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The Limes Medical Centre vs Northdown & Dashwood 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 Limes Medical Centre and Northdown & Dashwood 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.
Side by side
| Measure | The Limes Medical CentreCT9 1QY | Northdown & Dashwood SurgeryCT9 2TR |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.3likely range 56.7 to 82.791 survey answers | 76.4likely range 64.3 to 84.692 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 | 71.9%likely range 49.8% to 86.8%, 91 answers | 75.3%likely range 58.1% to 87.0%, 92 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 72.9%likely range 68.9% to 76.3% | 78.8%likely range 75.7% to 81.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.0%likely range 84.9% to 93.5%, 2,901 appointments | 91.3%likely range 88.8% to 93.2%, 9,637 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 55.6%likely range 49.5% to 61.6%, 5,360 calls | 66.1%likely range 60.6% to 71.3%, 6,193 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 33.5%likely range 16.6% to 56.0%, 86 answers | 51.7%likely range 34.3% to 68.6%, 84 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 73.8%likely range 51.2% to 88.3%, 87 answers | 82.6%likely range 65.6% to 92.2%, 87 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 16.1%likely range 5.7% to 37.9%, 88 answers | 21.1%likely range 10.3% to 38.2%, 90 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.2%likely range 59.9% to 94.3%, 79 answers | 75.8%likely range 58.2% to 87.6%, 88 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.5%likely range 44.4% to 83.1%, 90 answers | 73.8%likely range 56.1% to 86.1%, 89 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.3%likely range 41.3% to 83.4%, 75 answers | 72.9%likely range 54.5% to 85.8%, 82 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.1%likely range 65.8% to 96.0%, 88 answers | 83.9%likely range 67.1% to 93.0%, 88 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.2%likely range 63.5% to 95.0%, 87 answers | 85.2%likely range 68.6% to 93.8%, 88 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.5%likely range 73.4% to 98.7%, 86 answers | 87.5%likely range 71.3% to 95.2%, 87 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.6%likely range 71.4% to 98.4%, 81 answers | 96.4%likely range 81.7% to 99.4%, 78 answers |
| Needs met | 90.5%likely range 69.1% to 97.6%, 83 answers | 85.1%likely range 68.6% to 93.7%, 89 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.9%likely range 75.6% to 86.9%, 177 patients | 87.3%likely range 82.7% to 90.8%, 260 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 81.1%likely range 74.8% to 86.2%, 180 patients | 84.7%likely range 80.3% to 88.2%, 313 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 78.3%likely range 72.2% to 83.4%, 203 patients | 76.2%likely range 71.1% to 80.7%, 303 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 62.3%likely range 60.6% to 64.0%, 3,201 patients | 67.0%likely range 65.6% to 68.3%, 4,550 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 64.3%likely range 61.7% to 66.8%, 1,316 patients | 70.7%likely range 68.6% to 72.8%, 1,845 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 16,828August 2026 | 25,551August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Margate PCN | Margate PCN |
| Phone | 01843 222788 | 01843 231661 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 89.7% good or very good97 answers, June 2026 | 85.0% good or very good100 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,923 in August 2026Same day 61.2%; face to face 46.9% | 14,619 in August 2026Same day 63.1%; face to face 42.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.3 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums3,932 patients per permanent GP | 11.8 qualified permanent12.6 including trainees and locums2,173 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.