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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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Silverdale Medical Centre and Keele 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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MeasureSilverdale Medical CentreST5 6PS×Keele PracticeST5 5BG×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade79.0likely range 66.3 to 87.4100 survey answers71.5likely range 62.2 to 79.0101 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good76.0%likely range 57.9% to 87.9%, 100 answers66.8%likely range 54.3% to 77.3%, 101 answers
Access (mean of the two below)85.8%likely range 82.6% to 88.2%82.4%likely range 72.0% to 87.2%
Appointments within two weeks of booking97.1%likely range 93.1% to 98.8%, 2,430 appointments91.9%likely range 81.5% to 96.7%, 826 appointments
Calls answered by the practice74.4%likely range 69.3% to 78.9%, 6,603 callsNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone63.0%likely range 45.0% to 78.0%, 102 answers47.9%likely range 35.5% to 60.6%, 94 answers
Reception and admin team89.0%likely range 72.8% to 96.1%, 101 answers87.0%likely range 76.1% to 93.3%, 98 answers
Having a preferred professional38.6%likely range 23.3% to 56.5%, 102 answers44.2%likely range 32.5% to 56.4%, 103 answers
Seeing your preferred professional23.7%likely range 6.9% to 56.7%, 32 answers65.8%likely range 48.6% to 79.7%, 54 answers
Knowing the next step85.8%likely range 68.5% to 94.4%, 96 answers81.4%likely range 69.5% to 89.4%, 95 answers
Contacting the practice79.2%likely range 61.8% to 90.0%, 103 answers55.3%likely range 42.7% to 67.3%, 97 answers
Wait for an appointment72.1%likely range 53.3% to 85.4%, 94 answers60.5%likely range 46.8% to 72.7%, 84 answers
Being listened to87.3%likely range 70.6% to 95.1%, 100 answers91.1%likely range 80.8% to 96.1%, 93 answers
Care and concern86.5%likely range 69.9% to 94.6%, 102 answers95.1%likely range 85.9% to 98.4%, 92 answers
Confidence and trust93.3%likely range 78.5% to 98.2%, 102 answers94.7%likely range 85.5% to 98.2%, 92 answers
Involvement in decisions94.1%likely range 79.1% to 98.5%, 98 answers91.9%likely range 81.7% to 96.7%, 91 answers
Needs met81.8%likely range 64.4% to 91.8%, 101 answers90.6%likely range 80.3% to 95.8%, 94 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months87.5%likely range 80.1% to 92.4%, 112 patients94.4%likely range 74.2% to 99.0%, 18 patients
Children at 18 months93.0%likely range 85.6% to 96.8%, 86 patients80.8%likely range 62.1% to 91.5%, 26 patients
Children at 5 years87.6%likely range 80.6% to 92.3%, 121 patients82.1%likely range 67.3% to 91.0%, 39 patients
Women aged 25 to 4964.3%likely range 62.1% to 66.5%, 1,791 patients55.5%likely range 51.9% to 59.0%, 744 patients
Women aged 50 to 6473.3%likely range 70.5% to 75.9%, 1,011 patients76.2%likely range 70.0% to 81.4%, 210 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients11,734August 20266,011August 2026
Primary care networkNewcastle South PCNNewcastle South PCN
Phone01782 38168001782 753550
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)95.6% good or very good588 answers, June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,049 in August 2026Same day 39.5%; face to face 64.2%1,149 in August 2026Same day 37.0%; face to face 64.7%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.49England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)7.3 qualified permanent11.9 including trainees and locums1,618 patients per permanent GP2.4 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums2,554 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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