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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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The Bedford Park Surgery and Acton Lane 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.

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MeasureThe Bedford Park SurgeryW4 5LH×Acton Lane Medical CentreW4 5DG×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade84.0likely range 79.7 to 86.5118 survey answers86.8likely range 82.6 to 89.899 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Clearly above the England averageClearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good85.5%likely range 82.6% to 88.0%, 118 answers85.9%likely range 80.4% to 90.0%, 99 answers
Access (mean of the two below)80.3%likely range 67.7% to 86.3%88.6%likely range 83.7% to 91.9%
Appointments within two weeks of booking89.8%likely range 77.2% to 95.8%, 648 appointments92.9%likely range 87.2% to 96.2%, 2,043 appointments
Calls answered by the practiceNot in the grade: no phone data84.1%likely range 76.1% to 89.8%, 2,269 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone92.7%likely range 90.4% to 94.5%, 111 answers93.4%likely range 88.9% to 96.1%, 94 answers
Reception and admin team96.2%likely range 94.5% to 97.5%, 115 answers94.7%likely range 90.6% to 97.1%, 97 answers
Having a preferred professional59.5%likely range 55.7% to 63.2%, 117 answers33.9%likely range 27.6% to 40.7%, 98 answers
Seeing your preferred professional76.7%likely range 72.4% to 80.6%, 75 answers38.5%likely range 27.8% to 50.4%, 35 answers
Knowing the next step93.4%likely range 91.2% to 95.1%, 113 answers92.3%likely range 87.6% to 95.3%, 96 answers
Contacting the practice88.2%likely range 85.5% to 90.5%, 115 answers83.9%likely range 78.1% to 88.4%, 97 answers
Wait for an appointment73.6%likely range 70.0% to 77.0%, 112 answers83.9%likely range 77.8% to 88.6%, 88 answers
Being listened to83.9%likely range 80.9% to 86.6%, 116 answers86.6%likely range 81.2% to 90.7%, 97 answers
Care and concern88.4%likely range 85.6% to 90.6%, 116 answers86.1%likely range 80.5% to 90.2%, 97 answers
Confidence and trust92.7%likely range 90.5% to 94.5%, 116 answers91.8%likely range 87.1% to 94.9%, 96 answers
Involvement in decisions96.8%likely range 95.0% to 97.9%, 108 answers92.9%likely range 88.3% to 95.8%, 93 answers
Needs met89.1%likely range 86.4% to 91.3%, 116 answers92.8%likely range 88.3% to 95.6%, 97 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months90.9%likely range 76.4% to 96.9%, 33 patients86.3%likely range 78.0% to 91.8%, 95 patients
Children at 18 months88.9%likely range 76.5% to 95.2%, 45 patients80.0%likely range 69.6% to 87.5%, 75 patients
Children at 5 years84.2%likely range 69.6% to 92.6%, 38 patients67.3%likely range 53.8% to 78.5%, 52 patients
Women aged 25 to 4974.3%likely range 71.1% to 77.3%, 751 patients73.9%likely range 71.8% to 76.0%, 1,708 patients
Women aged 50 to 6478.9%likely range 74.5% to 82.7%, 379 patients80.2%likely range 74.7% to 84.7%, 242 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients3,838August 20265,621August 2026
Primary care networkActon PCNActon PCN
Phone020 89940298020 89955706
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)No results for June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)1,080 in August 2026Same day 25.9%; face to face 99.0%2,451 in August 2026Same day 24.6%; face to face 82.8%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.45England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.55England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)1.1 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums3,427 patients per permanent GP1.1 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums5,243 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)Requires improvementGood

“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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