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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
Steel City General Practice and Woodseats 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.
| Measure | Steel City General PracticeS17 4DR× | Woodseats Medical CentreS8 0SH× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 68.6likely range 53.7 to 79.3113 survey answers | 86.3likely range 78.3 to 91.1131 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 | 69.7%likely range 48.4% to 85.0%, 113 answers | 85.7%likely range 74.3% to 92.5%, 131 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.9%likely range 63.1% to 68.5% | 87.6%likely range 85.1% to 88.9%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.1%likely range 83.5% to 89.9%, 6,545 appointments | 97.1%likely range 94.6% to 98.4%, 4,864 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 44.6%likely range 40.4% to 48.9%, 10,899 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.3%likely range 45.6% to 83.5%, 109 answers | 51.1%likely range 38.0% to 64.2%, 121 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.0%likely range 55.6% to 89.9%, 112 answers | 84.0%likely range 72.1% to 91.5%, 126 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 22.3%likely range 9.6% to 43.6%, 112 answers | 17.1%likely range 9.4% to 28.9%, 130 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 76.8%likely range 54.9% to 90.0%, 107 answers | 88.8%likely range 77.5% to 94.8%, 123 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 60.4%likely range 39.3% to 78.2%, 111 answers | 73.5%likely range 60.7% to 83.3%, 129 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 57.6%likely range 35.9% to 76.7%, 101 answers | 80.0%likely range 67.1% to 88.7%, 119 answers |
| Being listened to | 79.0%likely range 57.5% to 91.3%, 109 answers | 89.4%likely range 78.5% to 95.1%, 126 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.1%likely range 58.8% to 91.9%, 110 answers | 89.8%likely range 79.0% to 95.4%, 127 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.2%likely range 74.2% to 98.5%, 110 answers | 98.3%likely range 90.4% to 99.7%, 125 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.6%likely range 70.4% to 97.5%, 105 answers | 94.2%likely range 84.3% to 98.0%, 120 answers |
| Needs met | 90.0%likely range 69.8% to 97.2%, 107 answers | 89.9%likely range 79.1% to 95.5%, 125 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.3%likely range 82.9% to 93.5%, 131 patients | 96.1%likely range 91.8% to 98.2%, 154 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.6%likely range 77.8% to 89.6%, 143 patients | 93.8%likely range 88.5% to 96.7%, 144 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 79.3%likely range 72.0% to 85.1%, 145 patients | 92.0%likely range 86.2% to 95.5%, 137 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.7%likely range 66.9% to 70.5%, 2,465 patients | 81.9%likely range 80.3% to 83.4%, 2,464 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 82.1%likely range 79.7% to 84.4%, 1,030 patients | 79.9%likely range 77.4% to 82.2%, 1,090 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 14,152August 2026 | 12,859August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Peak Edge PCN | Peak Edge PCN |
| Phone | 0114 2369957 | 0114 2850140 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 85.6% good or very good270 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 8,684 in August 2026Same day 59.5%; face to face 61.3% | 9,873 in August 2026Same day 58.6%; face to face 38.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 10.4 qualified permanent13.8 including trainees and locums1,361 patients per permanent GP | 9.4 qualified permanent11.8 including trainees and locums1,372 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.