Compare
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
Stafford Medical Group and The Cedars 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 | Stafford Medical GroupBS24 7DX× | The Cedars SurgeryBS22 6AJ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.3likely range 67.7 to 79.996 survey answers | 74.2likely range 64.6 to 81.7111 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 | 70.7%likely range 61.5% to 78.5%, 96 answers | 70.7%likely range 57.1% to 81.4%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.6%likely range 78.0% to 86.0% | 82.2%likely range 78.2% to 85.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.6%likely range 88.8% to 97.5%, 1,742 appointments | 93.1%likely range 87.6% to 96.2%, 2,164 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 70.4%likely range 63.3% to 76.7%, 3,671 calls | 71.3%likely range 65.4% to 76.6%, 5,217 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 41.1%likely range 32.0% to 50.9%, 90 answers | 43.1%likely range 29.5% to 57.9%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 70.6%likely range 61.2% to 78.4%, 94 answers | 75.6%likely range 61.6% to 85.7%, 102 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.6%likely range 22.6% to 40.0%, 94 answers | 20.0%likely range 11.2% to 33.0%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.0%likely range 70.8% to 86.8%, 85 answers | 83.0%likely range 70.1% to 91.1%, 106 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 60.8%likely range 51.3% to 69.6%, 94 answers | 71.0%likely range 57.4% to 81.7%, 110 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 62.6%likely range 52.7% to 71.5%, 88 answers | 78.6%likely range 64.0% to 88.3%, 92 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.5%likely range 79.6% to 92.6%, 89 answers | 92.5%likely range 81.4% to 97.2%, 104 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.3%likely range 81.8% to 94.0%, 90 answers | 86.4%likely range 74.0% to 93.4%, 105 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.2%likely range 87.7% to 97.3%, 90 answers | 94.4%likely range 83.9% to 98.2%, 104 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.2%likely range 85.1% to 96.1%, 87 answers | 94.5%likely range 83.7% to 98.3%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 86.8%likely range 79.0% to 92.0%, 93 answers | 89.9%likely range 78.0% to 95.7%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.5%likely range 87.6% to 98.5%, 67 patients | 94.4%likely range 89.4% to 97.2%, 144 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.6%likely range 84.8% to 96.6%, 81 patients | 92.2%likely range 86.6% to 95.6%, 141 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.6%likely range 74.7% to 88.5%, 115 patients | 93.0%likely range 88.1% to 95.9%, 171 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.6%likely range 72.5% to 76.5%, 1,859 patients | 67.9%likely range 66.1% to 69.7%, 2,547 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.2%likely range 76.5% to 81.7%, 934 patients | 70.2%likely range 67.8% to 72.5%, 1,477 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,577August 2026 | 16,899August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Pier Health PCN | Pier Health PCN |
| Phone | 01934 524260 | 01934 515878 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,751 in August 2026Same day 34.2%; face to face 64.6% | 4,940 in August 2026Same day 49.1%; face to face 64.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.4 qualified permanent4.4 including trainees and locums2,419 patients per permanent GP | 6.3 qualified permanent8.2 including trainees and locums2,691 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.
Add a practice
A name, or a postcode such as TS3 6AL (your browser looks it up with postcodes.io; we do not receive or store it).
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.