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The Practice Leecon Way vs Ashingdon Medical Centre
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 Practice Leecon Way and Ashingdon Medical Centre 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 Practice Leecon WaySS4 1TU | Ashingdon Medical CentreSS4 3BW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 86.4likely range 81.6 to 89.7100 survey answers | 88.7likely range 84.9 to 91.4110 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 84.7%likely range 78.3% to 89.4%, 100 answers | 88.9%likely range 83.8% to 92.5%, 110 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 90.1%likely range 85.1% to 90.5% | 88.0%likely range 83.8% to 91.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 99.6%likely range 94.6% to 100.0%, 1,199 appointments | 92.1%likely range 87.3% to 95.2%, 2,816 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 83.8%likely range 76.9% to 89.0%, 2,950 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.8%likely range 60.0% to 74.6%, 95 answers | 85.0%likely range 79.3% to 89.3%, 106 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.6%likely range 85.1% to 94.2%, 99 answers | 97.3%likely range 94.1% to 98.8%, 109 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.5%likely range 22.1% to 35.9%, 100 answers | 18.5%likely range 13.7% to 24.5%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.6%likely range 86.1% to 95.0%, 96 answers | 94.4%likely range 90.2% to 96.9%, 104 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.2%likely range 75.5% to 87.4%, 97 answers | 89.4%likely range 84.3% to 92.9%, 107 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 81.5%likely range 74.4% to 87.0%, 89 answers | 90.0%likely range 84.9% to 93.5%, 102 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.4%likely range 78.0% to 89.2%, 98 answers | 88.7%likely range 83.6% to 92.4%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.5%likely range 86.1% to 95.0%, 97 answers | 88.3%likely range 83.1% to 92.0%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.8%likely range 94.1% to 99.2%, 96 answers | 97.1%likely range 93.7% to 98.7%, 105 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.7%likely range 92.4% to 98.6%, 88 answers | 96.3%likely range 92.6% to 98.2%, 103 answers |
| Needs met | 94.3%likely range 89.5% to 97.0%, 97 answers | 96.0%likely range 92.2% to 97.9%, 106 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.6%likely range 86.9% to 97.9%, 74 patients | 95.4%likely range 87.3% to 98.4%, 65 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.3%likely range 78.2% to 93.0%, 79 patients | 87.7%likely range 77.5% to 93.6%, 65 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.5%likely range 78.5% to 93.1%, 80 patients | 92.9%likely range 85.3% to 96.7%, 84 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 78.7%likely range 76.2% to 81.1%, 1,101 patients | 80.7%likely range 78.2% to 83.0%, 1,012 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.9%likely range 77.1% to 84.2%, 471 patients | 78.8%likely range 75.1% to 82.1%, 533 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,931August 2026 | 6,296August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Rochford PCN | Rochford PCN |
| Phone | 01702 547828 | 01702 414970 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.7% good or very good111 answers, June 2026 | 96.4% good or very good253 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,625 in August 2026Same day 53.9%; face to face 87.2% | 3,347 in August 2026Same day 54.3%; face to face 70.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.01England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.07England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums5,777 patients per permanent GP | 1.7 qualified permanent1.7 including trainees and locums3,632 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.