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London Road Surgery and Robert Frew 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.

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.

MeasureLondon Road SurgerySS12 0AA×Robert Frew Medical CentreSS12 9NR×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade80.3likely range 62.4 to 89.589 survey answers78.0likely range 64.4 to 86.4119 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Patients: cannot be told apart from the England averagePatients: cannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good79.8%likely range 54.2% to 92.9%, 89 answers78.1%likely range 58.7% to 90.0%, 119 answers
Access (mean of the two below)81.4%likely range 77.4% to 84.5%77.7%likely range 74.6% to 80.5%
Appointments within two weeks of booking86.8%likely range 81.4% to 90.8%, 3,100 appointments96.0%likely range 93.8% to 97.5%, 7,016 appointmentsClearly higher
Calls answered by the practice75.9%likely range 70.1% to 80.8%, 5,075 callsClearly higher59.2%likely range 53.4% to 64.7%, 5,980 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone37.8%likely range 17.5% to 63.4%, 83 answers53.3%likely range 33.8% to 71.8%, 110 answers
Reception and admin team80.4%likely range 54.6% to 93.4%, 87 answers84.5%likely range 65.4% to 94.0%, 115 answers
Having a preferred professional49.1%likely range 26.3% to 72.2%, 88 answers28.3%likely range 14.4% to 48.1%, 118 answers
Seeing your preferred professional22.1%likely range 5.0% to 60.2%, 40 answers38.5%likely range 13.4% to 71.7%, 36 answers
Knowing the next step70.3%likely range 44.1% to 87.7%, 84 answers87.6%likely range 69.0% to 95.8%, 114 answers
Contacting the practice61.8%likely range 36.9% to 81.8%, 88 answers85.1%likely range 66.3% to 94.3%, 117 answers
Wait for an appointment70.0%likely range 43.5% to 87.6%, 82 answers63.0%likely range 41.9% to 80.0%, 102 answers
Being listened to88.6%likely range 63.7% to 97.2%, 87 answers84.8%likely range 65.9% to 94.1%, 117 answers
Care and concern85.0%likely range 59.5% to 95.6%, 87 answers84.3%likely range 65.3% to 93.8%, 117 answers
Confidence and trust92.9%likely range 68.9% to 98.7%, 87 answers96.4%likely range 80.6% to 99.4%, 117 answers
Involvement in decisions88.8%likely range 63.8% to 97.3%, 87 answers91.6%likely range 73.2% to 97.7%, 108 answers
Needs met89.8%likely range 65.3% to 97.7%, 88 answers98.0%likely range 82.8% to 99.8%, 115 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months94.9%likely range 89.8% to 97.5%, 136 patients90.7%likely range 84.9% to 94.4%, 150 patients
Children at 18 months87.1%likely range 81.3% to 91.3%, 171 patients91.9%likely range 86.6% to 95.2%, 160 patients
Children at 5 years90.0%likely range 84.6% to 93.7%, 170 patients88.4%likely range 82.7% to 92.3%, 172 patients
Women aged 25 to 4978.1%likely range 76.4% to 79.8%, 2,370 patients74.7%likely range 73.1% to 76.3%, 2,858 patients
Women aged 50 to 6480.3%likely range 77.9% to 82.4%, 1,180 patients80.6%likely range 78.7% to 82.4%, 1,731 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients14,442August 202618,210August 2026
Primary care networkWickford PCNWickford PCN
Phone01268 76553301268 209229
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)92.2% good or very good115 answers, June 202693.5% good or very good31 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)3,747 in August 2026Same day 40.1%; face to face 92.5%11,985 in August 2026Same day 61.1%; face to face 59.9%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)5.4 qualified permanent5.4 including trainees and locums2,682 patients per permanent GP6.9 qualified permanent12.0 including trainees and locums2,647 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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.

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2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
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