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The Limes Medical Centre vs The Khattak Memorial 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 The Khattak Memorial 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 CentreB10 0BS | The Khattak Memorial SurgeryB10 0AU |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.5likely range 66.8 to 77.5102 survey answers | 77.5likely range 71.5 to 82.490 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 66.4%likely range 58.5% to 73.5%, 102 answers | 73.3%likely range 65.0% to 80.2%, 90 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.5%likely range 82.2% to 89.8% | 87.0%likely range 82.7% to 90.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.3%likely range 92.1% to 98.3%, 2,413 appointments | 98.4%likely range 93.3% to 99.6%, 1,420 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.6%likely range 69.1% to 82.8%, 3,040 calls | 75.5%likely range 68.6% to 81.4%, 3,546 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 41.6%likely range 33.8% to 49.7%, 98 answers | 61.9%likely range 53.2% to 69.9%, 90 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.3%likely range 69.9% to 83.3%, 101 answers | 78.7%likely range 70.8% to 84.9%, 90 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 52.0%likely range 43.9% to 59.9%, 100 answers | 48.1%likely range 39.5% to 56.9%, 88 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 32.8%likely range 22.9% to 44.6%, 48 answers | 47.0%likely range 35.1% to 59.3%, 45 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.7%likely range 73.4% to 86.4%, 95 answers | 79.5%likely range 71.3% to 85.8%, 84 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 63.3%likely range 55.4% to 70.6%, 102 answers | 77.3%likely range 69.1% to 83.8%, 87 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 56.1%likely range 47.8% to 64.0%, 95 answers | 70.1%likely range 60.8% to 77.9%, 77 answers |
| Being listened to | 79.6%likely range 72.4% to 85.3%, 101 answers | 85.0%likely range 77.6% to 90.3%, 86 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.9%likely range 73.8% to 86.4%, 101 answers | 82.7%likely range 74.9% to 88.4%, 86 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.7%likely range 86.2% to 95.2%, 100 answers | 89.7%likely range 82.8% to 94.0%, 83 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 83.3%likely range 76.2% to 88.6%, 94 answers | 87.6%likely range 80.3% to 92.5%, 81 answers |
| Needs met | 87.9%likely range 81.6% to 92.3%, 98 answers | 84.0%likely range 76.0% to 89.7%, 79 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 77.5%likely range 68.4% to 84.5%, 102 patients | 60.5%likely range 51.7% to 68.6%, 124 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 72.4%likely range 63.2% to 80.0%, 105 patients | 44.3%likely range 35.8% to 53.1%, 122 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 78.7%likely range 69.0% to 85.9%, 89 patients | 49.2%likely range 40.3% to 58.1%, 118 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 44.2%likely range 41.4% to 47.0%, 1,184 patients | 42.8%likely range 40.0% to 45.7%, 1,160 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.1%likely range 67.5% to 76.3%, 398 patients | 60.6%likely range 55.1% to 65.9%, 310 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,750August 2026 | 6,424August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Small Heath PCN | Small Heath PCN |
| Phone | 0121 7720067 | 0121 7734622 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 4 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 | 90.0% good or very good60 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,561 in August 2026Same day 52.9%; face to face 59.1% | 3,655 in August 2026Same day 45.1%; face to face 77.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.40England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.7 qualified permanent6.0 including trainees and locums2,474 patients per permanent GP | 2.8 qualified permanent5.5 including trainees and locums2,323 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.