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Homestead and Alverthorpe 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 | HomesteadWF2 9PE× | AlverthorpeWF2 0DP× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.4likely range 65.6 to 80.886 survey answers | 71.6likely range 68.0 to 73.6110 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 77.0%likely range 64.6% to 86.0%, 86 answers | 63.8%likely range 61.3% to 66.1%, 110 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 68.2%likely range 63.8% to 71.9% | 89.6%likely range 79.2% to 93.8%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.3%likely range 81.0% to 91.7%, 2,314 appointments | 96.4%likely range 79.6% to 99.5%, 337 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 49.1%likely range 43.0% to 55.1%, 5,412 calls | 82.6%likely range 70.5% to 90.4%, 1,148 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 71.6%likely range 58.4% to 81.9%, 80 answers | 66.9%likely range 64.5% to 69.2%, 110 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.7%likely range 69.7% to 89.6%, 85 answers | 73.4%likely range 71.1% to 75.6%, 108 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.8%likely range 23.9% to 47.7%, 87 answers | 39.1%likely range 36.7% to 41.6%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 39.1%likely range 21.5% to 60.0%, 33 answers | 37.6%likely range 33.6% to 41.8%, 39 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.4%likely range 68.9% to 89.6%, 79 answers | 69.4%likely range 67.0% to 71.7%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.7%likely range 65.0% to 86.7%, 82 answers | 55.5%likely range 53.0% to 58.0%, 110 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 84.2%likely range 72.2% to 91.6%, 80 answers | 68.8%likely range 66.3% to 71.3%, 95 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.4%likely range 77.2% to 94.5%, 80 answers | 81.5%likely range 79.5% to 83.4%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.5%likely range 77.4% to 94.6%, 81 answers | 79.5%likely range 77.4% to 81.4%, 109 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.0%likely range 79.0% to 95.5%, 80 answers | 86.9%likely range 85.1% to 88.5%, 108 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.3%likely range 77.9% to 95.2%, 77 answers | 86.4%likely range 84.5% to 88.1%, 103 answers |
| Needs met | 90.1%likely range 79.3% to 95.6%, 81 answers | 90.0%likely range 88.3% to 91.4%, 108 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.9%likely range 74.5% to 88.9%, 105 patients | 96.6%likely range 82.8% to 99.4%, 29 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 80.6%likely range 71.7% to 87.2%, 98 patients | 96.4%likely range 82.3% to 99.4%, 28 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 78.7%likely range 70.6% to 85.0%, 122 patients | 82.4%likely range 59.0% to 93.8%, 17 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.2%likely range 61.9% to 66.4%, 1,803 patients | 77.7%likely range 73.1% to 81.7%, 358 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 67.1%likely range 63.2% to 70.9%, 566 patients | 80.1%likely range 74.2% to 84.9%, 211 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,895August 2026 | 2,388August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Brigantes PCN | Brigantes PCN |
| Phone | 01924 384498 | 01924 372584 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.7% good or very good140 answers, June 2026 | 2 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,101 in August 2026Same day 46.2%; face to face 77.1% | 879 in August 2026Same day 48.5%; face to face 71.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.48England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.9 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums3,089 patients per permanent GP | 1.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums2,388 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“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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