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Stopsley Village Practice vs Larkside 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?
Stopsley Village Practice and Larkside Practice cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Stopsley Village PracticeLU2 9AU | Larkside PracticeLU2 9SB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 74.295% interval 68.0 to 79.4103 survey answers | 79.695% interval 74.9 to 83.4123 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 | 73.5%95% interval 64.7% to 80.7%, 103 answers | 80.9%95% interval 74.4% to 86.1%, 123 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.8%95% interval 72.0% to 79.3% | 76.5%95% interval 72.4% to 80.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.1%95% interval 86.1% to 93.1%, 4,423 appointments | 90.3%95% interval 86.0% to 93.4%, 3,844 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 61.4%95% interval 54.8% to 67.6%, 4,522 calls | 62.6%95% interval 55.7% to 69.1%, 4,058 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 53.9%95% interval 44.6% to 63.0%, 100 answers | 47.8%95% interval 40.2% to 55.5%, 115 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.2%95% interval 80.8% to 93.0%, 99 answers | 85.1%95% interval 79.0% to 89.8%, 120 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.6%95% interval 18.4% to 34.4%, 102 answers | 24.2%95% interval 18.3% to 31.1%, 122 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.8%95% interval 74.4% to 88.9%, 94 answers | 77.8%95% interval 70.7% to 83.6%, 114 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 70.7%95% interval 61.6% to 78.4%, 100 answers | 68.4%95% interval 61.1% to 75.0%, 121 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.2%95% interval 67.5% to 84.6%, 83 answers | 79.2%95% interval 71.8% to 85.1%, 102 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.2%95% interval 71.8% to 86.6%, 100 answers | 94.0%95% interval 89.2% to 96.7%, 116 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.0%95% interval 73.8% to 88.1%, 100 answers | 89.4%95% interval 83.7% to 93.3%, 116 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.4%95% interval 84.4% to 95.4%, 96 answers | 96.4%95% interval 92.3% to 98.4%, 116 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.1%95% interval 81.6% to 93.8%, 92 answers | 93.9%95% interval 89.0% to 96.7%, 111 answers |
| Needs met | 82.6%95% interval 74.3% to 88.6%, 97 answers | 95.5%95% interval 91.2% to 97.8%, 118 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 76.9%95% interval 66.4% to 84.9%, 78 patients | 92.9%95% interval 86.5% to 96.3%, 112 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 78.4%95% interval 69.2% to 85.4%, 97 patients | 82.4%95% interval 74.2% to 88.4%, 108 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 60.2%95% interval 49.5% to 70.1%, 83 patients | 82.1%95% interval 75.3% to 87.3%, 156 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 65.2%95% interval 62.8% to 67.5%, 1,574 patients | 69.1%95% interval 67.0% to 71.2%, 1,818 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.0%95% interval 68.8% to 75.0%, 815 patients | 75.6%95% interval 72.6% to 78.3%, 880 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,490August 2026 | 10,038August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Equality PCN | Equality PCN |
| Phone | 01582 722555 | 01582 722143 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 94.5% good or very good348 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,176 in August 2026Same day 63.9%; face to face 54.2% | 4,773 in August 2026Same day 50.5%; face to face 51.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.02England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.5 qualified permanent5.9 including trainees and locums3,746 patients per permanent GP | 4.1 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums2,452 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | Requires improvement |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.