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Swingbridge Surgery vs St. Johns Medical Centre
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?
Swingbridge Surgery and St. Johns Medical Centre 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 | Swingbridge SurgeryNG31 7XT | St. Johns Medical CentreNG31 6HR |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.5likely range 67.2 to 78.5118 survey answers | 76.7likely range 67.0 to 84.3121 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 | 75.6%likely range 68.2% to 81.6%, 118 answers | 70.3%likely range 56.5% to 81.2%, 121 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 68.5%likely range 56.3% to 77.2% | 91.4%likely range 88.9% to 93.4%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 78.0%likely range 65.8% to 86.7%, 886 appointments | 99.9%likely range 98.7% to 100.0%, 5,636 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 82.8%likely range 77.9% to 86.8%, 5,763 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.1%likely range 59.1% to 74.3%, 109 answers | 69.8%likely range 55.3% to 81.3%, 110 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.6%likely range 74.6% to 87.0%, 113 answers | 84.9%likely range 72.3% to 92.4%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 14.8%likely range 10.1% to 21.2%, 119 answers | 28.4%likely range 17.6% to 42.2%, 119 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.0%likely range 65.4% to 79.4%, 114 answers | 79.6%likely range 66.0% to 88.6%, 115 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.7%likely range 62.0% to 76.4%, 116 answers | 72.0%likely range 58.1% to 82.7%, 118 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.6%likely range 57.5% to 72.9%, 108 answers | 74.7%likely range 59.7% to 85.5%, 101 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.0%likely range 75.2% to 87.3%, 115 answers | 79.4%likely range 66.1% to 88.4%, 118 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.5%likely range 73.5% to 86.0%, 116 answers | 75.4%likely range 61.7% to 85.4%, 118 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.0%likely range 89.0% to 96.8%, 116 answers | 85.6%likely range 73.0% to 92.9%, 117 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.9%likely range 79.3% to 90.6%, 110 answers | 82.8%likely range 69.2% to 91.2%, 108 answers |
| Needs met | 83.5%likely range 76.9% to 88.5%, 117 answers | 87.0%likely range 74.5% to 93.8%, 115 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.3%likely range 84.2% to 95.3%, 103 patients | 93.6%likely range 86.8% to 97.0%, 94 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.9%likely range 76.3% to 90.8%, 93 patients | 81.1%likely range 71.8% to 87.9%, 90 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 79.0%likely range 70.0% to 85.8%, 100 patients | 81.1%likely range 73.5% to 86.8%, 132 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.7%likely range 62.1% to 67.2%, 1,355 patients | 70.2%likely range 68.2% to 72.1%, 2,121 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.8%likely range 66.9% to 74.4%, 561 patients | 78.4%likely range 76.0% to 80.7%, 1,154 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,903August 2026 | 12,936August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Grantham and Rural PCN | Grantham and Rural PCN |
| Phone | 01476 571166 | 01476 348484 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 69.7% good or very good89 answers, June 2026 | 79.6% good or very good152 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,449 in August 2026Same day 24.1%; face to face 87.1% | 8,191 in August 2026Same day 64.3%; face to face 32.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums2,323 patients per permanent GP | 7.1 qualified permanent12.4 including trainees and locums1,819 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.