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The Westgate Practice vs The Langton Medical Group
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 Westgate Practice and The Langton Medical Group 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 Westgate PracticeWS13 6JL | The Langton Medical GroupWS13 7FA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.4likely range 46.7 to 89.1112 survey answers | 70.0likely range 55.7 to 80.3107 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 | 72.3%likely range 32.8% to 93.3%, 112 answers | 69.8%likely range 49.6% to 84.4%, 107 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.0%likely range 75.1% to 82.0%Clearly higher | 70.2%likely range 64.4% to 74.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 88.5%likely range 84.6% to 91.5%, 5,136 appointmentsClearly higher | 79.7%likely range 73.9% to 84.4%, 3,398 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 42.6%likely range 13.1% to 78.5%, 104 answers | 46.0%likely range 27.3% to 66.0%, 98 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 79.7%likely range 37.3% to 96.3%, 103 answers | 71.8%likely range 51.2% to 86.0%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 18.3%likely range 3.3% to 59.4%, 113 answers | 22.1%likely range 10.0% to 42.0%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.7%likely range 38.8% to 96.5%, 107 answers | 75.7%likely range 54.6% to 89.0%, 97 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.4%likely range 29.8% to 91.7%, 111 answers | 58.8%likely range 38.7% to 76.4%, 102 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 69.9%likely range 28.9% to 93.0%, 97 answers | 71.5%likely range 50.0% to 86.2%, 95 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.4%likely range 49.7% to 99.5%, 104 answers | 87.0%likely range 67.6% to 95.6%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.3%likely range 44.3% to 98.3%, 106 answers | 85.8%likely range 66.1% to 94.9%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.4%likely range 49.2% to 99.4%, 106 answers | 95.8%likely range 78.8% to 99.3%, 101 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.6%likely range 50.7% to 99.7%, 103 answers | 89.4%likely range 69.9% to 96.9%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 85.9%likely range 43.3% to 98.0%, 107 answers | 93.4%likely range 75.5% to 98.5%, 101 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.5%likely range 88.9% to 95.0%, 292 patients | 88.8%likely range 81.0% to 93.6%, 98 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.8%likely range 89.4% to 95.2%, 307 patients | 91.7%likely range 84.4% to 95.7%, 96 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.8%likely range 87.2% to 93.5%, 327 patients | 89.4%likely range 83.3% to 93.5%, 142 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.0%likely range 73.8% to 76.2%, 4,689 patients | 76.6%likely range 74.7% to 78.3%, 2,030 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.7%likely range 77.1% to 80.1%, 2,853 patients | 77.1%likely range 74.7% to 79.3%, 1,335 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 31,130August 2026 | 13,704August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Lichfield PCN | Lichfield PCN |
| Phone | 01543 416633 | 01543 440819 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.7% good or very good108 answers, June 2026 | 95.3% good or very good506 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 11,551 in August 2026Same day 33.3%; face to face 58.3% | 4,660 in August 2026Same day 29.4%; face to face 72.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 17.1 qualified permanent20.8 including trainees and locums1,817 patients per permanent GP | 4.2 qualified permanent6.5 including trainees and locums3,237 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.