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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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Saltley and Fernbank Medical Practice and Naseby 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.

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MeasureSaltley and Fernbank Medical PracticeB8 1RZ×Naseby Medical CentreB8 3HE×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade69.2likely range 56.9 to 79.778 survey answers52.9likely range 45.6 to 60.966 survey answers
Label (against the England average)No labelNo label
Patients who describe the practice as good61.4%likely range 43.9% to 76.4%, 78 answers38.1%likely range 27.9% to 49.5%, 66 answers
Access (mean of the two below)87.2%likely range 84.1% to 88.8%87.4%likely range 81.9% to 89.5%
Appointments within two weeks of booking96.7%likely range 93.6% to 98.3%, 3,588 appointments96.9%likely range 91.4% to 99.0%, 1,507 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 phone42.4%likely range 26.2% to 60.4%, 72 answers9.4%likely range 4.5% to 18.3%, 64 answers
Reception and admin team68.2%likely range 50.2% to 82.1%, 75 answers51.9%likely range 40.6% to 63.0%, 65 answers
Having a preferred professional33.9%likely range 19.7% to 51.6%, 77 answers30.0%likely range 20.7% to 41.3%, 65 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step76.8%likely range 58.7% to 88.5%, 72 answers58.0%likely range 44.5% to 70.5%, 47 answers
Contacting the practice53.1%likely range 36.1% to 69.5%, 77 answers27.9%likely range 18.9% to 39.2%, 65 answers
Wait for an appointment47.7%likely range 30.1% to 66.0%, 66 answers29.6%likely range 20.0% to 41.4%, 60 answers
Being listened to84.4%likely range 67.4% to 93.4%, 74 answers59.4%likely range 48.0% to 70.0%, 65 answers
Care and concern78.1%likely range 60.4% to 89.3%, 74 answers56.8%likely range 45.3% to 67.7%, 64 answers
Confidence and trust80.4%likely range 62.6% to 90.9%, 72 answers78.2%likely range 67.2% to 86.2%, 63 answers
Involvement in decisions86.2%likely range 68.9% to 94.6%, 70 answers72.9%likely range 61.2% to 82.1%, 60 answers
Needs met76.8%likely range 58.5% to 88.6%, 71 answers71.3%likely range 59.7% to 80.7%, 61 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months62.6%likely range 54.3% to 70.2%, 139 patients62.7%likely range 50.7% to 73.3%, 67 patients
Children at 18 months63.8%likely range 54.3% to 72.4%, 105 patients72.1%likely range 57.3% to 83.3%, 43 patients
Children at 5 years68.8%likely range 60.2% to 76.3%, 125 patients4.4%likely range 1.5% to 12.2%, 68 patients
Women aged 25 to 4931.4%likely range 29.3% to 33.7%, 1,686 patients29.1%likely range 26.1% to 32.2%, 860 patients
Women aged 50 to 6455.2%likely range 51.3% to 59.1%, 630 patients52.5%likely range 47.0% to 57.9%, 322 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients9,116August 20264,694August 2026
Primary care networkNechells, Saltley & Alum Rock PCNNechells, Saltley & Alum Rock PCN
Phone0121 32842230121 3271878
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)3 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 559.6% good or very good47 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,596 in August 2026Same day 53.2%; face to face 96.8%2,497 in August 2026Same day 33.4%; face to face 68.8%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.4 qualified permanent3.4 including trainees and locums2,647 patients per permanent GP2.1 qualified permanent2.7 including trainees and locums2,200 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodInadequate

“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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