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Widcombe Surgery vs Fairfield Park 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?
Widcombe Surgery and Fairfield Park 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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| Measure | Widcombe SurgeryBA2 4JT | Fairfield Park Health CentreBA1 6EA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.9likely range 69.5 to 85.592 survey answers | 90.5likely range 83.2 to 93.0123 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 78.1%likely range 64.8% to 87.3%, 92 answers | 95.3%likely range 85.0% to 98.7%, 123 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.7%likely range 75.9% to 84.6% | 79.0%likely range 75.2% to 82.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 88.6%likely range 84.5% to 91.7%, 4,635 appointmentsClearly higher | 79.6%likely range 75.1% to 83.5%, 5,280 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 72.8%likely range 64.0% to 80.0%, 2,424 calls | 78.2%likely range 72.1% to 83.2%, 4,397 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 58.8%likely range 44.2% to 72.1%, 82 answers | 85.6%likely range 71.1% to 93.5%, 101 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 82.6%likely range 69.6% to 90.8%, 89 answers | 98.4%likely range 89.3% to 99.8%, 121 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 23.8%likely range 14.1% to 37.3%, 92 answers | 43.7%likely range 30.3% to 58.0%, 122 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 58.3%likely range 33.7% to 79.4%, 40 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.5%likely range 69.5% to 90.6%, 90 answers | 86.8%likely range 73.9% to 93.9%, 120 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.1%likely range 63.6% to 86.6%, 91 answers | 85.0%likely range 71.9% to 92.7%, 121 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.7%likely range 56.8% to 83.0%, 79 answers | 48.9%likely range 34.5% to 63.6%, 112 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.9%likely range 77.1% to 95.0%, 91 answers | 95.3%likely range 84.6% to 98.7%, 118 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.9%likely range 79.6% to 96.2%, 91 answers | 94.8%likely range 83.9% to 98.4%, 118 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.8%likely range 83.3% to 97.9%, 90 answers | 96.9%likely range 87.0% to 99.3%, 119 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.6%likely range 82.1% to 97.9%, 80 answers | 97.1%likely range 87.0% to 99.4%, 115 answers |
| Needs met | 89.7%likely range 77.8% to 95.6%, 86 answers | 98.8%likely range 89.9% to 99.9%, 119 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.3%likely range 81.3% to 95.2%, 72 patients | 90.7%likely range 82.0% to 95.4%, 75 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.9%likely range 76.0% to 92.2%, 71 patients | 93.1%likely range 85.8% to 96.8%, 87 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.6%likely range 76.4% to 92.8%, 67 patients | 91.5%likely range 84.1% to 95.6%, 94 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.3%likely range 68.0% to 72.6%, 1,509 patients | 66.4%likely range 64.4% to 68.3%, 2,273 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.7%likely range 76.8% to 82.3%, 842 patients | 82.4%likely range 80.1% to 84.4%, 1,219 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,690August 2026 | 14,197August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bath Independents PCN | Bath Independents PCN |
| Phone | 01225 310883 | 01225 331616 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.3% good or very good298 answers, June 2026 | 97.8% good or very good504 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,198 in August 2026Same day 55.4%; face to face 47.4% | 6,621 in August 2026Same day 45.3%; face to face 66.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.48England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.54England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.6 qualified permanent5.2 including trainees and locums2,432 patients per permanent GP | 4.8 qualified permanent6.8 including trainees and locums2,941 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.