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St Albans Medical Centre vs Rise Park 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?
St Albans Medical Centre and Rise Park 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 | St Albans Medical CentreNG6 8AQ | Rise Park SurgeryNG5 5EB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 57.5likely range 45.4 to 70.381 survey answers | 71.7likely range 63.1 to 78.4112 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 47.0%likely range 29.7% to 65.2%, 81 answers | 72.3%likely range 60.2% to 81.8%, 112 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.9%likely range 77.9% to 84.7%Clearly higher | 70.0%likely range 65.9% to 73.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.4%likely range 87.4% to 94.2%, 4,097 appointmentsClearly higher | 81.2%likely range 75.3% to 85.9%, 3,133 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 58.6%likely range 53.1% to 64.0%, 6,437 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 32.5%likely range 17.7% to 51.9%, 78 answers | 52.6%likely range 40.1% to 64.7%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 54.0%likely range 35.4% to 71.6%, 77 answers | 86.1%likely range 75.3% to 92.7%, 108 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.5%likely range 19.3% to 53.7%, 79 answers | 23.9%likely range 15.1% to 35.7%, 112 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 54.1%likely range 35.1% to 72.0%, 74 answers | 80.8%likely range 69.2% to 88.8%, 107 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 49.2%likely range 31.5% to 67.1%, 81 answers | 67.7%likely range 55.4% to 78.0%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 56.3%likely range 36.4% to 74.4%, 69 answers | 62.4%likely range 49.2% to 74.0%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 77.7%likely range 58.5% to 89.6%, 77 answers | 94.1%likely range 85.0% to 97.8%, 105 answers |
| Care and concern | 77.3%likely range 58.2% to 89.3%, 78 answers | 92.8%likely range 83.3% to 97.0%, 106 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 80.4%likely range 61.4% to 91.4%, 77 answers | 95.7%likely range 87.2% to 98.6%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 77.6%likely range 57.7% to 89.9%, 72 answers | 94.8%likely range 85.6% to 98.3%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 72.1%likely range 52.4% to 85.8%, 76 answers | 91.1%likely range 81.2% to 96.0%, 107 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 74.7%likely range 65.4% to 82.3%, 99 patients | 73.3%likely range 62.4% to 82.0%, 75 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 62.4%likely range 52.6% to 71.2%, 101 patients | 77.8%likely range 68.2% to 85.1%, 90 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 53.5%likely range 43.8% to 62.9%, 101 patients | 65.7%likely range 55.9% to 74.3%, 99 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 65.2%likely range 62.9% to 67.5%, 1,677 patients | 63.6%likely range 61.2% to 65.9%, 1,597 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 68.6%likely range 65.4% to 71.7%, 813 patients | 77.4%likely range 74.6% to 80.0%, 915 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,766August 2026 | 9,698August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bulwell and Top Valley PCN | Bulwell and Top Valley PCN |
| Phone | 0115 9273444 | 0115 9272525 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 86.1% good or very good187 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,632 in August 2026Same day 56.7%; face to face 62.9% | 6,350 in August 2026Same day 47.9%; face to face 82.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.71England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 0.7 qualified permanent0.7 including trainees and locums | 5.8 qualified permanent9.4 including trainees and locums1,678 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.