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The Village Medical Centre vs Tame Valley 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 Tame Valley 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 CentreWS10 0EB | Tame Valley Medical CentreWS10 0JS |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 70.8likely range 58.1 to 81.090 survey answers | 80.6likely range 74.1 to 85.6102 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 | 65.4%likely range 47.3% to 79.9%, 90 answers | 76.5%likely range 67.5% to 83.6%, 102 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.3%likely range 79.3% to 86.3% | 89.9%likely range 85.7% to 92.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 89.9%likely range 84.1% to 93.7%, 2,338 appointments | 93.7%likely range 88.4% to 96.7%, 2,136 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.6%likely range 71.2% to 81.3%, 5,587 calls | 86.1%likely range 79.6% to 90.7%, 3,133 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 36.9%likely range 21.7% to 55.2%, 87 answers | 55.9%likely range 46.1% to 65.3%, 98 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 73.4%likely range 55.6% to 85.9%, 91 answers | 93.3%likely range 86.8% to 96.8%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 32.1%likely range 18.2% to 50.2%, 90 answers | 24.9%likely range 17.5% to 34.0%, 102 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 66.5%likely range 47.4% to 81.5%, 80 answers | 80.8%likely range 71.9% to 87.4%, 96 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 49.1%likely range 32.2% to 66.3%, 89 answers | 66.6%likely range 57.0% to 75.1%, 100 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 50.3%likely range 32.2% to 68.3%, 79 answers | 60.2%likely range 49.5% to 70.0%, 84 answers |
| Being listened to | 79.8%likely range 62.0% to 90.5%, 88 answers | 82.8%likely range 74.1% to 89.0%, 96 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.7%likely range 65.2% to 92.4%, 87 answers | 85.3%likely range 76.9% to 91.0%, 95 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 86.1%likely range 69.1% to 94.5%, 87 answers | 88.6%likely range 80.6% to 93.6%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.2%likely range 74.7% to 97.3%, 82 answers | 84.8%likely range 76.0% to 90.8%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 85.4%likely range 68.0% to 94.1%, 85 answers | 85.8%likely range 77.3% to 91.5%, 92 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.3%likely range 81.6% to 92.8%, 128 patients | 96.6%likely range 90.3% to 98.8%, 87 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.8%likely range 79.6% to 91.7%, 121 patients | 91.3%likely range 84.2% to 95.3%, 103 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 81.6%likely range 73.9% to 87.4%, 125 patients | 88.4%likely range 80.4% to 93.4%, 95 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.9%likely range 64.8% to 69.0%, 1,883 patients | 70.9%likely range 68.3% to 73.3%, 1,247 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.3%likely range 70.1% to 76.2%, 804 patients | 81.4%likely range 77.7% to 84.6%, 479 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,510August 2026 | 6,858August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Health Vision Partnership PCN | Health Vision Partnership PCN |
| Phone | 01215 562233 | 0845 1114113 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 82.4% good or very good17 answers, June 2026 | 100.0% good or very good15 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,727 in August 2026Same day 45.9%; face to face 41.3% | 3,134 in August 2026Same day 27.7%; face to face 44.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.17England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.3 qualified permanent6.2 including trainees and locums2,463 patients per permanent GP | 1.9 qualified permanent6.2 including trainees and locums3,572 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.