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Compare GP practices side by side
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
Central Milton Keynes Medical Centre and The Grove Surgery 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 | Central Milton Keynes Medical CentreMK13 8RN× | The Grove SurgeryMK6 4NG× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 69.6likely range 53.6 to 81.9101 survey answers | 75.6likely range 70.0 to 80.1108 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 | 64.7%likely range 42.0% to 82.3%, 101 answers | 76.5%likely range 69.3% to 82.5%, 108 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.7%likely range 77.6% to 83.4% | 73.3%likely range 65.4% to 79.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.5%likely range 88.9% to 93.6%, 8,262 appointmentsClearly higher | 76.1%likely range 62.4% to 85.9%, 732 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.7%likely range 64.1% to 74.7%, 6,053 calls | 70.4%likely range 62.7% to 77.1%, 3,155 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 52.3%likely range 30.0% to 73.8%, 90 answers | 63.7%likely range 55.6% to 71.1%, 100 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 80.4%likely range 56.6% to 92.8%, 93 answers | 88.1%likely range 81.9% to 92.3%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.9%likely range 16.8% to 56.7%, 101 answers | 24.7%likely range 18.6% to 32.0%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 45.7%likely range 17.0% to 77.6%, 38 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.3%likely range 53.0% to 91.1%, 91 answers | 80.6%likely range 73.5% to 86.1%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 62.5%likely range 39.5% to 81.0%, 96 answers | 71.1%likely range 63.5% to 77.7%, 105 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 62.7%likely range 38.3% to 82.0%, 85 answers | 81.2%likely range 73.5% to 87.0%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.8%likely range 66.2% to 97.0%, 94 answers | 82.6%likely range 75.8% to 87.8%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.5%likely range 61.2% to 94.9%, 94 answers | 83.0%likely range 76.1% to 88.2%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.7%likely range 72.2% to 98.8%, 93 answers | 89.0%likely range 83.0% to 93.1%, 103 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.6%likely range 69.7% to 98.6%, 86 answers | 86.3%likely range 79.8% to 91.0%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 90.0%likely range 67.3% to 97.5%, 92 answers | 89.7%likely range 83.7% to 93.6%, 101 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.0%likely range 90.1% to 96.5%, 218 patients | 90.8%likely range 82.9% to 95.3%, 87 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.4%likely range 85.4% to 93.7%, 197 patients | 84.1%likely range 74.7% to 90.5%, 82 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.3%likely range 76.0% to 87.2%, 175 patients | 82.4%likely range 72.9% to 89.0%, 85 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.0%likely range 68.6% to 71.3%, 4,332 patients | 52.0%likely range 49.7% to 54.4%, 1,726 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.0%likely range 76.7% to 81.2%, 1,259 patients | 61.4%likely range 57.5% to 65.2%, 614 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 20,460August 2026 | 7,995August 2026 |
| Primary care network | East Mk PCN | East Mk PCN |
| Phone | 01908 605775 | 01908 295700 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 89.1% good or very good679 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 13,047 in August 2026Same day 59.1%; face to face 43.5% | 4,072 in August 2026Same day 53.3%; face to face 68.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.5 qualified permanent11.4 including trainees and locums2,161 patients per permanent GP | 1.3 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums6,246 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Requires improvement |
“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.