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The Birchwood and Sollershott Surgeries vs The Baldock 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 Birchwood and Sollershott Surgeries and The Baldock 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 Birchwood and Sollershott SurgeriesSG6 4UB | The Baldock SurgerySG7 6BP |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 60.0likely range 46.9 to 71.6104 survey answers | 73.6likely range 65.8 to 79.7109 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 58.3%likely range 39.7% to 74.8%, 104 answers | 73.4%likely range 62.5% to 82.0%, 109 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 63.8%likely range 59.3% to 68.0% | 73.8%likely range 69.4% to 77.6%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 63.2%likely range 57.0% to 69.0%, 3,739 appointments | 78.1%likely range 72.4% to 82.9%, 3,641 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 64.4%likely range 57.8% to 70.5%, 4,526 calls | 69.4%likely range 62.8% to 75.3%, 4,366 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 38.6%likely range 22.4% to 57.7%, 100 answers | 44.5%likely range 33.2% to 56.3%, 97 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 67.5%likely range 48.3% to 82.2%, 102 answers | 70.7%likely range 59.4% to 80.0%, 104 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 19.2%likely range 8.6% to 37.6%, 104 answers | 32.1%likely range 22.6% to 43.2%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 25.3%likely range 12.4% to 45.0%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 72.7%likely range 53.3% to 86.2%, 99 answers | 85.1%likely range 75.1% to 91.5%, 104 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 53.5%likely range 35.2% to 70.8%, 103 answers | 63.1%likely range 51.8% to 73.1%, 108 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 56.5%likely range 36.4% to 74.6%, 87 answers | 70.2%likely range 58.7% to 79.6%, 101 answers |
| Being listened to | 76.5%likely range 57.2% to 88.8%, 99 answers | 91.7%likely range 83.0% to 96.2%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 65.8%likely range 46.4% to 81.1%, 99 answers | 89.4%likely range 80.3% to 94.6%, 105 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 79.0%likely range 59.9% to 90.5%, 99 answers | 96.0%likely range 88.6% to 98.6%, 103 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 77.6%likely range 57.3% to 89.9%, 90 answers | 93.7%likely range 85.2% to 97.4%, 97 answers |
| Needs met | 84.6%likely range 66.3% to 93.9%, 100 answers | 92.5%likely range 84.1% to 96.6%, 105 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.8%likely range 84.1% to 93.6%, 157 patients | 92.6%likely range 85.6% to 96.4%, 95 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.5%likely range 86.7% to 95.9%, 133 patients | 92.6%likely range 85.6% to 96.4%, 95 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.1%likely range 86.9% to 95.3%, 164 patients | 88.0%likely range 79.2% to 93.3%, 83 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.0%likely range 73.3% to 76.5%, 2,776 patients | 76.9%likely range 75.0% to 78.7%, 1,967 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.4%likely range 75.4% to 79.3%, 1,783 patients | 82.5%likely range 80.3% to 84.5%, 1,269 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 18,301August 2026 | 12,652August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Icknield PCN | Icknield PCN |
| Phone | 01462 705040 | 01462 892458 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 100.0% good or very good5 answers, June 2026 | 87.8% good or very good41 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,668 in August 2026Same day 20.2%; face to face 51.6% | 6,259 in August 2026Same day 34.2%; face to face 71.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.5 qualified permanent6.6 including trainees and locums3,303 patients per permanent GP | 5.7 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums2,205 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | 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.