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Belmont Medical Centre and Hereford 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.
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 | Belmont Medical CentreHR2 7XT× | Hereford Medical GroupHR1 1BB× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.9likely range 60.9 to 83.483 survey answers | 59.6likely range 39.9 to 77.0169 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 71.4%likely range 52.9% to 84.8%, 83 answers | 55.8%likely range 27.7% to 80.6%, 169 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.7%likely range 75.8% to 83.0%Clearly higher | 68.4%likely range 65.6% to 70.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.1%likely range 78.5% to 88.4%, 3,201 appointmentsClearly higher | 73.8%likely range 69.7% to 77.6%, 7,255 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.3%likely range 69.7% to 80.1%, 5,491 callsClearly higher | 62.8%likely range 59.1% to 66.3%, 14,304 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 65.4%likely range 46.3% to 80.6%, 78 answers | 26.6%likely range 8.2% to 59.3%, 151 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 75.2%likely range 56.8% to 87.5%, 83 answers | 79.4%likely range 46.5% to 94.5%, 154 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.8%likely range 20.7% to 54.4%, 82 answers | 25.6%likely range 8.2% to 56.9%, 167 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 37.7%likely range 4.8% to 88.0%, 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 76.6%likely range 57.8% to 88.7%, 79 answers | 83.0%likely range 50.5% to 95.9%, 158 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 65.2%likely range 46.2% to 80.4%, 79 answers | 54.6%likely range 26.6% to 80.0%, 166 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 55.2%likely range 35.9% to 73.1%, 71 answers | 52.3%likely range 23.5% to 79.7%, 145 answers |
| Being listened to | 75.3%likely range 56.7% to 87.7%, 81 answers | 87.9%likely range 55.3% to 97.7%, 156 answers |
| Care and concern | 76.7%likely range 58.1% to 88.7%, 81 answers | 84.5%likely range 51.8% to 96.5%, 156 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 83.9%likely range 66.1% to 93.2%, 82 answers | 94.3%likely range 62.4% to 99.4%, 154 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 80.2%likely range 60.5% to 91.5%, 71 answers | 90.3%likely range 56.6% to 98.5%, 145 answers |
| Needs met | 83.9%likely range 65.9% to 93.3%, 80 answers | 85.1%likely range 53.0% to 96.7%, 161 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.1%likely range 80.5% to 91.6%, 139 patients | 94.7%likely range 92.2% to 96.4%, 449 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.8%likely range 83.6% to 93.8%, 137 patients | 91.8%likely range 88.9% to 94.0%, 452 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.3%likely range 80.9% to 91.8%, 142 patients | 91.2%likely range 88.2% to 93.4%, 464 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.3%likely range 71.3% to 75.3%, 1,900 patients | 68.3%likely range 67.3% to 69.3%, 7,835 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.5%likely range 70.5% to 76.3%, 893 patients | 72.0%likely range 70.6% to 73.4%, 4,037 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,902August 2026 | 46,549August 2026 |
| Primary care network | The Wbc (Hereford City) PCN | Herefordshire Hereford City Hmg PCN |
| Phone | 01432 354366 | 01432 272175 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.3% good or very good327 answers, June 2026 | 83.3% good or very good239 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,804 in August 2026Same day 46.3%; face to face 51.3% | 15,852 in August 2026Same day 27.8%; face to face 68.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.60England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.6 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums1,938 patients per permanent GP | 18.4 qualified permanent27.6 including trainees and locums2,533 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.
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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