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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
Lion Health and Pedmore Medical Practice 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 | Lion HealthDY8 3SS× | Pedmore Medical PracticeDY9 8DJ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.5likely range 44.8 to 89.2100 survey answers | 80.6likely range 76.1 to 84.1113 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 70.8%likely range 29.8% to 93.2%, 100 answers | 79.3%likely range 73.4% to 84.1%, 113 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.7%likely range 76.8% to 82.3% | 83.4%likely range 77.2% to 87.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 92.1%likely range 89.5% to 94.1%, 8,249 appointments | 94.3%likely range 85.6% to 97.8%, 975 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.2%likely range 62.1% to 71.9%, 7,242 calls | 72.4%likely range 63.7% to 79.7%, 2,427 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 21.7%likely range 3.9% to 65.4%, 95 answers | 61.5%likely range 54.7% to 67.8%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 73.7%likely range 31.3% to 94.5%, 96 answers | 83.8%likely range 78.3% to 88.1%, 112 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 19.9%likely range 3.5% to 63.1%, 100 answers | 38.9%likely range 32.7% to 45.4%, 113 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 42.4%likely range 32.4% to 52.9%, 45 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.2%likely range 36.7% to 97.0%, 94 answers | 84.9%likely range 79.3% to 89.1%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 63.7%likely range 24.9% to 90.2%, 100 answers | 74.0%likely range 67.8% to 79.4%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.9%likely range 25.7% to 91.5%, 95 answers | 90.1%likely range 85.0% to 93.6%, 97 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.7%likely range 42.1% to 98.3%, 98 answers | 82.9%likely range 77.3% to 87.4%, 109 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.9%likely range 44.2% to 98.8%, 99 answers | 79.6%likely range 73.7% to 84.4%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.0%likely range 50.2% to 99.7%, 100 answers | 90.6%likely range 85.9% to 93.8%, 109 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.8%likely range 51.6% to 99.9%, 98 answers | 89.4%likely range 84.3% to 92.9%, 102 answers |
| Needs met | 94.1%likely range 49.2% to 99.6%, 99 answers | 89.2%likely range 84.2% to 92.7%, 107 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.3%likely range 85.1% to 93.9%, 176 patients | 89.2%likely range 75.3% to 95.7%, 37 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.4%likely range 86.3% to 94.7%, 174 patients | 84.8%likely range 69.1% to 93.3%, 33 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.2%likely range 89.1% to 95.8%, 221 patients | 83.0%likely range 69.9% to 91.1%, 47 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.0%likely range 73.6% to 76.4%, 3,658 patients | 60.7%likely range 57.0% to 64.2%, 704 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.2%likely range 77.6% to 80.7%, 2,619 patients | 70.1%likely range 65.3% to 74.6%, 365 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 26,603August 2026 | 4,510August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Stourbridge, Wollescote & Lye PCN | Stourbridge, Wollescote & Lye PCN |
| Phone | 01384 461606 | 01384 422591 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.2% good or very good447 answers, June 2026 | 88.1% good or very good84 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 13,126 in August 2026Same day 47.6%; face to face 64.4% | 1,580 in August 2026Same day 63.3%; face to face 56.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.71England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 15.3 qualified permanent17.6 including trainees and locums1,744 patients per permanent GP | 2.4 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums1,879 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.