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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
Maples Family Med.pract. and Castle Mead 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 | Maples Family Med.pract.LE10 1DS× | Castle Mead Medical CentreLE10 1DS× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 85.3likely range 75.4 to 90.794 survey answers | 84.6likely range 75.8 to 89.791 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 | 86.2%likely range 72.1% to 93.8%, 94 answers | 85.6%likely range 73.1% to 92.8%, 91 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.0%likely range 79.7% to 85.6% | 82.0%likely range 78.8% to 84.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.7%likely range 92.9% to 98.5%, 2,716 appointmentsClearly higher | 86.5%likely range 82.5% to 89.8%, 5,214 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.2%likely range 63.8% to 74.1%, 6,425 calls | 77.3%likely range 72.4% to 81.6%, 6,637 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 73.0%likely range 57.2% to 84.6%, 91 answers | 65.2%likely range 51.1% to 77.1%, 90 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.6%likely range 78.6% to 97.0%, 93 answers | 95.5%likely range 85.6% to 98.7%, 91 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 46.7%likely range 31.9% to 62.0%, 93 answers | 36.2%likely range 24.1% to 50.5%, 89 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 23.1%likely range 8.9% to 48.0%, 39 answers | 30.4%likely range 13.6% to 54.6%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.4%likely range 78.0% to 97.0%, 89 answers | 81.2%likely range 67.9% to 89.8%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 88.8%likely range 74.9% to 95.4%, 91 answers | 73.7%likely range 59.8% to 84.0%, 90 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 83.0%likely range 67.6% to 92.0%, 86 answers | 72.3%likely range 57.4% to 83.5%, 80 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.0%likely range 77.6% to 96.7%, 90 answers | 95.2%likely range 85.1% to 98.6%, 90 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.1%likely range 79.0% to 97.3%, 91 answers | 93.1%likely range 82.2% to 97.5%, 89 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.5%likely range 86.6% to 99.6%, 91 answers | 95.9%likely range 86.1% to 98.9%, 89 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.7%likely range 82.2% to 98.6%, 87 answers | 91.5%likely range 79.8% to 96.7%, 86 answers |
| Needs met | 97.5%likely range 86.7% to 99.6%, 91 answers | 91.2%likely range 79.7% to 96.4%, 89 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.4%likely range 84.4% to 96.5%, 79 patients | 88.1%likely range 79.5% to 93.4%, 84 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.4%likely range 86.4% to 96.9%, 91 patients | 90.9%likely range 83.6% to 95.1%, 99 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.0%likely range 83.8% to 95.2%, 100 patients | 92.6%likely range 85.6% to 96.4%, 95 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.0%likely range 71.9% to 76.1%, 1,684 patients | 79.7%likely range 77.7% to 81.6%, 1,624 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.3%likely range 74.6% to 79.8%, 984 patients | 82.4%likely range 80.0% to 84.6%, 1,034 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,653August 2026 | 11,043August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Hinckley Central PCN | Hinckley Central PCN |
| Phone | 01455 234576 | 01455 637659 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 54.5% good or very good101 answers, June 2026 | 100.0% good or very good56 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,984 in August 2026Same day 43.7%; face to face 80.3% | 5,489 in August 2026Same day 60.6%; face to face 74.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.28England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.7 qualified permanent3.7 including trainees and locums2,895 patients per permanent GP | 6.4 qualified permanent9.2 including trainees and locums1,718 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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How to read it
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.