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St James Medical Practice2 vs St James Medical Practice1
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 James Medical Practice2 and St James Medical Practice1 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 James Medical Practice2DY1 2BY | St James Medical Practice1DY1 2BY |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.9likely range 76.8 to 87.498 survey answers | 82.9likely range 78.4 to 85.0104 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 80.7%likely range 72.1% to 87.1%, 98 answers | 80.1%likely range 76.7% to 83.1%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.0%likely range 84.0% to 89.6% | 89.2%likely range 76.6% to 90.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.5%likely range 93.5% to 99.1%, 2,157 appointments | 98.7%likely range 86.1% to 99.9%, 448 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 63.7%likely range 53.9% to 72.5%, 93 answers | 60.7%likely range 56.5% to 64.7%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 93.0%likely range 86.3% to 96.6%, 95 answers | 81.6%likely range 78.1% to 84.6%, 97 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 44.8%likely range 35.6% to 54.3%, 98 answers | 60.6%likely range 56.7% to 64.5%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.0%likely range 35.6% to 62.6%, 47 answers | 94.0%likely range 91.0% to 96.0%, 64 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.8%likely range 81.0% to 93.6%, 91 answers | 89.6%likely range 86.8% to 91.9%, 99 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.1%likely range 67.0% to 83.3%, 96 answers | 80.0%likely range 76.5% to 83.0%, 101 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 79.8%likely range 70.4% to 86.7%, 86 answers | 96.5%likely range 94.6% to 97.8%, 89 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.5%likely range 81.9% to 94.1%, 93 answers | 89.4%likely range 86.6% to 91.7%, 99 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.6%likely range 79.7% to 92.7%, 93 answers | 94.1%likely range 91.8% to 95.8%, 98 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.5%likely range 83.2% to 94.8%, 94 answers | 99.3%likely range 98.3% to 99.8%, 98 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.4%likely range 86.6% to 96.9%, 90 answers | 98.2%likely range 96.6% to 99.0%, 93 answers |
| Needs met | 88.1%likely range 80.4% to 93.1%, 95 answers | 95.3%likely range 93.2% to 96.8%, 95 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.1%likely range 70.7% to 88.4%, 74 patients | 87.0%likely range 67.9% to 95.5%, 23 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.8%likely range 73.8% to 90.5%, 74 patients | 76.7%likely range 59.1% to 88.2%, 30 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 72.5%likely range 61.9% to 81.1%, 80 patients | 90.6%likely range 75.8% to 96.8%, 32 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 58.7%likely range 55.6% to 61.7%, 1,024 patients | 60.6%likely range 55.5% to 65.4%, 373 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 68.6%likely range 64.2% to 72.7%, 456 patients | 67.3%likely range 60.5% to 73.5%, 199 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,962August 2026 | 2,374August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Dudley and Netherton PCN | Dudley and Netherton PCN |
| Phone | 01384 252729 | 01384 252729 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.7% good or very good111 answers, June 2026 | 94.5% good or very good55 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,631 in August 2026Same day 49.8%; face to face 69.8% | 1,133 in August 2026Same day 52.2%; face to face 82.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.50England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.9 qualified permanent5.1 including trainees and locums2,033 patients per permanent GP | 1.1 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums2,226 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | 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.