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Northlands Surgery and Patford House Partnership 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.

MeasureNorthlands SurgerySN11 0HH×Patford House PartnershipSN11 0EF×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade78.6likely range 68.7 to 85.3103 survey answers75.3likely range 63.4 to 83.7106 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 good78.8%likely range 64.8% to 88.3%, 103 answers73.2%likely range 56.4% to 85.2%, 106 answers
Access (mean of the two below)78.0%likely range 73.9% to 81.4%79.9%likely range 75.9% to 83.3%
Appointments within two weeks of booking85.7%likely range 79.8% to 90.1%, 2,698 appointments84.4%likely range 79.2% to 88.5%, 3,639 appointments
Calls answered by the practice70.2%likely range 64.6% to 75.3%, 5,795 calls75.4%likely range 69.3% to 80.6%, 4,563 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone34.6%likely range 22.1% to 49.7%, 98 answers36.7%likely range 21.8% to 54.7%, 93 answers
Reception and admin team80.4%likely range 66.4% to 89.5%, 101 answers75.7%likely range 58.7% to 87.2%, 102 answers
Having a preferred professional27.1%likely range 16.3% to 41.7%, 102 answers24.9%likely range 13.4% to 41.7%, 105 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step82.5%likely range 68.5% to 91.1%, 98 answers80.2%likely range 63.3% to 90.5%, 99 answers
Contacting the practice59.4%likely range 44.8% to 72.5%, 103 answers64.5%likely range 47.5% to 78.5%, 105 answers
Wait for an appointment62.4%likely range 46.9% to 75.7%, 93 answers54.9%likely range 37.6% to 71.0%, 96 answers
Being listened to88.6%likely range 76.1% to 95.0%, 103 answers87.5%likely range 72.1% to 95.0%, 103 answers
Care and concern87.5%likely range 74.7% to 94.3%, 103 answers90.0%likely range 75.2% to 96.4%, 104 answers
Confidence and trust92.8%likely range 81.2% to 97.4%, 102 answers97.7%likely range 85.7% to 99.7%, 102 answers
Involvement in decisions93.5%likely range 81.6% to 97.9%, 95 answers88.7%likely range 72.9% to 95.8%, 97 answers
Needs met91.0%likely range 79.0% to 96.4%, 103 answers93.1%likely range 79.3% to 98.0%, 104 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months93.7%likely range 88.5% to 96.7%, 143 patients89.6%likely range 82.6% to 93.9%, 115 patients
Children at 18 months92.0%likely range 86.3% to 95.5%, 138 patients75.5%likely range 66.6% to 82.5%, 110 patients
Children at 5 years90.5%likely range 84.7% to 94.3%, 148 patients65.0%likely range 56.1% to 72.9%, 120 patients
Women aged 25 to 4970.6%likely range 68.7% to 72.5%, 2,162 patients73.7%likely range 71.8% to 75.5%, 2,129 patients
Women aged 50 to 6474.8%likely range 72.4% to 77.1%, 1,283 patients79.5%likely range 77.5% to 81.3%, 1,692 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients13,650August 202614,804August 2026
Primary care networkCalne PCNCalne PCN
Phone01249 81214101249 815407
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)91.8% good or very good451 answers, June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,905 in August 2026Same day 36.5%; face to face 82.7%5,612 in August 2026Same day 16.8%; face to face 59.2%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.89England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)4.5 qualified permanent6.7 including trainees and locums3,011 patients per permanent GP4.9 qualified permanent7.0 including trainees and locums3,009 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.

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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