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Yardley Medical Centre vs Aubrey Road 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?
Yardley Medical Centre and Aubrey Road 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 | Yardley Medical CentreB25 8BY | Aubrey Road Medical CentreB10 0TU |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.8likely range 69.8 to 77.290 survey answers | 71.1likely range 66.9 to 74.971 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 68.5%likely range 65.3% to 71.6%, 90 answers | 63.3%likely range 57.8% to 68.5%, 71 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.1%likely range 75.1% to 94.5% | 89.1%likely range 83.8% to 92.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | Not in the grade: too few appointments | 99.5%likely range 94.1% to 100.0%, 1,109 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.5%likely range 65.5% to 84.9%, 1,484 calls | 78.5%likely range 69.3% to 85.5%, 2,017 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 63.2%likely range 59.8% to 66.5%, 87 answers | 62.0%likely range 56.5% to 67.2%, 71 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.9%likely range 85.5% to 90.0%, 88 answers | 66.1%likely range 60.6% to 71.1%, 70 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.8%likely range 25.8% to 32.0%, 88 answers | 36.2%likely range 31.1% to 41.7%, 72 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.8%likely range 84.2% to 89.0%, 82 answers | 69.7%likely range 64.1% to 74.7%, 66 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.3%likely range 66.0% to 72.4%, 87 answers | 54.6%likely range 49.0% to 60.0%, 71 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 70.8%likely range 67.2% to 74.1%, 72 answers | 68.5%likely range 62.7% to 73.8%, 62 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.2%likely range 77.3% to 82.8%, 86 answers | 64.8%likely range 59.4% to 69.9%, 72 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.1%likely range 76.2% to 81.8%, 87 answers | 69.4%likely range 64.0% to 74.4%, 69 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 83.2%likely range 80.4% to 85.7%, 85 answers | 82.8%likely range 78.0% to 86.8%, 65 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 80.8%likely range 77.7% to 83.6%, 75 answers | 84.1%likely range 79.4% to 88.0%, 64 answers |
| Needs met | 81.5%likely range 78.6% to 84.1%, 84 answers | 86.5%likely range 82.2% to 90.0%, 67 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.1%likely range 68.6% to 89.4%, 53 patients | 85.1%likely range 72.3% to 92.6%, 47 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.8%likely range 68.9% to 92.3%, 37 patients | 76.9%likely range 61.7% to 87.4%, 39 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 74.3%likely range 57.9% to 85.8%, 35 patients | 80.0%likely range 67.6% to 88.4%, 55 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.8%likely range 62.0% to 71.4%, 380 patients | 68.2%likely range 64.0% to 72.2%, 488 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.1%likely range 68.3% to 84.0%, 109 patients | 90.3%likely range 84.3% to 94.1%, 144 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 2,499August 2026 | 2,953August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Small Heath PCN | Small Heath PCN |
| Phone | 0121 7721898 | 0121 7732094 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.3% good or very good23 answers, June 2026 | 83.3% good or very good24 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 916 in August 2026Same day 76.6%; face to face 33.0% | 1,530 in August 2026Same day 76.6%; face to face 38.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.51England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 0.7 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums | 0.8 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums |
| 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.