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St Thomas Medical Group vs Foxhayes Practice
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 Thomas Medical Group and Foxhayes Practice 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 Thomas Medical GroupEX4 1HJ | Foxhayes PracticeEX4 2BH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.1likely range 45.4 to 92.6111 survey answers | 79.4likely range 75.8 to 82.4117 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 | 75.1%likely range 28.4% to 95.8%, 111 answers | 75.1%likely range 70.6% to 79.0%, 117 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.8%likely range 82.5% to 86.7% | 89.3%likely range 83.2% to 93.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.8%likely range 91.3% to 95.5%, 7,941 appointments | 97.2%likely range 91.1% to 99.2%, 1,268 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.8%likely range 71.9% to 79.2%, 11,064 calls | 81.2%likely range 70.7% to 88.6%, 1,491 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 56.0%likely range 16.2% to 89.4%, 102 answers | 79.9%likely range 75.5% to 83.6%, 110 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.6%likely range 39.5% to 99.5%, 105 answers | 87.3%likely range 83.7% to 90.3%, 115 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.0%likely range 5.1% to 73.8%, 110 answers | 38.6%likely range 33.9% to 43.4%, 117 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 63.7%likely range 8.2% to 97.2%, 31 answers | 58.4%likely range 49.2% to 67.1%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.2%likely range 34.1% to 98.2%, 107 answers | 84.4%likely range 80.3% to 87.7%, 109 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 75.4%likely range 28.3% to 96.0%, 109 answers | 79.1%likely range 74.8% to 82.8%, 114 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.1%likely range 21.0% to 92.9%, 102 answers | 83.8%likely range 79.6% to 87.2%, 105 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.7%likely range 36.4% to 98.9%, 105 answers | 81.6%likely range 77.4% to 85.1%, 112 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.6%likely range 30.5% to 97.2%, 105 answers | 82.2%likely range 78.1% to 85.7%, 113 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.3%likely range 40.2% to 99.5%, 106 answers | 87.0%likely range 83.3% to 90.0%, 113 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.5%likely range 37.7% to 99.3%, 101 answers | 83.7%likely range 79.6% to 87.1%, 108 answers |
| Needs met | 90.0%likely range 38.6% to 99.2%, 107 answers | 83.9%likely range 79.9% to 87.3%, 112 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.9%likely range 87.4% to 96.1%, 140 patients | 87.9%likely range 72.7% to 95.2%, 33 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.5%likely range 84.7% to 94.3%, 148 patients | 97.1%likely range 85.1% to 99.5%, 34 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.9%likely range 86.7% to 95.2%, 161 patients | 81.6%likely range 68.6% to 90.0%, 49 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 47.9%likely range 46.5% to 49.2%, 5,078 patients | 66.4%likely range 63.3% to 69.3%, 964 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.6%likely range 69.4% to 73.7%, 1,678 patients | 79.5%likely range 74.5% to 83.7%, 297 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 37,970August 2026 | 4,672August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Exeter West PCN | Exeter West PCN |
| Phone | 01392 676676 | 01392 208789 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.2% good or very good292 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 14,417 in August 2026Same day 31.7%; face to face 77.0% | 2,288 in August 2026Same day 52.9%; face to face 55.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.47England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.39England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 14.2 qualified permanent20.0 including trainees and locums2,666 patients per permanent GP | 1.7 qualified permanent2.8 including trainees and locums2,737 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Outstanding | Outstanding |
“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.