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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
Linkway Medical Practice and Dr Arora Rk 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 | Linkway Medical PracticeB70 7AW× | Dr Arora RkB70 7AW× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 64.1likely range 48.4 to 78.294 survey answers | 80.2likely range 65.5 to 89.190 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 56.3%likely range 33.9% to 76.4%, 94 answers | 77.1%likely range 56.2% to 89.8%, 90 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.0%likely range 79.2% to 84.6% | 87.2%likely range 83.8% to 89.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.1%likely range 96.4% to 99.1%, 6,669 appointments | 98.5%likely range 95.5% to 99.5%, 2,830 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 65.8%likely range 60.4% to 70.8%, 6,671 calls | 75.7%likely range 69.7% to 80.9%, 4,680 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 18.8%likely range 6.8% to 42.4%, 93 answers | 39.9%likely range 21.9% to 61.0%, 85 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 74.6%likely range 50.8% to 89.3%, 93 answers | 77.5%likely range 55.9% to 90.3%, 85 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 36.9%likely range 18.6% to 60.0%, 95 answers | 41.1%likely range 23.3% to 61.6%, 90 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 9.4%likely range 1.2% to 46.3%, 40 answers | 47.4%likely range 19.9% to 76.6%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 64.2%likely range 38.5% to 83.7%, 76 answers | 75.7%likely range 54.2% to 89.1%, 86 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 47.3%likely range 26.2% to 69.4%, 92 answers | 58.8%likely range 38.1% to 76.7%, 88 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 47.9%likely range 26.0% to 70.6%, 85 answers | 66.3%likely range 44.0% to 83.2%, 79 answers |
| Being listened to | 76.5%likely range 53.0% to 90.4%, 95 answers | 89.6%likely range 69.4% to 97.0%, 83 answers |
| Care and concern | 77.8%likely range 54.3% to 91.2%, 95 answers | 87.1%likely range 66.2% to 95.9%, 82 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.9%likely range 68.5% to 97.9%, 91 answers | 93.1%likely range 73.6% to 98.5%, 81 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.3%likely range 72.6% to 99.1%, 89 answers | 94.1%likely range 74.4% to 98.9%, 79 answers |
| Needs met | 80.0%likely range 56.3% to 92.5%, 93 answers | 94.4%likely range 75.5% to 98.9%, 83 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.4%likely range 74.3% to 86.9%, 145 patients | 88.6%likely range 82.7% to 92.7%, 158 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 80.6%likely range 73.1% to 86.4%, 134 patients | 84.5%likely range 77.7% to 89.5%, 142 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 69.5%likely range 61.5% to 76.5%, 141 patients | 71.5%likely range 63.3% to 78.6%, 130 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.9%likely range 66.0% to 69.8%, 2,349 patients | 63.0%likely range 60.9% to 64.9%, 2,236 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.8%likely range 69.1% to 74.4%, 1,122 patients | 76.8%likely range 73.7% to 79.6%, 775 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,522August 2026 | 11,232August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Swb Together4healthcare PCN | Swb Together4healthcare PCN |
| Phone | 0121 5534000 | 0121 6122222 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 91.7% good or very good277 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 8,277 in August 2026Same day 58.2%; face to face 36.7% | 6,094 in August 2026Same day 45.8%; face to face 62.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.50England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 10.3 qualified permanent14.2 including trainees and locums1,307 patients per permanent GP | 5.5 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums2,039 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.