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Thorneloe Lodge Surgery vs Barbourne Health 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?

Thorneloe Lodge Surgery and Barbourne Health 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.

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MeasureThorneloe Lodge SurgeryWR1 1RUBarbourne Health CentreWR3 7LH
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade72.4likely range 63.2 to 79.6110 survey answers82.8likely range 74.7 to 88.4108 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good70.9%likely range 57.9% to 81.1%, 110 answers80.8%likely range 69.3% to 88.7%, 108 answers
Access (mean of the two below)75.6%likely range 70.9% to 79.5%87.3%likely range 83.3% to 90.1%Clearly higher
Appointments within two weeks of booking75.0%likely range 67.5% to 81.2%, 2,308 appointments94.7%likely range 89.3% to 97.4%, 1,929 appointmentsClearly higher
Calls answered by the practice76.1%likely range 70.5% to 80.9%, 5,361 calls79.9%likely range 74.0% to 84.8%, 4,386 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone62.6%likely range 49.1% to 74.4%, 104 answers55.5%likely range 43.1% to 67.3%, 107 answers
Reception and admin team80.6%likely range 68.2% to 88.9%, 107 answers85.9%likely range 75.1% to 92.6%, 107 answers
Having a preferred professional28.9%likely range 18.7% to 41.8%, 111 answers28.0%likely range 18.3% to 40.2%, 108 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers52.2%likely range 30.5% to 73.2%, 32 answers
Knowing the next step88.9%likely range 77.8% to 94.8%, 107 answers87.7%likely range 77.1% to 93.8%, 105 answers
Contacting the practice77.2%likely range 64.6% to 86.3%, 109 answers77.2%likely range 65.3% to 85.9%, 108 answers
Wait for an appointment74.1%likely range 60.9% to 84.0%, 103 answers75.2%likely range 62.1% to 84.8%, 94 answers
Being listened to79.5%likely range 67.0% to 88.1%, 106 answers83.1%likely range 71.7% to 90.5%, 106 answers
Care and concern84.1%likely range 72.0% to 91.6%, 104 answers81.4%likely range 69.8% to 89.2%, 106 answers
Confidence and trust87.7%likely range 76.3% to 94.0%, 105 answers94.0%likely range 84.9% to 97.7%, 105 answers
Involvement in decisions87.3%likely range 75.5% to 93.9%, 100 answers96.5%likely range 87.7% to 99.1%, 94 answers
Needs met87.8%likely range 76.4% to 94.1%, 104 answers96.7%likely range 88.6% to 99.1%, 105 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months96.2%likely range 89.3% to 98.7%, 78 patients96.3%likely range 90.9% to 98.6%, 108 patients
Children at 18 months91.7%likely range 84.4% to 95.7%, 96 patients94.8%likely range 88.4% to 97.8%, 96 patients
Children at 5 years86.0%likely range 77.2% to 91.8%, 86 patients90.7%likely range 83.8% to 94.9%, 108 patients
Women aged 25 to 4970.8%likely range 68.6% to 72.8%, 1,833 patients76.9%likely range 75.0% to 78.8%, 1,898 patients
Women aged 50 to 6475.2%likely range 72.5% to 77.7%, 1,084 patients78.7%likely range 76.0% to 81.1%, 1,012 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients11,573August 202611,355August 2026
Primary care networkSouth Worcs Worcester City GP PCNSouth Worcs Worcester City GP PCN
Phone01905 72644401905 22888
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)88.2% good or very good237 answers, June 202696.2% good or very good396 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,603 in August 2026Same day 40.8%; face to face 55.3%5,100 in August 2026Same day 41.0%; face to face 74.0%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)5.5 qualified permanent5.5 including trainees and locums2,093 patients per permanent GP1.4 qualified permanent1.4 including trainees and locums7,900 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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.

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