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Upper Thames Medical Group vs Cirencester Health 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?
Upper Thames Medical Group and Cirencester Health 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 | Upper Thames Medical GroupGL7 1US | Cirencester Health GroupGL7 1EH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 70.4likely range 61.6 to 77.0114 survey answers | 78.5likely range 70.0 to 84.6127 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 | 76.4%likely range 64.1% to 85.5%, 114 answers | 78.7%likely range 66.6% to 87.3%, 127 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 56.2%likely range 49.8% to 62.1% | 78.0%likely range 73.9% to 81.4%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 65.7%likely range 59.3% to 71.6%, 3,481 appointments | 83.3%likely range 78.8% to 87.0%, 4,772 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 72.6%likely range 65.8% to 78.4%, 3,986 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 52.9%likely range 39.9% to 65.6%, 107 answers | 54.3%likely range 41.0% to 66.9%, 116 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.7%likely range 73.2% to 91.8%, 113 answers | 81.1%likely range 68.8% to 89.3%, 120 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 19.3%likely range 11.2% to 31.2%, 114 answers | 33.0%likely range 22.2% to 45.8%, 126 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 54.3%likely range 32.2% to 74.9%, 39 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.2%likely range 78.3% to 94.9%, 109 answers | 91.5%likely range 81.1% to 96.4%, 120 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 74.7%likely range 62.3% to 84.1%, 115 answers | 75.2%likely range 62.6% to 84.5%, 125 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.6%likely range 62.6% to 85.2%, 105 answers | 58.9%likely range 45.6% to 71.0%, 118 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.4%likely range 72.7% to 91.6%, 111 answers | 87.3%likely range 76.3% to 93.6%, 125 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.3%likely range 75.0% to 93.0%, 111 answers | 87.3%likely range 76.3% to 93.7%, 124 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.0%likely range 82.0% to 96.7%, 111 answers | 92.4%likely range 82.5% to 96.9%, 123 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.7%likely range 73.8% to 92.7%, 104 answers | 90.2%likely range 79.6% to 95.6%, 120 answers |
| Needs met | 86.7%likely range 75.5% to 93.2%, 112 answers | 87.9%likely range 77.0% to 94.1%, 124 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.7%likely range 78.4% to 96.3%, 43 patients | 91.0%likely range 82.6% to 95.6%, 78 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.7%likely range 81.9% to 96.4%, 60 patients | 90.7%likely range 82.0% to 95.4%, 75 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.8%likely range 73.3% to 90.7%, 68 patients | 88.5%likely range 81.3% to 93.2%, 113 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.0%likely range 70.5% to 75.4%, 1,297 patients | 67.9%likely range 65.8% to 70.0%, 1,837 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.3%likely range 72.8% to 77.7%, 1,196 patients | 77.8%likely range 75.4% to 80.0%, 1,237 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,753August 2026 | 12,559August 2026 |
| Primary care network | South Cotswolds PCN | South Cotswolds PCN |
| Phone | 01285 654733 | 01285 653122 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 83.0% good or very good53 answers, June 2026 | 93.0% good or very good256 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,319 in August 2026Same day 24.9%; face to face 83.3% | 7,645 in August 2026Same day 49.6%; face to face 60.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.58England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.5 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums1,657 patients per permanent GP | 6.4 qualified permanent8.7 including trainees and locums1,966 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.