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Ballards Walk Surgery and Dr Sharma & Partners 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.
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, so a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
| Measure | Ballards Walk SurgerySS15 5HL× | Dr Sharma & PartnersSS15 4EZ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.2likely range 69.3 to 87.3104 survey answers | 67.5likely range 63.5 to 70.996 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 79.1%likely range 63.5% to 89.2%, 104 answersClearly higher | 57.6%likely range 52.8% to 62.2%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.7%likely range 79.8% to 85.0% | 90.3%likely range 83.5% to 94.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.3%likely range 95.0% to 99.4%, 2,572 appointments | 98.3%likely range 90.6% to 99.7%, 858 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.1%likely range 62.2% to 71.6%, 8,060 calls | 82.3%likely range 71.1% to 89.8%, 1,320 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 72.0%likely range 55.5% to 84.2%, 99 answers | 47.7%likely range 42.9% to 52.6%, 91 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.5%likely range 70.3% to 93.6%, 99 answers | 49.2%likely range 44.4% to 54.0%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.3%likely range 17.1% to 45.5%, 104 answers | 19.1%likely range 15.6% to 23.1%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.1%likely range 68.6% to 92.8%, 98 answers | 66.1%likely range 61.3% to 70.5%, 90 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.8%likely range 66.3% to 91.1%, 102 answers | 47.6%likely range 42.9% to 52.3%, 95 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 85.5%likely range 70.0% to 93.7%, 96 answers | 64.6%likely range 59.6% to 69.4%, 82 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.9%likely range 68.4% to 92.6%, 99 answers | 68.4%likely range 63.8% to 72.7%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.2%likely range 68.8% to 92.8%, 99 answers | 65.6%likely range 60.8% to 70.0%, 92 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.6%likely range 78.8% to 97.7%, 97 answers | 88.6%likely range 85.1% to 91.3%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.6%likely range 78.3% to 97.7%, 92 answers | 76.5%likely range 71.9% to 80.5%, 84 answers |
| Needs met | 89.9%likely range 75.5% to 96.3%, 98 answers | 78.2%likely range 73.9% to 82.0%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 84.4%likely range 77.9% to 89.3%, 154 patients | 93.0%likely range 81.4% to 97.6%, 43 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.5%likely range 78.9% to 90.3%, 145 patients | 88.2%likely range 73.4% to 95.3%, 34 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.0%likely range 76.8% to 87.7%, 182 patients | 89.3%likely range 72.8% to 96.3%, 28 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 61.4%likely range 59.5% to 63.3%, 2,564 patients | 74.6%likely range 70.9% to 78.1%, 556 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 68.2%likely range 65.2% to 71.1%, 962 patients | 78.0%likely range 72.9% to 82.3%, 295 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,296August 2026 | 3,296August 2026 |
| Primary care network | West Basildon PCN | West Basildon PCN |
| Phone | 01268 542901 | 01268 284285 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,860 in August 2026Same day 54.2%; face to face 69.7% | 1,403 in August 2026Same day 52.2%; face to face 86.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.89England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.8 qualified permanent3.8 including trainees and locums3,482 patients per permanent GP | 2.0 qualified permanent2.0 including trainees and locums1,670 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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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2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
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