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The Cedars Medical Centre vs Merepark 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 Cedars Medical Centre and Merepark 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 Cedars Medical CentreST7 2LU | Merepark Medical CentreST7 2LU |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 87.2likely range 77.1 to 91.7107 survey answers | 78.5likely range 70.7 to 84.0104 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 | 90.2%likely range 75.9% to 96.4%, 107 answers | 80.6%likely range 69.6% to 88.3%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.1%likely range 75.9% to 83.4% | 73.4%likely range 69.1% to 77.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.2%likely range 74.4% to 86.5%, 2,459 appointments | 89.3%likely range 85.0% to 92.5%, 3,960 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 79.0%likely range 74.2% to 83.0%, 6,941 callsClearly higher | 57.4%likely range 49.8% to 64.7%, 3,469 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 72.8%likely range 56.4% to 84.8%, 108 answers | 56.1%likely range 44.1% to 67.4%, 102 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.0%likely range 81.0% to 98.3%, 109 answers | 80.9%likely range 69.9% to 88.5%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.4%likely range 21.6% to 52.0%, 107 answers | 43.1%likely range 32.0% to 54.9%, 105 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 59.5%likely range 32.3% to 81.8%, 37 answers | 44.0%likely range 27.2% to 62.3%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 93.0%likely range 79.6% to 97.9%, 107 answers | 81.5%likely range 70.5% to 89.1%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 84.5%likely range 69.2% to 92.9%, 109 answers | 69.0%likely range 57.1% to 78.9%, 102 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 85.5%likely range 69.9% to 93.7%, 103 answers | 70.5%likely range 58.1% to 80.4%, 94 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.3%likely range 72.4% to 94.7%, 107 answers | 95.7%likely range 87.8% to 98.6%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.9%likely range 81.8% to 98.7%, 104 answers | 93.3%likely range 84.5% to 97.2%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.6%likely range 86.0% to 99.6%, 106 answers | 95.8%likely range 88.0% to 98.6%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.0%likely range 77.7% to 97.4%, 101 answers | 96.3%likely range 88.6% to 98.9%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 97.1%likely range 85.2% to 99.5%, 106 answers | 91.2%likely range 81.9% to 96.0%, 101 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.2%likely range 84.8% to 96.2%, 90 patients | 97.3%likely range 90.8% to 99.3%, 75 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 98.8%likely range 93.6% to 99.8%, 85 patients | 97.0%likely range 89.6% to 99.2%, 66 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.6%likely range 87.3% to 96.9%, 109 patients | 88.3%likely range 79.3% to 93.7%, 77 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 81.8%likely range 79.9% to 83.5%, 1,760 patients | 72.5%likely range 69.8% to 75.0%, 1,166 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 85.4%likely range 83.1% to 87.4%, 1,053 patients | 76.0%likely range 72.5% to 79.2%, 633 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,947August 2026 | 7,478August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Smash PCN | Smash PCN |
| Phone | 01270 443080 | 01270 275600 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 100.0% good or very good10 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,478 in August 2026Same day 34.0%; face to face 78.2% | 4,548 in August 2026Same day 45.2%; face to face 75.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.7 qualified permanent8.7 including trainees and locums2,553 patients per permanent GP | 4.3 qualified permanent7.5 including trainees and locums1,757 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.