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Winstree Medical Practice vs Mill Road Surgery
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?
Winstree Medical Practice and Mill Road Surgery 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 | Winstree Medical PracticeCO3 0PZ | Mill Road SurgeryCO4 5LE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.3likely range 69.8 to 79.8125 survey answers | 80.7likely range 71.8 to 86.1141 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 | 76.2%likely range 68.5% to 82.4%, 125 answers | 84.3%likely range 71.8% to 91.9%, 141 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 73.1%likely range 68.7% to 76.8% | 72.0%likely range 68.4% to 75.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.2%likely range 77.2% to 89.3%, 2,120 appointments | 88.9%likely range 84.2% to 92.3%, 3,590 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.0%likely range 56.5% to 67.2%, 6,522 calls | 55.0%likely range 49.4% to 60.5%, 6,335 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 60.1%likely range 51.5% to 68.1%, 114 answers | 50.3%likely range 36.7% to 63.8%, 138 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.1%likely range 86.3% to 95.6%, 119 answers | 87.7%likely range 75.6% to 94.2%, 138 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 27.7%likely range 21.0% to 35.6%, 125 answers | 32.3%likely range 21.0% to 46.2%, 141 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 19.9%likely range 10.4% to 34.6%, 37 answers | 26.4%likely range 11.7% to 49.2%, 54 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.2%likely range 81.8% to 92.6%, 122 answers | 80.3%likely range 67.1% to 89.1%, 138 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.8%likely range 69.2% to 83.1%, 123 answers | 72.7%likely range 58.9% to 83.2%, 139 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.9%likely range 72.9% to 86.9%, 106 answers | 75.9%likely range 61.4% to 86.2%, 124 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.9%likely range 80.1% to 91.6%, 117 answers | 90.5%likely range 79.0% to 96.0%, 137 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.3%likely range 81.7% to 92.7%, 116 answers | 91.8%likely range 80.6% to 96.8%, 136 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.2%likely range 91.5% to 98.4%, 117 answers | 95.2%likely range 85.2% to 98.6%, 137 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.2%likely range 87.3% to 96.4%, 109 answers | 92.9%likely range 81.8% to 97.5%, 132 answers |
| Needs met | 93.2%likely range 87.5% to 96.4%, 116 answers | 93.3%likely range 82.5% to 97.7%, 134 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.7%likely range 82.7% to 95.2%, 86 patients | 93.6%likely range 89.7% to 96.1%, 235 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.8%likely range 87.0% to 97.1%, 96 patients | 91.7%likely range 87.5% to 94.5%, 240 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.0%likely range 79.4% to 92.1%, 108 patients | 91.6%likely range 87.2% to 94.5%, 225 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.5%likely range 72.2% to 76.7%, 1,474 patients | 71.3%likely range 69.9% to 72.8%, 3,757 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.7%likely range 74.6% to 80.6%, 741 patients | 78.9%likely range 76.6% to 80.9%, 1,387 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,930August 2026 | 21,946August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Colchester PCN | North Colchester PCN |
| Phone | 01206 572372 | 01206 845900 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.5% good or very good378 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,380 in August 2026Same day 41.2%; face to face 72.0% | 6,648 in August 2026Same day 47.3%; face to face 76.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.00England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums3,417 patients per permanent GP | 7.9 qualified permanent9.6 including trainees and locums2,769 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.