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Talbot Medical Centre vs Village Surgery
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?
Talbot Medical Centre and Village Surgery 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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Side by side
| Measure | Talbot Medical CentreBH10 4BX | Village SurgeryBH12 5BF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.6likely range 43.3 to 87.885 survey answers | 66.2likely range 57.2 to 74.3103 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 69.6%likely range 29.2% to 92.7%, 85 answers | 61.2%likely range 48.5% to 72.6%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 76.1%likely range 72.9% to 79.0% | 77.7%likely range 72.5% to 81.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.6%likely range 78.0% to 84.8%, 7,690 appointments | 82.3%likely range 74.8% to 87.9%, 1,971 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 70.6%likely range 65.3% to 75.3%, 6,582 calls | 72.9%likely range 65.8% to 79.0%, 3,566 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 51.3%likely range 17.0% to 84.5%, 80 answers | 49.7%likely range 36.9% to 62.6%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.5%likely range 41.5% to 98.0%, 84 answers | 74.8%likely range 62.4% to 84.2%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.6%likely range 6.6% to 69.5%, 85 answers | 41.6%likely range 29.9% to 54.3%, 103 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 45.2%likely range 26.1% to 65.8%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.6%likely range 45.7% to 99.3%, 79 answers | 82.6%likely range 70.9% to 90.3%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 71.3%likely range 30.2% to 93.4%, 84 answers | 58.8%likely range 46.0% to 70.4%, 102 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 55.7%likely range 18.6% to 87.4%, 74 answers | 46.9%likely range 33.8% to 60.5%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.3%likely range 42.6% to 98.5%, 82 answers | 75.5%likely range 62.8% to 84.9%, 97 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.5%likely range 38.3% to 97.3%, 81 answers | 74.1%likely range 61.3% to 83.9%, 96 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.8%likely range 43.4% to 98.8%, 80 answers | 88.2%likely range 77.1% to 94.3%, 96 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.4%likely range 40.8% to 98.6%, 75 answers | 79.4%likely range 66.9% to 88.1%, 94 answers |
| Needs met | 86.7%likely range 42.1% to 98.3%, 82 answers | 82.9%likely range 71.0% to 90.6%, 97 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.5%likely range 82.2% to 94.0%, 105 patients | 85.3%likely range 69.9% to 93.6%, 34 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.7%likely range 80.4% to 92.5%, 114 patients | 82.6%likely range 69.3% to 90.9%, 46 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.6%likely range 79.9% to 89.9%, 188 patients | 89.6%likely range 80.0% to 94.8%, 67 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 56.5%likely range 54.8% to 58.2%, 3,242 patients | 60.1%likely range 57.2% to 62.9%, 1,132 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.3%likely range 68.8% to 73.7%, 1,335 patients | 74.5%likely range 71.0% to 77.7%, 648 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 22,433August 2026 | 8,076August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Bournemouth PCN | North Bournemouth PCN |
| Phone | 01202 636400 | 01202 525252 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.9% good or very good220 answers, June 2026 | 93.8% good or very good160 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 9,320 in August 2026Same day 48.1%; face to face 50.6% | 3,461 in August 2026Same day 38.5%; face to face 54.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 10.8 qualified permanent14.4 including trainees and locums2,075 patients per permanent GP | 4.0 qualified permanent4.8 including trainees and locums2,019 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.