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The Forest Surgery vs The Bailey 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 Surgery and The Bailey 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 SurgeryE17 4BA | The Bailey PracticeE17 9LY |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.5likely range 66.5 to 79.196 survey answers | 81.0likely range 77.0 to 84.1101 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 74.4%likely range 64.9% to 82.0%, 96 answers | 82.8%likely range 78.7% to 86.3%, 101 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.2%likely range 64.2% to 76.7% | 76.5%likely range 67.6% to 83.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.7%likely range 73.7% to 86.2%, 2,307 appointments | 69.9%likely range 54.8% to 81.7%, 635 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 83.0%likely range 73.4% to 89.7%, 1,675 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 49.7%likely range 39.4% to 60.1%, 86 answers | 88.2%likely range 84.5% to 91.2%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.6%likely range 68.2% to 84.9%, 93 answers | 86.2%likely range 82.3% to 89.4%, 94 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.3%likely range 25.6% to 44.3%, 95 answers | 40.8%likely range 35.9% to 45.8%, 98 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 41.6%likely range 26.9% to 58.0%, 36 answers | 70.1%likely range 61.4% to 77.6%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.8%likely range 69.2% to 86.0%, 89 answers | 87.9%likely range 84.1% to 90.8%, 96 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 70.7%likely range 60.9% to 78.9%, 94 answers | 79.5%likely range 75.1% to 83.3%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.9%likely range 65.8% to 83.7%, 85 answers | 75.4%likely range 70.3% to 79.8%, 84 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.2%likely range 77.9% to 91.8%, 94 answers | 85.8%likely range 82.0% to 89.0%, 100 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.2%likely range 77.9% to 91.8%, 94 answers | 86.0%likely range 82.2% to 89.2%, 99 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.0%likely range 87.2% to 97.3%, 93 answers | 91.7%likely range 88.5% to 94.1%, 100 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.2%likely range 87.3% to 97.5%, 88 answers | 89.3%likely range 85.6% to 92.1%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 92.4%likely range 85.2% to 96.3%, 92 answers | 88.6%likely range 84.9% to 91.4%, 98 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 83.6%likely range 72.9% to 90.6%, 67 patients | 98.2%likely range 90.6% to 99.7%, 56 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 79.7%likely range 68.3% to 87.7%, 64 patients | 88.7%likely range 78.5% to 94.4%, 62 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.0%likely range 79.8% to 94.3%, 73 patients | 87.5%likely range 78.5% to 93.1%, 80 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.6%likely range 62.1% to 67.1%, 1,431 patients | 78.9%likely range 76.3% to 81.2%, 1,093 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.9%likely range 72.3% to 79.2%, 589 patients | 79.6%likely range 75.0% to 83.6%, 329 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,519August 2026 | 4,346August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Waltham Forest 8 PCN | Waltham Forest 8 PCN |
| Phone | 020 84984988 | 020 85205138 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 84.6% good or very good13 answers, June 2026 | 100.0% good or very good14 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,615 in August 2026Same day 41.4%; face to face 60.8% | 1,375 in August 2026Same day 26.5%; face to face 36.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.58England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.43England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.0 qualified permanent2.0 including trainees and locums3,710 patients per permanent GP | 1.5 qualified permanent1.5 including trainees and locums2,910 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.