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Wheatfield Surgery vs Houghton Regis 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?
Wheatfield Surgery and Houghton Regis 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 | Wheatfield SurgeryLU4 0SY | Houghton Regis Medical CentreLU5 5EZ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 68.3likely range 60.5 to 74.8111 survey answers | 57.8likely range 48.6 to 67.099 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 68.2%likely range 57.2% to 77.4%, 111 answers | 50.7%likely range 37.7% to 63.7%, 99 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 68.3%likely range 64.0% to 72.1% | 74.3%likely range 68.7% to 78.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.3%likely range 74.3% to 85.1%, 3,195 appointments | 86.1%likely range 76.7% to 92.2%, 1,169 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 56.3%likely range 50.2% to 62.2%, 5,375 calls | 62.3%likely range 56.1% to 68.2%, 5,137 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 32.6%likely range 22.9% to 44.1%, 102 answers | 34.0%likely range 22.5% to 47.9%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.4%likely range 70.7% to 88.8%, 99 answers | 61.7%likely range 48.0% to 73.8%, 94 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.7%likely range 25.1% to 45.8%, 111 answers | 38.1%likely range 26.2% to 51.7%, 97 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 33.8%likely range 18.0% to 54.3%, 34 answers | 48.1%likely range 29.1% to 67.7%, 42 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 74.3%likely range 63.3% to 83.0%, 104 answers | 65.8%likely range 52.1% to 77.4%, 94 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 52.5%likely range 41.4% to 63.2%, 109 answers | 52.4%likely range 39.2% to 65.3%, 97 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 58.5%likely range 46.2% to 69.7%, 91 answers | 56.2%likely range 41.6% to 69.7%, 82 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.2%likely range 80.1% to 94.4%, 106 answers | 70.3%likely range 56.8% to 81.0%, 96 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.7%likely range 78.5% to 93.4%, 107 answers | 68.7%likely range 55.0% to 79.8%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.4%likely range 86.6% to 97.8%, 104 answers | 81.5%likely range 68.5% to 89.9%, 91 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.1%likely range 82.0% to 95.9%, 96 answers | 85.0%likely range 72.2% to 92.5%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 82.2%likely range 72.0% to 89.3%, 105 answers | 85.0%likely range 72.6% to 92.3%, 93 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.7%likely range 73.2% to 88.0%, 104 patients | 90.2%likely range 84.7% to 93.9%, 163 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 77.4%likely range 68.9% to 84.1%, 115 patients | 85.5%likely range 79.7% to 89.8%, 186 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 75.6%likely range 67.6% to 82.1%, 131 patients | 71.2%likely range 64.1% to 77.4%, 177 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.5%likely range 68.5% to 72.5%, 1,996 patients | 67.3%likely range 65.5% to 69.1%, 2,654 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.8%likely range 70.0% to 75.4%, 1,034 patients | 77.2%likely range 74.5% to 79.8%, 966 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,859August 2026 | 13,695August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Titan PCN | Titan PCN |
| Phone | 01582 601116 | 01582 866161 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 89.2% good or very good251 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,214 in August 2026Same day 41.5%; face to face 91.2% | 6,495 in August 2026Same day 34.6%; face to face 89.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.9 qualified permanent13.9 including trainees and locums1,724 patients per permanent GP | 6.4 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums2,140 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | Requires improvement |
“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.