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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
Darlaston Health Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Darlaston Family Practice’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
| Measure | Darlaston Family PracticeWS10 8SY× | Darlaston Health CentreWS10 8SY× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.2likely range 65.3 to 76.599 survey answers | 83.6likely range 79.4 to 86.889 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 65.4%likely range 57.2% to 72.7%, 99 answers | 82.9%likely range 77.4% to 87.2%, 89 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.7%likely range 79.9% to 88.3% | 85.0%likely range 79.5% to 88.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.2%likely range 84.8% to 95.0%, 1,863 appointments | 97.9%likely range 91.1% to 99.5%, 1,039 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 78.2%likely range 70.8% to 84.1%, 3,054 calls | 71.9%likely range 63.3% to 79.2%, 2,518 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 42.0%likely range 34.0% to 50.3%, 96 answers | 70.5%likely range 64.3% to 76.1%, 89 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 73.5%likely range 65.6% to 80.1%, 98 answers | 81.7%likely range 76.2% to 86.2%, 89 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.3%likely range 27.8% to 43.5%, 97 answers | 35.6%likely range 29.7% to 41.9%, 90 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 33.8%likely range 21.5% to 48.7%, 32 answers | 46.7%likely range 36.8% to 56.8%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 70.7%likely range 62.4% to 77.8%, 92 answers | 82.3%likely range 76.7% to 86.8%, 85 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 60.2%likely range 52.0% to 68.0%, 98 answers | 74.5%likely range 68.4% to 79.7%, 88 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 52.1%likely range 43.4% to 60.6%, 88 answers | 60.0%likely range 53.3% to 66.4%, 82 answers |
| Being listened to | 72.5%likely range 64.4% to 79.3%, 94 answers | 78.9%likely range 73.2% to 83.7%, 90 answers |
| Care and concern | 72.5%likely range 64.3% to 79.3%, 93 answers | 79.1%likely range 73.4% to 83.9%, 89 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 80.8%likely range 73.2% to 86.6%, 92 answers | 87.2%likely range 82.2% to 90.9%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 75.8%likely range 67.7% to 82.4%, 90 answers | 91.9%likely range 87.7% to 94.8%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 77.9%likely range 70.0% to 84.1%, 92 answers | 85.1%likely range 79.9% to 89.2%, 87 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 84.3%likely range 75.0% to 90.6%, 83 patients | 88.9%likely range 76.5% to 95.2%, 45 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.0%likely range 77.5% to 91.6%, 93 patients | 95.5%likely range 84.9% to 98.7%, 44 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 80.2%likely range 70.9% to 87.1%, 91 patients | 82.7%likely range 70.3% to 90.6%, 52 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.8%likely range 61.9% to 67.6%, 1,063 patients | 63.9%likely range 60.3% to 67.4%, 699 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.6%likely range 68.7% to 77.9%, 348 patients | 71.7%likely range 65.9% to 76.9%, 258 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,624August 2026 | 3,883August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Walsall West 1 PCN | Walsall West 1 PCN |
| Phone | 0121 5684300 | 01215 684391 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.3% good or very good123 answers, June 2026 | 96.2% good or very good26 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,237 in August 2026Same day 50.3%; face to face 59.4% | 2,129 in August 2026Same day 30.5%; face to face 50.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.2 qualified permanent5.6 including trainees and locums4,697 patients per permanent GP | 1.6 qualified permanent1.6 including trainees and locums2,349 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | – |
“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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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.