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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

Oaklands Surgery and The Community Practice 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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MeasureOaklands SurgerySS8 0JA×The Community PracticeSS8 0JA×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade60.4likely range 52.9 to 67.1127 survey answers70.9likely range 65.8 to 75.3130 survey answers
Label (against the England average)No labelNo label
Patients who describe the practice as good63.9%likely range 53.3% to 73.3%, 127 answers63.0%likely range 56.6% to 68.9%, 130 answers
Access (mean of the two below)52.1%likely range 47.6% to 56.5%89.3%likely range 81.1% to 93.5%Clearly higher
Appointments within two weeks of booking64.6%likely range 56.9% to 71.6%, 2,444 appointments91.1%likely range 83.7% to 95.4%, 1,453 appointmentsClearly higher
Calls answered by the practice39.6%likely range 34.7% to 44.7%, 7,495 calls87.4%likely range 72.8% to 94.7%, 752 callsClearly higher
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone44.1%likely range 33.9% to 54.9%, 122 answers44.7%likely range 38.2% to 51.4%, 121 answers
Reception and admin team76.5%likely range 66.3% to 84.3%, 123 answers76.7%likely range 70.7% to 81.8%, 125 answers
Having a preferred professional20.0%likely range 12.9% to 29.8%, 126 answers29.8%likely range 24.3% to 36.0%, 130 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers32.0%likely range 22.7% to 43.0%, 45 answers
Knowing the next step85.2%likely range 75.8% to 91.3%, 120 answers73.7%likely range 67.6% to 79.0%, 126 answers
Contacting the practice59.6%likely range 49.0% to 69.4%, 127 answers55.4%likely range 49.0% to 61.6%, 130 answers
Wait for an appointment51.8%likely range 40.6% to 62.8%, 110 answers63.2%likely range 56.1% to 69.7%, 108 answers
Being listened to77.6%likely range 67.5% to 85.2%, 125 answers76.5%likely range 70.4% to 81.6%, 123 answers
Care and concern76.1%likely range 66.0% to 83.9%, 126 answers77.3%likely range 71.4% to 82.3%, 124 answers
Confidence and trust90.7%likely range 82.5% to 95.3%, 123 answers90.2%likely range 85.5% to 93.5%, 122 answers
Involvement in decisions80.6%likely range 70.4% to 87.9%, 114 answers90.3%likely range 85.5% to 93.7%, 114 answers
Needs met83.2%likely range 73.7% to 89.8%, 122 answers87.7%likely range 82.7% to 91.5%, 122 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months87.9%likely range 79.6% to 93.1%, 91 patients88.0%likely range 76.2% to 94.4%, 50 patients
Children at 18 months84.4%likely range 75.8% to 90.3%, 96 patients79.2%likely range 65.7% to 88.3%, 48 patients
Children at 5 years90.1%likely range 82.3% to 94.7%, 91 patients84.0%likely range 71.5% to 91.7%, 50 patients
Women aged 25 to 4970.4%likely range 68.1% to 72.6%, 1,533 patients70.2%likely range 67.1% to 73.1%, 869 patients
Women aged 50 to 6473.5%likely range 70.5% to 76.2%, 916 patients73.1%likely range 69.3% to 76.7%, 540 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients10,777August 20266,438August 2026
Primary care networkCanvey PCNCanvey PCN
Phone01268 20933901268 686160
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)No results for June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,141 in August 2026Same day 43.9%; face to face 100.0%2,315 in August 2026Same day 35.9%; face to face 45.8%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.95England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)2.0 qualified permanent5.6 including trainees and locums5,353 patients per permanent GP1.0 qualified permanent1.2 including trainees and locums6,438 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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