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Brannam Medical Centre and Litchdon 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.
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 | Brannam Medical CentreEX32 8GP× | Litchdon Medical CentreEX32 9LL× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 87.8likely range 72.1 to 93.096 survey answers | 82.2likely range 64.3 to 90.693 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 | 90.1%likely range 67.7% to 97.5%, 96 answers | 82.4%likely range 56.8% to 94.3%, 93 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.2%likely range 79.5% to 84.4% | 81.6%likely range 77.8% to 84.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.9%likely range 95.2% to 99.1%, 3,641 appointmentsClearly higher | 79.3%likely range 73.2% to 84.3%, 3,140 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 66.4%likely range 61.8% to 70.7%, 8,861 calls | 83.8%likely range 79.4% to 87.4%, 6,910 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 76.8%likely range 51.9% to 91.0%, 89 answers | 80.0%likely range 53.5% to 93.3%, 88 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.8%likely range 69.1% to 98.3%, 91 answers | 92.8%likely range 68.6% to 98.7%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 43.6%likely range 23.3% to 66.2%, 96 answers | 44.1%likely range 22.5% to 68.2%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 71.1%likely range 35.1% to 91.8%, 40 answers | 41.7%likely range 13.7% to 76.3%, 39 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 94.1%likely range 72.5% to 99.0%, 94 answers | 91.1%likely range 66.2% to 98.1%, 90 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.4%likely range 58.6% to 93.9%, 94 answers | 78.4%likely range 52.2% to 92.3%, 91 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.7%likely range 40.8% to 84.2%, 86 answers | 42.2%likely range 20.4% to 67.5%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 90.1%likely range 67.5% to 97.6%, 94 answers | 89.4%likely range 64.3% to 97.5%, 91 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.3%likely range 70.3% to 98.4%, 95 answers | 83.7%likely range 57.6% to 95.1%, 89 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.5%likely range 77.0% to 99.8%, 93 answers | 88.1%likely range 63.0% to 97.0%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.1%likely range 73.5% to 99.3%, 92 answers | 96.8%likely range 72.6% to 99.7%, 85 answers |
| Needs met | 95.5%likely range 74.5% to 99.3%, 95 answers | 94.8%likely range 71.2% to 99.3%, 92 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.2%likely range 87.1% to 95.4%, 167 patients | 95.5%likely range 90.4% to 97.9%, 132 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.7%likely range 88.2% to 95.6%, 193 patients | 90.0%likely range 83.6% to 94.1%, 130 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.9%likely range 84.5% to 93.6%, 169 patients | 91.5%likely range 86.3% to 94.9%, 165 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.2%likely range 67.6% to 70.8%, 3,077 patients | 75.3%likely range 73.5% to 77.0%, 2,363 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.9%likely range 73.8% to 77.8%, 1,795 patients | 80.9%likely range 79.0% to 82.7%, 1,681 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 19,523August 2026 | 16,759August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Barnstaple Alliance PCN | Barnstaple Alliance PCN |
| Phone | 01271 329004 | 01271 323443 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.7% good or very good524 answers, June 2026 | 93.9% good or very good440 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 11,149 in August 2026Same day 25.0%; face to face 85.5% | 7,804 in August 2026Same day 34.2%; face to face 48.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 11.9 qualified permanent17.9 including trainees and locums1,633 patients per permanent GP | 8.4 qualified permanent11.6 including trainees and locums1,990 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Outstanding |
“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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