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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

Sydenham House Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Church Langley Medical Practice’s: its likely range lies wholly above.

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MeasureChurch Langley Medical PracticeCM17 9TG×Sydenham House SurgeryCM20 3NT×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade63.7likely range 52.4 to 74.195 survey answers86.0likely range 82.3 to 88.4108 survey answersClearly higher
Label (against the England average)No labelClearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good56.2%likely range 40.3% to 71.0%, 95 answers83.3%likely range 79.6% to 86.4%, 108 answersClearly higher
Access (mean of the two below)80.9%likely range 74.9% to 84.7%92.2%likely range 83.3% to 95.3%
Appointments within two weeks of booking90.4%likely range 84.4% to 94.2%, 2,171 appointments98.8%likely range 83.4% to 99.9%, 343 appointments
Calls answered by the practiceNot in the grade: no phone data85.5%likely range 76.6% to 91.5%, 1,785 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone47.9%likely range 31.8% to 64.5%, 84 answers81.2%likely range 77.4% to 84.6%, 106 answers
Reception and admin team68.7%likely range 51.6% to 81.9%, 86 answers83.7%likely range 80.0% to 86.8%, 107 answers
Having a preferred professional11.2%likely range 4.5% to 25.4%, 95 answers36.9%likely range 32.7% to 41.4%, 108 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers43.6%likely range 35.9% to 51.6%, 37 answers
Knowing the next step79.2%likely range 62.8% to 89.5%, 88 answers78.7%likely range 74.6% to 82.3%, 100 answers
Contacting the practice55.0%likely range 38.9% to 70.2%, 92 answers77.7%likely range 73.6% to 81.2%, 108 answers
Wait for an appointment62.4%likely range 44.8% to 77.3%, 80 answers80.6%likely range 76.6% to 84.0%, 103 answers
Being listened to77.6%likely range 61.1% to 88.4%, 88 answers88.1%likely range 84.8% to 90.7%, 108 answers
Care and concern73.0%likely range 56.2% to 85.1%, 88 answers82.9%likely range 79.2% to 86.1%, 107 answers
Confidence and trust87.9%likely range 72.7% to 95.2%, 86 answers92.0%likely range 89.1% to 94.1%, 105 answers
Involvement in decisions80.4%likely range 63.9% to 90.5%, 85 answers93.8%likely range 91.1% to 95.7%, 103 answers
Needs met80.4%likely range 64.2% to 90.4%, 88 answers89.1%likely range 85.9% to 91.7%, 104 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months83.9%likely range 77.3% to 88.8%, 155 patients87.8%likely range 74.5% to 94.7%, 41 patients
Children at 18 months80.0%likely range 72.0% to 86.2%, 120 patients84.8%likely range 71.8% to 92.4%, 46 patients
Children at 5 years84.0%likely range 77.5% to 88.8%, 162 patients65.2%likely range 50.8% to 77.3%, 46 patients
Women aged 25 to 4973.6%likely range 71.7% to 75.5%, 2,148 patients69.8%likely range 66.4% to 73.0%, 729 patients
Women aged 50 to 6484.2%likely range 81.8% to 86.3%, 994 patients73.6%likely range 68.1% to 78.5%, 273 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients11,659August 20263,859August 2026
Primary care networkHarlow North PCNHarlow North PCN
Phone01279 63852001279 422525
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)82.3% good or very good209 answers, June 20263 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5
Appointments (one month)5,470 in August 2026Same day 39.6%; face to face 52.0%981 in August 2026Same day 34.1%; face to face 75.6%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.6 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums3,231 patients per permanent GP1.0 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums3,859 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)Requires improvementGood

“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.

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