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Vida Healthcare vs Southgates Surgical & 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?

Vida Healthcare and Southgates Surgical & 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.

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MeasureVida HealthcarePE30 4DYSouthgates Surgical & Medical CentrePE30 5QX
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade76.3likely range 55.8 to 87.4117 survey answers76.1likely range 59.4 to 86.498 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 good76.2%likely range 47.0% to 92.1%, 117 answers74.9%likely range 51.1% to 89.5%, 98 answers
Access (mean of the two below)76.2%likely range 74.0% to 78.2%78.8%likely range 75.9% to 81.2%
Appointments within two weeks of booking90.1%likely range 87.1% to 92.5%, 7,122 appointments88.3%likely range 85.4% to 90.7%, 8,489 appointments
Calls answered by the practice62.1%likely range 58.9% to 65.3%, 18,243 callsNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone54.6%likely range 27.6% to 79.1%, 110 answers29.8%likely range 13.3% to 54.1%, 93 answers
Reception and admin team85.0%likely range 55.7% to 96.2%, 115 answers78.9%likely range 55.1% to 92.0%, 96 answers
Having a preferred professional30.3%likely range 11.5% to 59.2%, 116 answers34.4%likely range 16.6% to 58.0%, 97 answers
Seeing your preferred professional28.9%likely range 5.0% to 75.9%, 35 answers43.2%likely range 14.6% to 77.3%, 35 answers
Knowing the next step79.7%likely range 49.3% to 94.0%, 109 answers75.9%likely range 51.1% to 90.5%, 90 answers
Contacting the practice72.1%likely range 43.0% to 89.8%, 116 answers54.7%likely range 32.2% to 75.3%, 96 answers
Wait for an appointment66.7%likely range 36.1% to 87.7%, 99 answers56.5%likely range 32.6% to 77.8%, 85 answers
Being listened to87.2%likely range 57.5% to 97.2%, 111 answers85.0%likely range 61.3% to 95.3%, 93 answers
Care and concern89.0%likely range 59.5% to 97.8%, 111 answers81.4%likely range 57.5% to 93.4%, 95 answers
Confidence and trust90.0%likely range 60.8% to 98.1%, 112 answers88.8%likely range 65.7% to 97.1%, 93 answers
Involvement in decisions86.5%likely range 55.7% to 97.0%, 105 answers86.4%likely range 61.8% to 96.1%, 87 answers
Needs met86.3%likely range 56.7% to 96.8%, 112 answers78.0%likely range 54.0% to 91.5%, 95 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months92.3%likely range 88.0% to 95.1%, 221 patients77.8%likely range 69.4% to 84.4%, 117 patients
Children at 18 months90.7%likely range 86.6% to 93.7%, 259 patients81.0%likely range 73.8% to 86.5%, 147 patients
Children at 5 years85.8%likely range 81.2% to 89.4%, 281 patients79.6%likely range 72.6% to 85.2%, 157 patients
Women aged 25 to 4964.6%likely range 63.1% to 66.0%, 4,209 patients60.0%likely range 58.3% to 61.8%, 2,962 patients
Women aged 50 to 6471.3%likely range 69.5% to 73.0%, 2,533 patients65.2%likely range 62.9% to 67.6%, 1,568 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients29,646August 202616,689August 2026
Primary care networkKings Lynn PCNKings Lynn PCN
Phone01485 50013901553 819477
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)100.0% good or very good53 answers, June 202691.3% good or very good356 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)16,600 in August 2026Same day 39.5%; face to face 73.3%12,033 in August 2026Same day 59.0%; face to face 46.6%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.99England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)14.4 qualified permanent18.2 including trainees and locums2,064 patients per permanent GP12.5 qualified permanent13.3 including trainees and locums1,332 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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