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The Brooke Surgery vs Donneybrook 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?
The Brooke Surgery and Donneybrook 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 | The Brooke SurgerySK14 1AT | Donneybrook Medical CentreSK14 2AH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 66.5likely range 43.1 to 82.989 survey answers | 78.1likely range 68.8 to 84.5106 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 64.4%likely range 31.1% to 87.9%, 89 answers | 79.4%likely range 66.2% to 88.3%, 106 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.1%likely range 67.8% to 74.1% | 75.0%likely range 70.5% to 78.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.7%likely range 79.4% to 87.3%, 5,203 appointments | 81.0%likely range 75.6% to 85.4%, 3,706 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 58.4%likely range 53.3% to 63.3%, 7,753 calls | 69.0%likely range 61.8% to 75.3%, 3,731 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 45.5%likely range 17.3% to 77.0%, 83 answers | 51.1%likely range 36.9% to 65.1%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 82.7%likely range 46.4% to 96.4%, 87 answers | 84.7%likely range 72.0% to 92.3%, 102 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 17.2%likely range 3.7% to 53.4%, 88 answers | 25.7%likely range 15.6% to 39.3%, 106 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 39.4%likely range 18.8% to 64.7%, 31 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.6%likely range 49.8% to 97.7%, 85 answers | 81.7%likely range 68.5% to 90.2%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 71.0%likely range 36.2% to 91.4%, 88 answers | 76.9%likely range 63.4% to 86.5%, 104 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.0%likely range 38.7% to 94.6%, 75 answers | 85.4%likely range 72.4% to 92.9%, 97 answers |
| Being listened to | 78.3%likely range 41.5% to 94.8%, 83 answers | 86.8%likely range 74.5% to 93.6%, 104 answers |
| Care and concern | 74.7%likely range 38.6% to 93.3%, 84 answers | 85.4%likely range 72.9% to 92.7%, 103 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.2%likely range 50.1% to 97.9%, 84 answers | 86.8%likely range 74.4% to 93.6%, 103 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 86.3%likely range 47.0% to 97.8%, 75 answers | 88.2%likely range 76.0% to 94.7%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 86.7%likely range 49.1% to 97.8%, 82 answers | 88.4%likely range 76.4% to 94.7%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 83.4%likely range 79.1% to 87.0%, 332 patients | 88.2%likely range 76.6% to 94.5%, 51 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 72.9%likely range 67.6% to 77.6%, 306 patients | 82.8%likely range 71.1% to 90.4%, 58 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 64.6%likely range 58.7% to 70.2%, 263 patients | 77.9%likely range 66.7% to 86.2%, 68 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.6%likely range 66.2% to 68.9%, 4,461 patients | 67.7%likely range 65.1% to 70.3%, 1,206 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.2%likely range 69.9% to 74.4%, 1,583 patients | 73.3%likely range 69.8% to 76.6%, 649 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 20,383August 2026 | 7,908August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Hyde PCN | Hyde PCN |
| Phone | 0161 3683312 | 0161 3683838 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 97.3% good or very good75 answers, June 2026 | 92.1% good or very good403 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 8,573 in August 2026Same day 37.9%; face to face 60.0% | 4,097 in August 2026Same day 48.7%; face to face 63.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.6 qualified permanent10.6 including trainees and locums5,662 patients per permanent GP | 4.8 qualified permanent6.7 including trainees and locums1,661 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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.