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Compare GP practices side by side
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
Shefford Health Centre and Lower Stondon Surgery 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.
| Measure | Shefford Health CentreSG17 5FS× | Lower Stondon SurgerySG16 6JJ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.6likely range 60.0 to 81.7113 survey answers | 75.1likely range 71.1 to 78.5118 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 71.7%likely range 53.7% to 84.7%, 113 answers | 79.0%likely range 74.5% to 82.8%, 118 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.5%likely range 71.2% to 77.5% | 65.9%likely range 57.4% to 72.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.1%likely range 75.7% to 83.9%, 5,467 appointments | 75.4%likely range 66.9% to 82.3%, 1,816 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 68.8%likely range 63.7% to 73.5%, 7,221 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 49.3%likely range 31.8% to 66.9%, 105 answers | 41.9%likely range 36.5% to 47.4%, 102 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.0%likely range 71.5% to 95.5%, 110 answers | 79.4%likely range 74.9% to 83.3%, 116 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.8%likely range 22.7% to 55.6%, 114 answers | 33.7%likely range 29.0% to 38.8%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 30.6%likely range 9.8% to 64.1%, 32 answers | 54.5%likely range 45.2% to 63.4%, 38 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.8%likely range 64.1% to 91.9%, 108 answers | 88.3%likely range 84.5% to 91.3%, 113 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 73.0%likely range 55.1% to 85.7%, 113 answers | 77.2%likely range 72.6% to 81.2%, 116 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 67.2%likely range 48.0% to 82.0%, 99 answers | 67.4%likely range 62.1% to 72.2%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.9%likely range 68.8% to 94.4%, 108 answers | 91.1%likely range 87.6% to 93.6%, 115 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.9%likely range 68.9% to 94.4%, 109 answers | 92.5%likely range 89.3% to 94.8%, 115 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.1%likely range 73.9% to 96.7%, 108 answers | 98.6%likely range 96.8% to 99.4%, 113 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.6%likely range 72.8% to 96.5%, 103 answers | 94.2%likely range 91.1% to 96.2%, 110 answers |
| Needs met | 82.9%likely range 65.3% to 92.5%, 108 answers | 93.6%likely range 90.5% to 95.7%, 114 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.8%likely range 88.3% to 95.7%, 194 patients | 94.4%likely range 87.5% to 97.6%, 89 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.5%likely range 85.8% to 93.7%, 220 patients | 93.3%likely range 86.1% to 96.9%, 89 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.7%likely range 88.8% to 95.3%, 259 patients | 92.6%likely range 85.4% to 96.3%, 94 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.9%likely range 74.4% to 77.3%, 3,347 patients | 80.0%likely range 77.8% to 82.1%, 1,282 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.1%likely range 76.2% to 79.9%, 1,940 patients | 83.4%likely range 80.3% to 86.1%, 645 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 20,511August 2026 | 7,278August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Ivel Valley South PCN | Ivel Valley South PCN |
| Phone | 01462 818620 | 01462 850305 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,939 in August 2026Same day 26.9%; face to face 62.3% | 3,041 in August 2026Same day 35.9%; face to face 74.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 7.7 qualified permanent12.6 including trainees and locums2,680 patients per permanent GP | 3.0 qualified permanent3.0 including trainees and locums2,415 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“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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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.