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The Village Medical Centre vs Bharani 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 Village Medical Centre and Bharani 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 Village Medical CentreSL1 5ND | Bharani Medical CentreSL1 6BB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 70.3likely range 63.3 to 76.4110 survey answers | 70.4likely range 50.0 to 85.070 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 68.1%likely range 58.3% to 76.5%, 110 answers | 65.1%likely range 36.0% to 86.0%, 70 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.4%likely range 69.9% to 79.9% | 82.6%likely range 79.6% to 85.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 68.8%likely range 60.1% to 76.3%, 1,874 appointments | 91.2%likely range 87.2% to 94.1%, 3,996 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 81.8%likely range 75.1% to 87.0%, 3,317 calls | 73.9%likely range 69.4% to 77.9%, 8,603 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 50.2%likely range 40.2% to 60.2%, 104 answers | 24.0%likely range 7.7% to 54.6%, 68 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 75.8%likely range 66.1% to 83.4%, 104 answers | 65.5%likely range 36.0% to 86.5%, 68 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.0%likely range 21.0% to 38.7%, 110 answers | 56.5%likely range 28.8% to 80.6%, 69 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 55.5%likely range 39.4% to 70.6%, 41 answers | 39.3%likely range 13.0% to 73.7%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.4%likely range 72.1% to 88.2%, 100 answers | 68.8%likely range 37.6% to 89.0%, 62 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.0%likely range 56.0% to 74.7%, 107 answers | 54.1%likely range 27.0% to 79.0%, 69 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 48.5%likely range 38.0% to 59.1%, 93 answers | 56.2%likely range 27.2% to 81.5%, 61 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.5%likely range 74.6% to 89.7%, 105 answers | 86.8%likely range 55.8% to 97.2%, 66 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.4%likely range 75.7% to 90.4%, 105 answers | 87.7%likely range 57.0% to 97.5%, 67 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.7%likely range 88.0% to 97.7%, 103 answers | 90.9%likely range 60.1% to 98.5%, 65 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 81.2%likely range 71.7% to 88.1%, 97 answers | 91.1%likely range 58.7% to 98.6%, 60 answers |
| Needs met | 83.3%likely range 74.3% to 89.6%, 102 answers | 86.5%likely range 54.9% to 97.1%, 64 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.2%likely range 82.9% to 94.6%, 102 patients | 82.9%likely range 77.4% to 87.3%, 222 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.9%likely range 85.3% to 95.7%, 111 patients | 79.4%likely range 74.0% to 84.0%, 253 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.4%likely range 79.6% to 92.5%, 103 patients | 86.2%likely range 80.9% to 90.2%, 210 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.6%likely range 67.5% to 71.6%, 1,946 patients | 65.1%likely range 63.4% to 66.7%, 3,256 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.4%likely range 78.7% to 83.8%, 877 patients | 77.9%likely range 75.4% to 80.3%, 1,106 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,252August 2026 | 17,357August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Shape PCN | Shape PCN |
| Phone | 01628 660788 | 01753 218380 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.7% good or very good43 answers, June 2026 | 70.0% good or very good10 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,849 in August 2026Same day 43.8%; face to face 48.9% | 6,178 in August 2026Same day 22.8%; face to face 44.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.49England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 7.3 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums1,403 patients per permanent GP | 5.5 qualified permanent6.0 including trainees and locums3,126 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.