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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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Penistone Group PMS Practice and Kingswell Surgery PMS 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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MeasurePenistone Group PMS PracticeS36 6BR×Kingswell Surgery PMS PracticeS36 6DY×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade82.9likely range 64.9 to 91.098 survey answers81.0likely range 77.3 to 84.0125 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageClearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good83.2%likely range 57.5% to 94.8%, 98 answers90.3%likely range 86.5% to 93.2%, 125 answers
Access (mean of the two below)82.0%likely range 78.9% to 84.2%Clearly higher59.1%likely range 50.6% to 66.6%
Appointments within two weeks of booking91.5%likely range 88.4% to 93.7%, 6,616 appointmentsClearly higher68.6%likely range 60.1% to 76.1%, 1,929 appointments
Calls answered by the practiceNot in the grade: no phone dataNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone39.9%likely range 18.6% to 66.0%, 88 answers86.2%likely range 81.8% to 89.7%, 121 answers
Reception and admin team82.2%likely range 55.4% to 94.5%, 91 answers92.7%likely range 89.2% to 95.1%, 124 answers
Having a preferred professional22.8%likely range 8.3% to 49.1%, 96 answers41.8%likely range 36.4% to 47.4%, 125 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers54.8%likely range 46.3% to 63.0%, 56 answers
Knowing the next step79.6%likely range 52.8% to 93.1%, 92 answers92.0%likely range 88.2% to 94.6%, 118 answers
Contacting the practice70.1%likely range 44.1% to 87.5%, 96 answers85.2%likely range 80.7% to 88.8%, 120 answers
Wait for an appointment70.4%likely range 43.4% to 88.1%, 89 answers78.2%likely range 72.8% to 82.7%, 110 answers
Being listened to97.6%likely range 74.4% to 99.8%, 94 answers90.8%likely range 86.9% to 93.6%, 118 answers
Care and concern94.3%likely range 70.0% to 99.2%, 94 answers88.0%likely range 83.7% to 91.2%, 121 answers
Confidence and trust100.0%likely range 77.8% to 100.0%, 93 answers91.1%likely range 87.2% to 93.8%, 120 answers
Involvement in decisions99.4%likely range 76.9% to 100.0%, 93 answers94.5%likely range 91.1% to 96.6%, 113 answers
Needs met98.3%likely range 75.3% to 99.9%, 93 answers92.0%likely range 88.2% to 94.6%, 117 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months95.8%likely range 89.7% to 98.4%, 95 patients91.9%likely range 82.5% to 96.5%, 62 patients
Children at 18 months96.2%likely range 90.7% to 98.5%, 106 patients96.7%likely range 88.8% to 99.1%, 61 patients
Children at 5 years99.2%likely range 95.7% to 99.9%, 128 patients94.9%likely range 86.1% to 98.3%, 59 patients
Women aged 25 to 4978.9%likely range 77.2% to 80.6%, 2,220 patients76.5%likely range 73.7% to 79.1%, 940 patients
Women aged 50 to 6483.1%likely range 81.3% to 84.8%, 1,803 patients81.1%likely range 77.7% to 84.0%, 586 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients16,336August 20265,853August 2026
Primary care networkFcp Service - Barnsley PCNFcp Service - Barnsley PCN
Phone01226 76242401226 765300
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)97.3% good or very good257 answers, June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)8,055 in August 2026Same day 54.0%; face to face 45.4%1,998 in August 2026Same day 23.0%; face to face 73.2%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)9.9 qualified permanent13.1 including trainees and locums1,652 patients per permanent GP3.1 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums1,892 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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