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The Village Surgery vs Limes 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 Surgery and Limes 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 SurgeryDE55 2FY | Limes Medical CentreDE55 7DW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.7likely range 68.9 to 82.4105 survey answers | 73.0likely range 66.6 to 78.3132 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 | 78.8%likely range 67.7% to 86.8%, 105 answers | 73.0%likely range 64.0% to 80.4%, 132 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.7%likely range 67.8% to 75.4% | 72.8%likely range 69.0% to 76.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 54.6%likely range 47.9% to 61.2%, 3,233 appointments | 70.2%likely range 64.1% to 75.7%, 3,604 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 88.8%likely range 84.6% to 92.0%, 5,941 callsClearly higher | 75.4%likely range 70.8% to 79.4%, 8,031 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 69.3%likely range 57.2% to 79.2%, 100 answers | 42.8%likely range 33.8% to 52.4%, 126 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.2%likely range 74.7% to 91.8%, 102 answers | 88.2%likely range 80.6% to 93.0%, 127 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 24.9%likely range 16.1% to 36.4%, 104 answers | 25.9%likely range 18.6% to 34.8%, 132 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.0%likely range 29.0% to 69.4%, 32 answers | 19.5%likely range 9.4% to 35.9%, 41 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.7%likely range 80.0% to 95.0%, 100 answers | 72.7%likely range 63.5% to 80.3%, 126 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 80.5%likely range 69.5% to 88.2%, 104 answers | 64.3%likely range 54.9% to 72.7%, 129 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 70.5%likely range 58.2% to 80.5%, 95 answers | 53.0%likely range 43.0% to 62.8%, 114 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.0%likely range 75.7% to 92.4%, 103 answers | 85.3%likely range 77.3% to 90.8%, 127 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.1%likely range 72.4% to 90.2%, 103 answers | 85.9%likely range 78.0% to 91.3%, 126 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.7%likely range 81.2% to 95.7%, 101 answers | 92.1%likely range 85.2% to 95.9%, 125 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.0%likely range 83.8% to 97.1%, 97 answers | 94.7%likely range 88.5% to 97.6%, 123 answers |
| Needs met | 95.4%likely range 87.4% to 98.4%, 102 answers | 95.1%likely range 89.1% to 97.9%, 125 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.9%likely range 85.3% to 96.7%, 84 patients | 96.4%likely range 90.0% to 98.8%, 84 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.0%likely range 78.7% to 93.6%, 75 patients | 90.9%likely range 82.4% to 95.5%, 77 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.1%likely range 78.3% to 92.6%, 85 patients | 93.9%likely range 87.3% to 97.2%, 98 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.2%likely range 69.9% to 74.4%, 1,496 patients | 76.5%likely range 74.3% to 78.6%, 1,525 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.5%likely range 71.5% to 77.3%, 864 patients | 77.7%likely range 75.2% to 80.1%, 1,092 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,620August 2026 | 10,425August 2026 |
| Primary care network | South Hardwick PCN | South Hardwick PCN |
| Phone | 01773 811469 | 01773 833133 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 85.8% good or very good197 answers, June 2026 | 90.6% good or very good170 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,538 in August 2026Same day 29.9%; face to face 78.8% | 4,590 in August 2026Same day 32.4%; face to face 65.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.89England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.0 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums1,924 patients per permanent GP | 6.1 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums1,707 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.