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Steppingstones Medical Practice vs Keelinge House

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?

Steppingstones Medical Practice and Keelinge House 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.

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MeasureSteppingstones Medical PracticeDY1 1RTKeelinge HouseDY1 2ER
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade76.2likely range 68.0 to 82.7109 survey answers69.0likely range 60.8 to 76.391 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageNo label
Patients who describe the practice as good72.5%likely range 60.9% to 81.7%, 109 answers60.7%likely range 49.4% to 71.0%, 91 answers
Access (mean of the two below)84.8%likely range 81.1% to 87.7%88.1%likely range 81.8% to 92.0%
Appointments within two weeks of booking93.7%likely range 88.9% to 96.5%, 2,533 appointments97.9%likely range 90.4% to 99.6%, 907 appointments
Calls answered by the practice75.8%likely range 70.1% to 80.8%, 5,076 calls78.1%likely range 68.0% to 85.7%, 1,692 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone55.9%likely range 43.8% to 67.3%, 104 answers33.3%likely range 23.6% to 44.6%, 89 answers
Reception and admin team87.4%likely range 77.3% to 93.4%, 105 answers64.3%likely range 53.0% to 74.2%, 90 answers
Having a preferred professional36.0%likely range 25.6% to 48.0%, 108 answers36.5%likely range 26.5% to 47.9%, 90 answers
Seeing your preferred professional41.6%likely range 24.7% to 60.6%, 42 answers41.7%likely range 25.4% to 59.9%, 35 answers
Knowing the next step79.1%likely range 67.4% to 87.4%, 99 answers69.3%likely range 57.8% to 78.7%, 87 answers
Contacting the practice71.2%likely range 59.3% to 80.8%, 104 answers49.4%likely range 38.3% to 60.5%, 90 answers
Wait for an appointment72.1%likely range 59.8% to 81.8%, 98 answers47.5%likely range 35.8% to 59.5%, 78 answers
Being listened to86.1%likely range 75.6% to 92.5%, 103 answers81.3%likely range 70.9% to 88.6%, 88 answers
Care and concern81.3%likely range 70.1% to 88.9%, 104 answers80.7%likely range 70.2% to 88.2%, 88 answers
Confidence and trust93.2%likely range 84.3% to 97.2%, 102 answers91.3%likely range 82.6% to 95.9%, 88 answers
Involvement in decisions92.1%likely range 82.5% to 96.6%, 98 answers89.5%likely range 80.2% to 94.8%, 85 answers
Needs met85.6%likely range 74.8% to 92.2%, 101 answers90.6%likely range 81.8% to 95.4%, 88 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months88.7%likely range 81.2% to 93.4%, 106 patients84.9%likely range 75.8% to 90.9%, 86 patients
Children at 18 months83.6%likely range 73.4% to 90.3%, 73 patients90.2%likely range 81.9% to 95.0%, 82 patients
Children at 5 years82.0%likely range 73.3% to 88.3%, 100 patients86.3%likely range 77.0% to 92.1%, 80 patients
Women aged 25 to 4945.9%likely range 43.3% to 48.5%, 1,395 patients61.5%likely range 58.7% to 64.3%, 1,177 patients
Women aged 50 to 6462.7%likely range 58.7% to 66.5%, 587 patients72.9%likely range 68.7% to 76.8%, 451 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients8,090August 20266,624August 2026
Primary care networkDudley and Netherton PCNDudley and Netherton PCN
Phone01384 45822901384 77194
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)90.3% good or very good62 answers, June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)5,569 in August 2026Same day 48.1%; face to face 87.1%3,399 in August 2026Same day 46.2%; face to face 32.1%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.5 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums2,281 patients per permanent GP2.1 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums3,205 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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.

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