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Pick two to four practices. Each column shows the Practice Grade with its likely range and the number of answers, the other survey questions, and facts from NHS England. We point a practice out as higher only when the survey can show it. Otherwise we say they cannot be told apart.

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Alexandra & Crestview Surgeries and Kirkley Mill 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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MeasureAlexandra & Crestview SurgeriesNR32 1PL×Kirkley Mill Health CentreNR33 0HF×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade74.2likely range 59.0 to 84.0101 survey answers79.5likely range 74.6 to 83.4118 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Patients: cannot be told apart from the England averagePatients: cannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good74.3%likely range 52.7% to 88.3%, 101 answers81.6%likely range 75.2% to 86.7%, 118 answers
Access (mean of the two below)73.7%likely range 69.6% to 77.3%74.4%likely range 67.5% to 79.4%
Appointments within two weeks of booking70.1%likely range 63.4% to 76.1%, 2,986 appointments83.9%likely range 77.0% to 88.9%, 2,223 appointmentsClearly higher
Calls answered by the practice77.1%likely range 72.4% to 81.3%, 7,070 callsNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone66.6%likely range 44.1% to 83.5%, 92 answers57.6%likely range 49.6% to 65.2%, 103 answers
Reception and admin team89.8%likely range 69.8% to 97.1%, 100 answers86.7%likely range 80.5% to 91.1%, 110 answers
Having a preferred professional30.1%likely range 14.7% to 51.8%, 100 answers37.9%likely range 31.0% to 45.3%, 118 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers37.3%likely range 24.7% to 51.9%, 33 answers
Knowing the next step81.2%likely range 59.5% to 92.7%, 97 answers85.1%likely range 78.7% to 89.8%, 110 answers
Contacting the practice75.4%likely range 53.7% to 89.0%, 100 answers73.2%likely range 66.0% to 79.3%, 115 answers
Wait for an appointment72.8%likely range 49.9% to 87.8%, 90 answers64.5%likely range 56.4% to 71.8%, 100 answers
Being listened to93.1%likely range 73.9% to 98.5%, 99 answers82.2%likely range 75.6% to 87.3%, 113 answers
Care and concern92.3%likely range 72.8% to 98.2%, 98 answers79.6%likely range 72.8% to 85.0%, 114 answers
Confidence and trust95.2%likely range 76.3% to 99.2%, 96 answers95.8%likely range 91.5% to 98.0%, 111 answers
Involvement in decisions88.2%likely range 66.7% to 96.5%, 91 answers90.5%likely range 84.8% to 94.2%, 106 answers
Needs met92.1%likely range 72.2% to 98.1%, 96 answers88.6%likely range 82.8% to 92.6%, 114 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months86.6%likely range 79.1% to 91.7%, 112 patients91.9%likely range 83.4% to 96.2%, 74 patients
Children at 18 months89.0%likely range 82.3% to 93.3%, 127 patients85.7%likely range 76.2% to 91.8%, 77 patients
Children at 5 years89.0%likely range 82.9% to 93.1%, 146 patients90.0%likely range 81.5% to 94.8%, 80 patients
Women aged 25 to 4966.9%likely range 64.9% to 68.7%, 2,314 patients69.5%likely range 66.7% to 72.1%, 1,105 patients
Women aged 50 to 6471.8%likely range 69.3% to 74.3%, 1,261 patients68.1%likely range 64.3% to 71.6%, 626 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients15,246August 20267,481August 2026
Primary care networkLowestoft PCNLowestoft PCN
Phone01502 52606201502 532599
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)94.0% good or very good716 answers, June 202691.8% good or very good660 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)7,213 in August 2026Same day 18.4%; face to face 91.5%4,150 in August 2026Same day 44.7%; face to face 74.7%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.27England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)4.6 qualified permanent8.9 including trainees and locums3,289 patients per permanent GP3.1 qualified permanent3.1 including trainees and locums2,388 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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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How to read it

The Practice Grade is the same figure as on each practice’s page, with its margin of error. Two practices whose margins overlap cannot be told apart, however far apart the two numbers look. That is why a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.

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.

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