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The Harlequin Surgery vs Mirfield 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 Harlequin Surgery and Mirfield 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.

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MeasureThe Harlequin SurgeryB34 7BPMirfield SurgeryB33 9SA
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade69.7likely range 61.6 to 76.7110 survey answers65.1likely range 58.7 to 70.883 survey answers
Label (against the England average)No labelNo label
Patients who describe the practice as good64.8%likely range 53.4% to 74.7%, 110 answers61.8%likely range 53.6% to 69.4%, 83 answers
Access (mean of the two below)80.9%likely range 76.8% to 83.7%72.8%likely range 63.3% to 79.5%
Appointments within two weeks of booking97.5%likely range 91.6% to 99.3%, 1,313 appointmentsClearly higher82.3%likely range 72.8% to 89.0%, 1,298 appointments
Calls answered by the practice64.3%likely range 58.6% to 69.6%, 6,035 callsNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone48.6%likely range 37.3% to 60.0%, 106 answers34.2%likely range 26.8% to 42.5%, 80 answers
Reception and admin team86.0%likely range 76.2% to 92.2%, 107 answers71.6%likely range 63.5% to 78.6%, 78 answers
Having a preferred professional22.1%likely range 14.1% to 32.9%, 108 answers30.9%likely range 23.9% to 38.9%, 82 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step71.6%likely range 60.3% to 80.7%, 107 answers74.6%likely range 66.3% to 81.5%, 72 answers
Contacting the practice66.8%likely range 55.3% to 76.6%, 107 answers58.0%likely range 49.7% to 66.0%, 80 answers
Wait for an appointment63.4%likely range 50.8% to 74.3%, 91 answers63.7%likely range 54.8% to 71.8%, 70 answers
Being listened to81.1%likely range 70.3% to 88.6%, 103 answers77.5%likely range 69.7% to 83.7%, 78 answers
Care and concern78.7%likely range 67.8% to 86.7%, 104 answers73.7%likely range 65.6% to 80.5%, 77 answers
Confidence and trust80.8%likely range 70.0% to 88.4%, 102 answers88.7%likely range 82.1% to 93.0%, 77 answers
Involvement in decisions85.9%likely range 75.4% to 92.3%, 97 answers81.8%likely range 74.4% to 87.4%, 78 answers
Needs met83.0%likely range 72.4% to 90.1%, 102 answers82.8%likely range 75.5% to 88.2%, 79 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months83.3%likely range 75.7% to 88.9%, 120 patients86.0%likely range 73.8% to 93.0%, 50 patients
Children at 18 months80.6%likely range 71.9% to 87.1%, 103 patients71.2%likely range 57.7% to 81.7%, 52 patients
Children at 5 years74.3%likely range 65.2% to 81.7%, 105 patients69.7%likely range 57.8% to 79.4%, 66 patients
Women aged 25 to 4963.4%likely range 61.1% to 65.7%, 1,711 patients61.2%likely range 58.1% to 64.3%, 962 patients
Women aged 50 to 6466.4%likely range 63.3% to 69.5%, 885 patients67.3%likely range 62.3% to 72.0%, 358 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients10,453August 20265,193August 2026
Primary care networkShard End and Kitts Green PCNShard End and Kitts Green PCN
Phone0121 74782910121 4110484
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)No results for June 202666.7% good or very good6 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)5,592 in August 2026Same day 42.5%; face to face 79.8%1,970 in August 2026Same day 36.7%; face to face 75.6%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)1.12England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)5.9 qualified permanent7.0 including trainees and locums1,770 patients per permanent GP3.1 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums1,650 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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.

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