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The Forest Edge Practice vs The Willows & Drive Medical Practice
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 Forest Edge Practice and The Willows & Drive Medical Practice 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 Forest Edge PracticeIG7 4DF | The Willows & Drive Medical PracticeIG7 4DF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 86.0likely range 71.8 to 92.988 survey answers | 84.0likely range 77.5 to 88.9105 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 | 84.7%likely range 64.4% to 94.4%, 88 answers | 79.2%likely range 70.1% to 86.2%, 105 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.0%likely range 86.1% to 91.2% | 95.0%likely range 90.7% to 97.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 92.8%likely range 89.3% to 95.2%, 4,617 appointments | 99.1%likely range 97.5% to 99.7%, 5,478 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 85.1%likely range 80.6% to 88.7%, 6,357 calls | 90.7%likely range 82.3% to 95.4%, 1,646 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.0%likely range 45.4% to 83.2%, 85 answers | 57.4%likely range 47.1% to 67.1%, 99 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 98.6%likely range 82.2% to 99.9%, 86 answers | 84.2%likely range 75.4% to 90.3%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 58.5%likely range 37.8% to 76.5%, 88 answers | 32.8%likely range 24.2% to 42.8%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 33.5%likely range 13.8% to 61.3%, 50 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.5%likely range 60.4% to 92.8%, 85 answers | 84.5%likely range 75.6% to 90.6%, 98 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 84.3%likely range 63.7% to 94.2%, 87 answers | 75.5%likely range 65.7% to 83.2%, 100 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 68.6%likely range 46.6% to 84.6%, 82 answers | 79.4%likely range 69.7% to 86.6%, 95 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.9%likely range 72.8% to 98.0%, 86 answers | 89.5%likely range 81.5% to 94.3%, 99 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.6%likely range 68.7% to 96.5%, 86 answers | 85.8%likely range 77.0% to 91.5%, 98 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.2%likely range 73.1% to 98.1%, 86 answers | 96.8%likely range 90.9% to 98.9%, 101 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.2%likely range 72.5% to 98.1%, 82 answers | 92.7%likely range 85.2% to 96.5%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 94.5%likely range 76.1% to 98.9%, 85 answers | 91.5%likely range 83.9% to 95.7%, 99 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 73.1%likely range 65.4% to 79.7%, 145 patients | 75.8%likely range 67.4% to 82.6%, 120 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 69.2%likely range 61.3% to 76.1%, 146 patients | 70.9%likely range 62.4% to 78.1%, 127 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 64.7%likely range 57.6% to 71.2%, 187 patients | 65.4%likely range 56.0% to 73.8%, 107 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 60.3%likely range 58.5% to 62.2%, 2,690 patients | 62.5%likely range 60.3% to 64.7%, 1,810 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.7%likely range 72.0% to 77.2%, 1,064 patients | 72.7%likely range 69.3% to 75.8%, 725 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,573August 2026 | 9,257August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Fairlop PCN | Fairlop PCN |
| Phone | 020 85009938 | 020 85015051 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 75.0% good or very good20 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,114 in August 2026Same day 42.9%; face to face 53.2% | 8,227 in August 2026Same day 72.1%; face to face 29.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.01England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.16England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.3 qualified permanent6.9 including trainees and locums2,157 patients per permanent GP | 2.2 qualified permanent8.2 including trainees and locums4,152 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.