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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
North Petherton Surgery and Somerset Bridge 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 | North Petherton SurgeryTA6 6LX× | Somerset Bridge Medical CentreTA6 6LD× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.7likely range 70.4 to 85.098 survey answers | 75.1likely range 69.4 to 79.5103 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 74.7%likely range 63.1% to 83.6%, 98 answers | 74.6%likely range 67.9% to 80.3%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.8%likely range 82.7% to 90.5%Clearly higher | 76.0%likely range 65.6% to 82.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 99.9%likely range 91.8% to 100.0%, 678 appointments | 85.5%likely range 75.1% to 92.1%, 1,003 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.6%likely range 69.3% to 81.0%, 4,229 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 65.3%likely range 53.0% to 75.8%, 93 answers | 69.5%likely range 62.2% to 75.9%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.7%likely range 76.4% to 92.9%, 97 answers | 89.4%likely range 84.0% to 93.1%, 97 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.2%likely range 16.3% to 36.8%, 97 answers | 32.6%likely range 26.3% to 39.7%, 102 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.3%likely range 80.7% to 95.4%, 95 answers | 84.4%likely range 78.3% to 89.0%, 96 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.8%likely range 66.5% to 86.2%, 97 answers | 76.8%likely range 70.1% to 82.3%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.4%likely range 53.6% to 77.1%, 87 answers | 66.3%likely range 58.7% to 73.2%, 89 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.5%likely range 77.3% to 93.5%, 95 answers | 87.6%likely range 81.8% to 91.7%, 95 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.5%likely range 74.9% to 92.1%, 94 answers | 84.8%likely range 78.7% to 89.3%, 97 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.0%likely range 88.0% to 98.8%, 93 answers | 87.7%likely range 82.1% to 91.8%, 97 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.8%likely range 81.0% to 95.8%, 91 answers | 86.1%likely range 80.1% to 90.5%, 94 answers |
| Needs met | 88.5%likely range 78.3% to 94.2%, 92 answers | 84.0%likely range 77.9% to 88.6%, 99 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.4%likely range 75.5% to 93.0%, 59 patients | 87.1%likely range 76.6% to 93.3%, 62 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 94.6%likely range 85.4% to 98.2%, 56 patients | 83.0%likely range 70.8% to 90.8%, 53 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.9%likely range 74.8% to 90.2%, 87 patients | 77.5%likely range 66.5% to 85.6%, 71 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.1%likely range 67.4% to 72.7%, 1,131 patients | 68.7%likely range 65.8% to 71.4%, 1,034 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.4%likely range 73.1% to 79.5%, 675 patients | 78.2%likely range 74.0% to 82.0%, 409 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,244August 2026 | 5,528August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bridgwater PCN | Bridgwater PCN |
| Phone | 01278 662223 | 01278 411520 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,024 in August 2026Same day 42.2%; face to face 66.3% | 2,024 in August 2026Same day 35.1%; face to face 73.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.0 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums1,799 patients per permanent GP | 4.3 qualified permanent5.4 including trainees and locums1,280 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.