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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
Far Lane Medical Centre and Dykes Hall 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.
| Measure | Far Lane Medical CentreS6 4FA× | Dykes Hall Medical CentreS6 4GQ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 88.9likely range 83.0 to 92.0117 survey answers | 81.9likely range 75.2 to 86.7117 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 92.6%likely range 85.2% to 96.4%, 117 answers | 82.5%likely range 73.2% to 89.0%, 117 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.2%likely range 70.9% to 85.3% | 80.5%likely range 74.3% to 84.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 89.7%likely range 80.4% to 94.8%, 1,076 appointments | 90.0%likely range 83.8% to 94.0%, 2,070 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 57.4%likely range 47.0% to 67.1%, 116 answers | 49.8%likely range 39.6% to 60.0%, 117 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.9%likely range 78.4% to 92.4%, 118 answers | 79.7%likely range 70.0% to 86.8%, 114 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.9%likely range 18.8% to 36.8%, 118 answers | 37.0%likely range 27.7% to 47.5%, 116 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 41.7%likely range 24.5% to 61.2%, 33 answers | 73.0%likely range 52.8% to 86.7%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.1%likely range 75.0% to 90.3%, 114 answers | 79.4%likely range 69.6% to 86.6%, 113 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 78.6%likely range 69.0% to 85.8%, 117 answers | 73.2%likely range 63.1% to 81.3%, 116 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 74.9%likely range 64.4% to 83.1%, 105 answers | 81.0%likely range 71.3% to 87.9%, 111 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.5%likely range 83.8% to 95.7%, 116 answers | 90.3%likely range 82.3% to 94.9%, 117 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.2%likely range 78.6% to 92.7%, 113 answers | 92.3%likely range 84.8% to 96.2%, 117 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 99.5%likely range 95.0% to 100.0%, 115 answers | 95.3%likely range 88.6% to 98.1%, 115 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 99.1%likely range 94.1% to 99.9%, 110 answers | 97.7%likely range 92.1% to 99.4%, 115 answers |
| Needs met | 97.0%likely range 91.0% to 99.0%, 116 answers | 91.0%likely range 83.1% to 95.4%, 116 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.4%likely range 87.7% to 99.0%, 55 patients | 96.8%likely range 89.0% to 99.1%, 62 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 95.4%likely range 87.3% to 98.4%, 65 patients | 90.2%likely range 80.2% to 95.4%, 61 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.9%likely range 86.5% to 97.4%, 82 patients | 90.5%likely range 82.3% to 95.1%, 84 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.5%likely range 73.0% to 77.8%, 1,214 patients | 74.8%likely range 72.5% to 77.0%, 1,420 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.0%likely range 72.6% to 79.1%, 670 patients | 78.4%likely range 75.5% to 81.0%, 860 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,405August 2026 | 8,722August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Hillsborough PCN | Hillsborough PCN |
| Phone | 0114 2347701 | 0114 2322340 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.4% good or very good267 answers, June 2026 | 97.9% good or very good96 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,473 in August 2026Same day 30.0%; face to face 96.0% | 5,281 in August 2026Same day 31.9%; face to face 75.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.65England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.7 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums1,582 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent9.6 including trainees and locums2,423 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | 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.