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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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Westfield Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Somer Valley Medical Group’s: its likely range lies wholly above.

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MeasureSomer Valley Medical GroupBA3 2UH×Westfield SurgeryBA3 3UJ×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade74.6likely range 63.1 to 81.9120 survey answers87.6likely range 84.7 to 89.8107 survey answersClearly higher
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageClearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good78.7%likely range 62.4% to 89.1%, 120 answers90.2%likely range 86.8% to 92.8%, 107 answers
Access (mean of the two below)64.8%likely range 61.8% to 67.7%81.4%likely range 75.6% to 85.7%Clearly higher
Appointments within two weeks of booking80.1%likely range 76.5% to 83.3%, 7,872 appointments86.3%likely range 79.2% to 91.2%, 1,910 appointments
Calls answered by the practice49.5%likely range 44.6% to 54.3%, 8,417 calls76.4%likely range 67.2% to 83.6%, 2,098 callsClearly higher
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone46.3%likely range 30.0% to 63.3%, 108 answers82.5%likely range 78.2% to 86.1%, 102 answers
Reception and admin team86.1%likely range 70.5% to 94.1%, 115 answers98.7%likely range 96.8% to 99.4%, 103 answers
Having a preferred professional26.7%likely range 14.8% to 43.3%, 120 answers51.3%likely range 46.2% to 56.3%, 106 answers
Seeing your preferred professional45.5%likely range 19.7% to 73.9%, 34 answers57.8%likely range 50.1% to 65.2%, 47 answers
Knowing the next step91.6%likely range 77.0% to 97.2%, 113 answers90.1%likely range 86.6% to 92.7%, 105 answers
Contacting the practice68.2%likely range 51.4% to 81.4%, 119 answers86.9%likely range 83.0% to 90.0%, 104 answers
Wait for an appointment68.9%likely range 51.2% to 82.4%, 108 answers70.2%likely range 65.2% to 74.7%, 100 answers
Being listened to91.6%likely range 77.3% to 97.2%, 116 answers99.1%likely range 97.5% to 99.7%, 102 answers
Care and concern87.9%likely range 72.6% to 95.2%, 115 answers97.0%likely range 94.7% to 98.4%, 102 answers
Confidence and trust92.4%likely range 78.2% to 97.6%, 115 answers100.0%likely range 98.9% to 100.0%, 102 answers
Involvement in decisions91.4%likely range 76.0% to 97.2%, 105 answers100.0%likely range 98.9% to 100.0%, 98 answers
Needs met93.6%likely range 80.0% to 98.2%, 116 answers99.3%likely range 97.8% to 99.8%, 102 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months89.1%likely range 83.1% to 93.2%, 147 patients92.0%likely range 81.2% to 96.8%, 50 patients
Children at 18 months93.3%likely range 87.8% to 96.5%, 135 patients86.8%likely range 75.2% to 93.5%, 53 patients
Children at 5 years92.6%likely range 87.7% to 95.6%, 175 patients91.0%likely range 81.8% to 95.8%, 67 patients
Women aged 25 to 4973.7%likely range 71.9% to 75.3%, 2,613 patients77.8%likely range 74.9% to 80.5%, 856 patients
Women aged 50 to 6477.6%likely range 75.7% to 79.5%, 1,776 patients79.8%likely range 75.9% to 83.2%, 475 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients18,536August 20265,119August 2026
Primary care networkThree Valleys Health PCNThree Valleys Health PCN
Phone01761 41333401761 436333
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)No results for June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)11,763 in August 2026Same day 46.8%; face to face 52.5%2,614 in August 2026Same day 51.7%; face to face 36.3%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)9.7 qualified permanent14.4 including trainees and locums1,917 patients per permanent GP2.7 qualified permanent2.7 including trainees and locums1,888 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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