Broxbourne · Compare
The Limes Surgery vs Amwell 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?
Amwell Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than The Limes Surgery’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | The Limes SurgeryEN11 8EP | Amwell SurgeryEN11 8FG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.7likely range 68.9 to 78.0116 survey answers | 88.0likely range 78.7 to 92.8105 survey answersClearly higher |
| 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 | 71.2%likely range 64.6% to 77.1%, 116 answers | 87.9%likely range 74.7% to 94.7%, 105 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.5%likely range 74.9% to 83.2% | 87.9%likely range 85.3% to 90.1%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.3%likely range 79.0% to 88.4%, 3,578 appointments | 99.2%likely range 97.2% to 99.8%, 4,167 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.6%likely range 67.1% to 80.9%, 3,150 calls | 76.6%likely range 71.7% to 80.9%, 6,732 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 60.3%likely range 52.8% to 67.4%, 99 answers | 70.8%likely range 55.6% to 82.5%, 103 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 82.7%likely range 76.7% to 87.4%, 109 answers | 95.3%likely range 84.0% to 98.7%, 102 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 24.8%likely range 19.3% to 31.3%, 114 answers | 25.7%likely range 14.9% to 40.7%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.9%likely range 72.5% to 84.1%, 109 answers | 88.8%likely range 75.4% to 95.3%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 64.6%likely range 57.7% to 70.9%, 113 answers | 85.4%likely range 71.7% to 93.1%, 104 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.5%likely range 58.0% to 72.2%, 98 answers | 75.4%likely range 60.0% to 86.2%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.4%likely range 80.7% to 90.7%, 105 answers | 96.2%likely range 85.2% to 99.1%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.7%likely range 79.9% to 90.0%, 106 answers | 92.0%likely range 79.5% to 97.2%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.1%likely range 90.9% to 97.4%, 104 answers | 98.7%likely range 89.1% to 99.9%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.2%likely range 88.6% to 96.0%, 106 answers | 98.0%likely range 87.4% to 99.7%, 94 answers |
| Needs met | 92.7%likely range 87.9% to 95.6%, 106 answers | 97.2%likely range 86.8% to 99.5%, 102 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 83.6%likely range 71.7% to 91.1%, 55 patients | 88.0%likely range 81.4% to 92.5%, 133 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 79.3%likely range 67.2% to 87.7%, 58 patients | 84.4%likely range 77.6% to 89.3%, 147 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.3%likely range 74.3% to 93.2%, 51 patients | 87.1%likely range 80.3% to 91.8%, 132 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 78.6%likely range 76.1% to 81.0%, 1,095 patients | 75.8%likely range 74.0% to 77.5%, 2,400 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 82.3%likely range 79.4% to 84.9%, 763 patients | 77.6%likely range 75.2% to 79.8%, 1,288 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,675August 2026 | 14,244August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Hoddesdon & Broxbourne PCN | Hoddesdon & Broxbourne PCN |
| Phone | 01992 464533 | 01992 938120 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 95.1% good or very good263 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,281 in August 2026Same day 54.6%; face to face 85.2% | 7,258 in August 2026Same day 59.9%; face to face 70.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.95England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.8 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums1,999 patients per permanent GP | 5.7 qualified permanent8.0 including trainees and locums2,492 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | – | 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.