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The Meads Surgery vs Bird-in-Eye 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 Meads Surgery and Bird-in-Eye 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 Meads SurgeryTN22 1BA | Bird-in-Eye SurgeryTN22 5AW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.1likely range 67.1 to 80.9100 survey answers | 75.4likely range 71.2 to 79.0127 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 | 82.2%likely range 71.8% to 89.3%, 100 answers | 80.8%likely range 75.3% to 85.3%, 127 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 58.5%likely range 47.2% to 67.9% | 62.8%likely range 56.8% to 68.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 68.0%likely range 56.7% to 77.4%, 1,142 appointments | 49.2%likely range 39.4% to 59.1%, 1,461 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 76.2%likely range 69.4% to 81.9%, 3,678 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 49.7%likely range 38.0% to 61.3%, 93 answers | 55.4%likely range 48.8% to 61.8%, 120 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.0%likely range 80.7% to 95.1%, 97 answers | 84.5%likely range 79.3% to 88.6%, 125 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 24.3%likely range 15.8% to 35.5%, 98 answers | 56.1%likely range 49.7% to 62.3%, 126 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 70.7%likely range 61.9% to 78.1%, 65 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.7%likely range 76.7% to 92.8%, 96 answers | 90.2%likely range 85.7% to 93.4%, 123 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 71.6%likely range 60.2% to 80.8%, 98 answers | 80.8%likely range 75.2% to 85.3%, 125 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 54.8%likely range 42.6% to 66.4%, 89 answers | 56.5%likely range 49.7% to 63.1%, 111 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.9%likely range 74.7% to 91.5%, 96 answers | 91.8%likely range 87.5% to 94.7%, 124 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.3%likely range 72.7% to 90.3%, 95 answers | 91.3%likely range 87.0% to 94.3%, 124 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.8%likely range 78.1% to 93.6%, 96 answers | 93.4%likely range 89.5% to 96.0%, 124 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.4%likely range 81.8% to 96.2%, 87 answers | 94.4%likely range 90.5% to 96.7%, 118 answers |
| Needs met | 88.7%likely range 79.2% to 94.2%, 97 answers | 97.2%likely range 94.2% to 98.7%, 125 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.2%likely range 89.3% to 98.7%, 78 patients | 94.0%likely range 83.8% to 97.9%, 50 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 96.6%likely range 90.6% to 98.8%, 89 patients | 81.5%likely range 70.4% to 89.1%, 65 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 95.5%likely range 89.8% to 98.0%, 110 patients | 87.9%likely range 77.9% to 93.7%, 66 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.3%likely range 74.1% to 78.4%, 1,534 patients | 70.6%likely range 67.8% to 73.3%, 1,059 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.3%likely range 75.4% to 80.9%, 871 patients | 73.9%likely range 71.0% to 76.7%, 917 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,834August 2026 | 7,691August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Greater Wealden PCN | Greater Wealden PCN |
| Phone | 01825 766055 | 01825 763196 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.9% good or very good294 answers, June 2026 | 83.9% good or very good31 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,006 in August 2026Same day 18.1%; face to face 82.3% | 2,932 in August 2026Same day 19.0%; face to face 95.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.65England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.8 qualified permanent3.8 including trainees and locums2,625 patients per permanent GP | 2.7 qualified permanent2.7 including trainees and locums2,884 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.