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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
The Apples Medical Centre and The Grove 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 | The Apples Medical CentreDT9 3DG× | The Grove Medical CentreDT9 4DL× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.3likely range 77.7 to 84.0105 survey answers | 84.4likely range 78.2 to 87.8117 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 88.4%likely range 83.9% to 91.8%, 105 answers | 92.2%likely range 83.7% to 96.4%, 117 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 64.4%likely range 59.1% to 69.2% | 66.1%likely range 59.6% to 71.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 76.2%likely range 68.3% to 82.7%, 2,016 appointments | 75.6%likely range 69.1% to 81.2%, 2,932 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 52.5%likely range 45.4% to 59.5%, 3,963 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 81.1%likely range 75.7% to 85.6%, 99 answers | 78.4%likely range 67.3% to 86.5%, 111 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.2%likely range 87.0% to 94.2%, 102 answers | 91.1%likely range 82.2% to 95.8%, 114 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 46.5%likely range 40.5% to 52.6%, 105 answers | 40.2%likely range 29.6% to 51.7%, 116 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 66.0%likely range 57.3% to 73.8%, 52 answers | 67.3%likely range 48.7% to 81.7%, 46 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.4%likely range 85.0% to 92.7%, 102 answers | 95.4%likely range 87.8% to 98.4%, 114 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 84.5%likely range 79.6% to 88.4%, 105 answers | 87.2%likely range 77.7% to 93.1%, 117 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.3%likely range 69.3% to 80.4%, 95 answers | 79.5%likely range 68.4% to 87.5%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.6%likely range 91.0% to 96.8%, 101 answers | 97.7%likely range 91.0% to 99.4%, 113 answers |
| Care and concern | 93.5%likely range 89.7% to 96.0%, 101 answers | 96.6%likely range 89.3% to 99.0%, 112 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.6%likely range 92.2% to 97.5%, 101 answers | 97.9%likely range 91.4% to 99.5%, 115 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.4%likely range 91.9% to 97.4%, 98 answers | 97.2%likely range 90.2% to 99.3%, 110 answers |
| Needs met | 95.9%likely range 92.6% to 97.8%, 99 answers | 94.7%likely range 86.7% to 98.0%, 113 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 100.0%likely range 83.9% to 100.0%, 20 patients | 90.7%likely range 82.7% to 95.2%, 86 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 96.7%likely range 83.3% to 99.4%, 30 patients | 95.3%likely range 88.5% to 98.2%, 85 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.7%likely range 73.6% to 96.4%, 29 patients | 91.3%likely range 84.2% to 95.3%, 103 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.5%likely range 72.6% to 80.0%, 507 patients | 76.7%likely range 74.6% to 78.7%, 1,559 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.7%likely range 76.1% to 82.9%, 547 patients | 81.3%likely range 79.0% to 83.4%, 1,221 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,260August 2026 | 13,028August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Sherborne Area PCN | Sherborne Area PCN |
| Phone | 01935 812633 | 01935 810900 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 99.3% good or very good134 answers, June 2026 | 96.8% good or very good807 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,077 in August 2026Same day 38.9%; face to face 76.2% | 5,579 in August 2026Same day 27.8%; face to face 76.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.9 qualified permanent2.9 including trainees and locums1,793 patients per permanent GP | 9.0 qualified permanent12.4 including trainees and locums1,450 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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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.