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Woodlands Medical Practice vs Brierley Park Medical Group
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?
Woodlands Medical Practice and Brierley Park Medical Group 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 | Woodlands Medical PracticeNG17 1JW | Brierley Park Medical GroupNG17 2NF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.6likely range 73.0 to 85.7124 survey answers | 75.2likely range 62.1 to 84.6114 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 | 82.5%likely range 71.8% to 89.7%, 124 answers | 71.8%likely range 53.1% to 85.1%, 114 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.9%likely range 72.1% to 79.2% | 83.1%likely range 80.4% to 85.4%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 78.2%likely range 72.4% to 83.1%, 3,457 appointments | 93.9%likely range 91.5% to 95.6%, 8,121 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 73.5%likely range 68.5% to 77.9%, 7,073 calls | 72.2%likely range 67.3% to 76.6%, 7,439 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 69.8%likely range 58.0% to 79.4%, 121 answers | 43.2%likely range 26.2% to 61.8%, 108 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.2%likely range 83.3% to 96.5%, 122 answers | 77.1%likely range 58.7% to 88.9%, 113 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 39.8%likely range 29.0% to 51.6%, 124 answers | 10.1%likely range 3.3% to 26.8%, 112 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 29.1%likely range 14.2% to 50.4%, 40 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.0%likely range 68.9% to 87.8%, 121 answers | 84.8%likely range 66.8% to 93.9%, 109 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.3%likely range 65.0% to 84.9%, 123 answers | 64.3%likely range 45.4% to 79.5%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.8%likely range 69.4% to 88.6%, 114 answers | 66.4%likely range 47.2% to 81.4%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.9%likely range 73.2% to 90.8%, 119 answers | 81.4%likely range 63.2% to 91.8%, 112 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.5%likely range 73.7% to 91.3%, 116 answers | 81.0%likely range 62.7% to 91.6%, 111 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.9%likely range 82.8% to 96.4%, 119 answers | 87.3%likely range 70.1% to 95.3%, 113 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.6%likely range 91.7% to 99.8%, 112 answers | 89.9%likely range 73.0% to 96.7%, 110 answers |
| Needs met | 93.3%likely range 84.6% to 97.3%, 119 answers | 89.9%likely range 73.2% to 96.6%, 113 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.6%likely range 86.8% to 97.0%, 94 patients | 92.2%likely range 87.1% to 95.4%, 167 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.3%likely range 78.9% to 91.4%, 117 patients | 89.4%likely range 83.7% to 93.3%, 161 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.6%likely range 87.4% to 96.9%, 110 patients | 79.6%likely range 73.4% to 84.6%, 196 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 82.9%likely range 81.2% to 84.5%, 1,935 patients | 72.3%likely range 70.6% to 73.9%, 2,950 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 84.1%likely range 81.9% to 86.0%, 1,185 patients | 75.7%likely range 73.6% to 77.7%, 1,652 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,764August 2026 | 18,944August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Ashfield North PCN | Ashfield North PCN |
| Phone | 01623 528748 | 01623 550254 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 100.0% good or very good9 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,233 in August 2026Same day 37.6%; face to face 77.8% | 12,689 in August 2026Same day 54.8%; face to face 53.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.93England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.3 qualified permanent11.2 including trainees and locums1,875 patients per permanent GP | 7.8 qualified permanent15.9 including trainees and locums2,433 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Outstanding | 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.