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Wolverton Health Centre vs The Stonedean Practice
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?
The Stonedean Practice’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Wolverton Health Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Wolverton Health CentreMK12 5DF | The Stonedean PracticeMK11 1YA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 68.5likely range 56.3 to 78.0102 survey answers | 84.1likely range 78.5 to 87.893 survey answersClearly higher |
| 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 | 69.6%likely range 53.7% to 82.0%, 102 answers | 87.4%likely range 79.6% to 92.5%, 93 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.9%likely range 48.9% to 78.6% | 76.1%likely range 71.9% to 79.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 62.4%likely range 29.0% to 87.0%, 109 appointments | 65.3%likely range 58.3% to 71.8%, 2,881 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.4%likely range 63.0% to 75.2%, 4,525 calls | 86.8%likely range 82.0% to 90.5%, 5,063 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 40.6%likely range 25.8% to 57.3%, 92 answers | 85.4%likely range 77.2% to 91.0%, 90 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 75.4%likely range 59.5% to 86.5%, 100 answers | 92.5%likely range 85.7% to 96.2%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 54.1%likely range 38.4% to 69.0%, 101 answers | 31.9%likely range 23.7% to 41.5%, 92 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 21.8%likely range 8.8% to 44.6%, 51 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.7%likely range 61.2% to 88.5%, 91 answers | 94.1%likely range 87.6% to 97.3%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 57.2%likely range 41.2% to 71.7%, 100 answers | 84.7%likely range 76.4% to 90.4%, 91 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 70.8%likely range 53.0% to 83.9%, 83 answers | 78.4%likely range 69.1% to 85.5%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.5%likely range 71.9% to 94.1%, 99 answers | 87.7%likely range 79.9% to 92.7%, 92 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.6%likely range 72.9% to 94.9%, 96 answers | 83.7%likely range 75.3% to 89.6%, 91 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.9%likely range 77.0% to 96.8%, 96 answers | 91.9%likely range 85.0% to 95.8%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 88.6%likely range 73.2% to 95.6%, 88 answers | 90.0%likely range 82.4% to 94.6%, 86 answers |
| Needs met | 91.2%likely range 77.3% to 96.9%, 96 answers | 93.4%likely range 86.8% to 96.8%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.6%likely range 86.6% to 94.8%, 178 patients | 94.5%likely range 86.7% to 97.8%, 73 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.5%likely range 79.4% to 90.0%, 172 patients | 89.6%likely range 80.0% to 94.8%, 67 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.0%likely range 80.8% to 90.0%, 215 patients | 88.7%likely range 79.3% to 94.2%, 71 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 61.3%likely range 59.5% to 63.0%, 2,917 patients | 73.6%likely range 71.3% to 75.8%, 1,484 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.8%likely range 69.1% to 74.4%, 1,083 patients | 77.6%likely range 74.5% to 80.5%, 733 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 15,549August 2026 | 8,214August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Nexus Mk PCN | Nexus Mk PCN |
| Phone | 01908 222954 | 01908 261155 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.6% good or very good278 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,149 in August 2026Same day 40.0%; face to face 86.1% | 3,145 in August 2026Same day 32.1%; face to face 96.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.04England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.0 qualified permanent6.1 including trainees and locums3,110 patients per permanent GP | 2.9 qualified permanent4.3 including trainees and locums2,839 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.