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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.

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Norfolk Street Surgery and Prima Care Surgeries 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.

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MeasureNorfolk Street SurgeryST1 4PB×Prima Care SurgeriesST1 2BN×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade79.5likely range 51.4 to 92.583 survey answers82.6likely range 70.1 to 89.5106 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good76.2%likely range 36.1% to 94.8%, 83 answers82.4%likely range 64.7% to 92.3%, 106 answers
Access (mean of the two below)86.9%likely range 84.6% to 88.8%82.8%likely range 79.5% to 85.5%
Appointments within two weeks of booking98.0%likely range 95.9% to 99.0%, 5,171 appointments99.3%likely range 96.2% to 99.9%, 2,181 appointments
Calls answered by the practice75.6%likely range 71.5% to 79.3%, 9,630 calls66.1%likely range 60.3% to 71.5%, 5,646 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone70.7%likely range 31.1% to 92.8%, 79 answers68.0%likely range 49.1% to 82.4%, 102 answers
Reception and admin team92.1%likely range 50.3% to 99.3%, 83 answers87.4%likely range 70.3% to 95.3%, 104 answers
Having a preferred professional41.8%likely range 13.2% to 77.3%, 81 answers29.4%likely range 15.8% to 48.1%, 104 answers
Seeing your preferred professional51.9%likely range 10.9% to 90.5%, 35 answers48.2%likely range 20.0% to 77.6%, 31 answers
Knowing the next step82.0%likely range 39.3% to 97.0%, 76 answers86.7%likely range 68.9% to 95.1%, 98 answers
Contacting the practice79.7%likely range 38.3% to 96.1%, 80 answers81.9%likely range 63.9% to 92.0%, 103 answers
Wait for an appointment71.0%likely range 29.4% to 93.5%, 70 answers80.8%likely range 62.0% to 91.6%, 97 answers
Being listened to77.5%likely range 36.1% to 95.5%, 78 answers88.2%likely range 71.4% to 95.8%, 104 answers
Care and concern80.1%likely range 38.2% to 96.3%, 78 answers81.8%likely range 63.8% to 91.9%, 104 answers
Confidence and trust93.4%likely range 50.5% to 99.5%, 79 answers94.5%likely range 79.3% to 98.7%, 103 answers
Involvement in decisions92.4%likely range 48.7% to 99.4%, 76 answers96.3%likely range 81.6% to 99.4%, 101 answers
Needs met88.0%likely range 44.6% to 98.5%, 76 answers96.6%likely range 82.1% to 99.4%, 101 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months87.5%likely range 83.0% to 90.9%, 272 patients93.5%likely range 87.7% to 96.7%, 123 patients
Children at 18 months83.7%likely range 79.0% to 87.5%, 288 patients95.5%likely range 89.8% to 98.0%, 110 patients
Children at 5 years81.9%likely range 76.7% to 86.1%, 254 patients90.8%likely range 84.3% to 94.8%, 120 patients
Women aged 25 to 4949.4%likely range 47.8% to 51.1%, 3,689 patients59.6%likely range 57.5% to 61.7%, 2,054 patients
Women aged 50 to 6462.6%likely range 59.5% to 65.7%, 939 patients72.5%likely range 69.2% to 75.5%, 770 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients20,082August 202611,291August 2026
Primary care networkShelton & Hanley PCNShelton & Hanley PCN
Phone01782 22290001782 202422
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)71.1% good or very good1,163 answers, June 202689.8% good or very good167 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)8,974 in August 2026Same day 58.1%; face to face 74.9%3,739 in August 2026Same day 54.3%; face to face 68.9%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.90England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)4.3 qualified permanent9.9 including trainees and locums4,626 patients per permanent GP3.4 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums3,308 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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.

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