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Lodge Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Hathaway Surgery’s: its likely range lies wholly above. The other pairs cannot be told apart.

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.

MeasureRowden SurgerySN15 2SB×Lodge SurgerySN15 3SY×Hathaway SurgerySN14 6GT×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade91.0likely range 80.5 to 94.6119 survey answers86.8likely range 83.3 to 89.4136 survey answers74.9likely range 66.2 to 81.4126 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Patients: clearly above the England averagePatients: clearly above the England averagePatients: cannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good92.8%likely range 77.8% to 97.9%, 119 answers87.1%likely range 82.5% to 90.6%, 136 answers74.3%likely range 62.0% to 83.6%, 126 answers
Access (mean of the two below)86.6%likely range 84.0% to 88.8%85.9%likely range 81.2% to 89.2%76.0%likely range 72.2% to 79.3%
Appointments within two weeks of booking93.3%likely range 90.1% to 95.5%, 5,311 appointments85.3%likely range 78.1% to 90.4%, 1,934 appointments84.8%likely range 79.9% to 88.7%, 3,907 appointments
Calls answered by the practice79.9%likely range 75.7% to 83.6%, 8,167 calls86.3%likely range 80.4% to 90.7%, 3,611 calls67.0%likely range 61.2% to 72.4%, 5,636 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone87.1%likely range 70.0% to 95.1%, 111 answers86.3%likely range 81.6% to 90.0%, 134 answers28.3%likely range 18.2% to 41.2%, 118 answers
Reception and admin team96.9%likely range 83.4% to 99.5%, 117 answers89.7%likely range 85.4% to 92.8%, 135 answers85.4%likely range 74.3% to 92.3%, 124 answers
Having a preferred professional52.7%likely range 35.4% to 69.4%, 118 answers27.1%likely range 22.1% to 32.8%, 136 answers20.0%likely range 11.8% to 31.7%, 127 answers
Seeing your preferred professional77.5%likely range 53.1% to 91.3%, 66 answers33.3%likely range 23.5% to 44.9%, 39 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step95.5%likely range 81.0% to 99.1%, 114 answers92.2%likely range 88.2% to 94.9%, 132 answers79.9%likely range 67.6% to 88.4%, 116 answers
Contacting the practice90.6%likely range 74.8% to 96.9%, 118 answers88.4%likely range 83.9% to 91.8%, 133 answers70.2%likely range 57.5% to 80.4%, 123 answers
Wait for an appointment85.8%likely range 68.6% to 94.4%, 112 answers83.0%likely range 77.7% to 87.2%, 126 answers64.6%likely range 50.8% to 76.3%, 107 answers
Being listened to96.7%likely range 82.9% to 99.4%, 115 answers93.9%likely range 90.2% to 96.3%, 130 answers91.5%likely range 81.4% to 96.3%, 121 answers
Care and concern93.2%likely range 78.1% to 98.2%, 116 answers95.0%likely range 91.5% to 97.1%, 130 answers87.8%likely range 77.0% to 94.0%, 122 answers
Confidence and trust97.5%likely range 84.2% to 99.7%, 116 answers96.6%likely range 93.6% to 98.3%, 131 answers97.8%likely range 90.0% to 99.6%, 120 answers
Involvement in decisions96.9%likely range 82.9% to 99.5%, 112 answers95.0%likely range 91.4% to 97.2%, 120 answers95.0%likely range 85.6% to 98.4%, 113 answers
Needs met95.6%likely range 81.3% to 99.1%, 115 answers97.0%likely range 94.1% to 98.5%, 132 answers96.3%likely range 87.7% to 98.9%, 119 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months95.7%likely range 92.1% to 97.7%, 210 patients94.8%likely range 85.9% to 98.2%, 58 patients91.3%likely range 84.2% to 95.3%, 103 patients
Children at 18 months95.0%likely range 91.2% to 97.2%, 219 patients96.5%likely range 88.1% to 99.0%, 57 patients90.1%likely range 83.5% to 94.2%, 121 patients
Children at 5 years92.6%likely range 88.2% to 95.5%, 203 patients95.6%likely range 87.8% to 98.5%, 68 patients90.2%likely range 83.7% to 94.3%, 123 patients
Women aged 25 to 4977.1%likely range 75.7% to 78.5%, 3,374 patients75.7%likely range 73.4% to 78.0%, 1,327 patients72.7%likely range 70.9% to 74.4%, 2,495 patients
Women aged 50 to 6479.9%likely range 78.0% to 81.6%, 1,852 patients77.6%likely range 74.9% to 80.1%, 996 patients79.4%likely range 77.2% to 81.4%, 1,479 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients20,183August 20268,358August 202615,219August 2026
Primary care networkChippenham, Corsham & Box PCNChippenham, Corsham & Box PCNChippenham, Corsham & Box PCN
Phone01249 44434301249 47980901249 462775
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)98.0% good or very good693 answers, June 202693.0% good or very good142 answers, June 202684.5% good or very good1,061 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)9,380 in August 2026Same day 38.1%; face to face 55.4%2,897 in August 2026Same day 46.5%; face to face 58.4%5,445 in August 2026Same day 37.1%; face to face 67.3%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)10.9 qualified permanent13.5 including trainees and locums1,845 patients per permanent GP4.8 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums1,736 patients per permanent GP12.4 qualified permanent15.2 including trainees and locums1,227 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)OutstandingGoodGood

“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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