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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.
Comparison
Apsley Surgery and Middleport 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.
| Measure | Apsley SurgeryST6 2JN× | Middleport Medical CentreST6 3PN× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.9likely range 62.9 to 85.477 survey answers | 80.9likely range 75.9 to 84.996 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 | 70.3%likely range 51.9% to 83.9%, 77 answers | 78.6%likely range 71.7% to 84.1%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.8%likely range 83.1% to 90.1% | 86.2%likely range 81.5% to 89.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.3%likely range 92.6% to 99.6%, 1,242 appointmentsClearly higher | 87.6%likely range 81.3% to 92.0%, 2,227 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 84.6%likely range 77.7% to 89.7%, 2,911 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 48.4%likely range 31.1% to 66.1%, 75 answers | 75.7%likely range 68.4% to 81.7%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 78.4%likely range 60.0% to 89.7%, 75 answers | 86.0%likely range 79.9% to 90.4%, 96 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.6%likely range 16.1% to 47.9%, 78 answers | 26.6%likely range 20.4% to 33.8%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.1%likely range 70.9% to 95.8%, 73 answers | 87.5%likely range 81.3% to 91.8%, 90 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.6%likely range 50.1% to 82.6%, 77 answers | 81.0%likely range 74.2% to 86.3%, 94 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.7%likely range 57.8% to 89.9%, 65 answers | 76.6%likely range 69.2% to 82.7%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 78.2%likely range 59.6% to 89.7%, 73 answers | 83.8%likely range 77.3% to 88.7%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 69.6%likely range 50.5% to 83.7%, 72 answers | 83.8%likely range 77.3% to 88.7%, 93 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 79.9%likely range 61.4% to 90.8%, 73 answers | 82.9%likely range 76.3% to 87.9%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.0%likely range 71.8% to 96.9%, 65 answers | 90.2%likely range 84.5% to 93.9%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 91.2%likely range 73.8% to 97.5%, 67 answers | 86.7%likely range 80.6% to 91.1%, 93 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.2%likely range 79.6% to 92.2%, 109 patients | 79.0%likely range 67.4% to 87.3%, 62 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 81.0%likely range 72.4% to 87.3%, 105 patients | 85.0%likely range 73.9% to 91.9%, 60 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 78.8%likely range 71.1% to 84.9%, 132 patients | 77.0%likely range 66.3% to 85.1%, 74 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.0%likely range 61.5% to 66.4%, 1,452 patients | 58.3%likely range 55.0% to 61.4%, 920 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.2%likely range 68.8% to 77.2%, 426 patients | 63.0%likely range 56.9% to 68.7%, 254 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,980August 2026 | 4,592August 2026 |
| Primary care network | About Better Care (Abc) PCN | About Better Care (Abc) PCN |
| Phone | 0300 7900160 | 0300 1231131 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 84.7% good or very good85 answers, June 2026 | 88.2% good or very good17 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,132 in August 2026Same day 47.9%; face to face 75.8% | 2,377 in August 2026Same day 38.7%; face to face 51.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.93England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.15England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.1 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums7,481 patients per permanent GP | 2.9 qualified permanent2.9 including trainees and locums1,580 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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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.