range 80.1% to 89.6%, 86 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.6%likely range 86.2% to 96.2%, 112 answers | 86.3%likely range 80.9% to 90.3%, 83 answers |
| Needs met | 92.8%likely range 86.5% to 96.3%, 115 answers | 78.8%likely range 72.8% to 83.7%, 86 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.5%likely range 89.0% to 98.2%, 89 patients | 87.1%likely range 71.1% to 94.9%, 31 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 94.0%likely range 87.5% to 97.2%, 100 patients | 90.6%likely range 75.8% to 96.8%, 32 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.5%likely range 83.4% to 94.7%, 105 patients | 85.7%likely range 74.3% to 92.6%, 56 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.9%likely range 68.8% to 73.0%, 1,791 patients | 77.8%likely range 74.9% to 80.4%, 899 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.4%likely range 69.6% to 75.0%, 1,048 patients | 81.6%likely range 78.0% to 84.8%, 490 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,483August 2026 | 5,507August 2026 |
| Primary care network | East Northants PCN | East Northants PCN |
| Phone | 01933 650593 | 01933 412777 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.8% good or very good293 answers, June 2026 | 95.7% good or very good47 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,645 in August 2026Same day 44.6%; face to face 78.6% | 1,671 in August 2026Same day 74.8%; face to face 64.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.89England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.46England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.2 qualified permanent8.1 including trainees and locums1,848 patients per permanent GP | 2.2 qualified permanent5.4 including trainees and locums2,458 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.