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The Albion Surgery vs Plas Meddyg 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?
The Albion Surgery and Plas Meddyg 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.
Side by side
| Measure | The Albion SurgeryDA6 7LP | Plas Meddyg SurgeryDA5 1HU |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.4likely range 60.0 to 83.198 survey answers | 83.3likely range 77.0 to 87.792 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 | 70.9%likely range 51.8% to 84.7%, 98 answers | 83.5%likely range 74.7% to 89.6%, 92 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.2%likely range 75.2% to 82.4% | 82.7%likely range 78.1% to 85.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 95.8%likely range 91.3% to 98.0%, 2,365 appointments | 95.9%likely range 89.9% to 98.4%, 1,496 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.4%likely range 55.9% to 68.6%, 4,608 calls | 69.4%likely range 62.6% to 75.4%, 4,123 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 35.8%likely range 19.8% to 55.8%, 89 answers | 71.1%likely range 61.1% to 79.5%, 87 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 83.4%likely range 64.8% to 93.2%, 95 answers | 99.2%likely range 94.4% to 99.9%, 87 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.5%likely range 13.5% to 45.4%, 100 answers | 30.7%likely range 22.3% to 40.6%, 91 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 27.8%likely range 15.2% to 45.2%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.0%likely range 60.0% to 90.5%, 95 answers | 97.0%likely range 91.1% to 99.0%, 87 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 60.4%likely range 41.5% to 76.6%, 98 answers | 77.8%likely range 68.3% to 85.0%, 90 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 58.2%likely range 38.4% to 75.7%, 87 answers | 65.9%likely range 54.8% to 75.5%, 75 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.2%likely range 66.7% to 94.3%, 93 answers | 86.4%likely range 77.9% to 91.9%, 89 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.3%likely range 64.4% to 93.3%, 92 answers | 86.2%likely range 77.6% to 91.8%, 88 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.6%likely range 75.4% to 98.1%, 90 answers | 88.7%likely range 80.5% to 93.7%, 87 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.5%likely range 74.8% to 98.1%, 87 answers | 93.7%likely range 86.5% to 97.2%, 83 answers |
| Needs met | 86.0%likely range 67.4% to 94.8%, 92 answers | 89.7%likely range 81.9% to 94.4%, 89 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.0%likely range 89.3% to 96.7%, 166 patients | 94.6%likely range 85.4% to 98.2%, 56 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.0%likely range 82.9% to 93.1%, 146 patients | 78.7%likely range 66.9% to 87.1%, 61 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.8%likely range 83.0% to 92.8%, 161 patients | 77.4%likely range 65.6% to 86.0%, 62 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.5%likely range 67.8% to 71.2%, 2,842 patients | 77.4%likely range 74.9% to 79.8%, 1,126 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.3%likely range 75.0% to 79.4%, 1,356 patients | 79.4%likely range 76.4% to 82.1%, 758 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 15,958August 2026 | 7,323August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Apl Bexley PCN | Apl Bexley PCN |
| Phone | 020 83048334 | 01322 470595 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.1% good or very good268 answers, June 2026 | 96.7% good or very good240 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,153 in August 2026Same day 38.4%; face to face 51.2% | 2,435 in August 2026Same day 36.9%; face to face 80.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 7.4 qualified permanent11.5 including trainees and locums2,151 patients per permanent GP | 3.0 qualified permanent6.2 including trainees and locums2,441 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.