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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 Golborne Medical Centre and Portobello 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 Golborne Medical CentreW10 5PG×Portobello Medical CentreW11 2EH×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade87.9likely range 79.2 to 92.465 survey answers82.2likely range 79.2 to 84.7129 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good88.8%likely range 76.5% to 95.0%, 65 answers79.6%likely range 76.0% to 82.8%, 129 answers
Access (mean of the two below)85.8%likely range 81.5% to 89.0%88.1%likely range 82.5% to 91.6%
Appointments within two weeks of booking91.6%likely range 86.9% to 94.6%, 3,139 appointments88.5%likely range 80.6% to 93.4%, 1,492 appointments
Calls answered by the practice80.0%likely range 72.7% to 85.7%, 2,999 calls87.6%likely range 79.8% to 92.7%, 2,107 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone78.0%likely range 64.0% to 87.6%, 64 answers77.8%likely range 74.0% to 81.2%, 123 answers
Reception and admin team94.4%likely range 83.6% to 98.2%, 64 answers91.9%likely range 89.2% to 94.0%, 126 answers
Having a preferred professional55.9%likely range 41.5% to 69.3%, 64 answers39.3%likely range 35.2% to 43.5%, 129 answers
Seeing your preferred professional52.9%likely range 33.6% to 71.3%, 34 answers61.8%likely range 55.2% to 68.0%, 55 answers
Knowing the next step92.5%likely range 80.7% to 97.3%, 61 answers85.4%likely range 82.1% to 88.2%, 126 answers
Contacting the practice84.4%likely range 71.4% to 92.2%, 65 answers76.4%likely range 72.5% to 79.8%, 127 answers
Wait for an appointment65.9%likely range 51.1% to 78.2%, 62 answers62.9%likely range 58.5% to 67.1%, 117 answers
Being listened to89.0%likely range 76.8% to 95.2%, 65 answers87.6%likely range 84.4% to 90.2%, 124 answers
Care and concern84.7%likely range 71.5% to 92.4%, 64 answers86.5%likely range 83.2% to 89.2%, 123 answers
Confidence and trust93.9%likely range 83.0% to 98.0%, 65 answers91.6%likely range 88.8% to 93.7%, 123 answers
Involvement in decisions97.8%likely range 87.7% to 99.6%, 58 answers89.5%likely range 86.4% to 91.9%, 119 answers
Needs met100.0%likely range 92.0% to 100.0%, 63 answers91.0%likely range 88.1% to 93.2%, 124 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months69.2%likely range 55.7% to 80.1%, 52 patients69.4%likely range 55.5% to 80.5%, 49 patients
Children at 18 months41.9%likely range 26.4% to 59.2%, 31 patients63.2%likely range 47.3% to 76.6%, 38 patients
Children at 5 years52.2%likely range 38.1% to 65.9%, 46 patients57.5%likely range 42.2% to 71.5%, 40 patients
Women aged 25 to 4965.4%likely range 62.3% to 68.3%, 976 patients52.2%likely range 49.5% to 54.7%, 1,417 patients
Women aged 50 to 6478.4%likely range 74.4% to 81.9%, 459 patients69.7%likely range 64.8% to 74.2%, 363 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients5,333August 20264,247August 2026
Primary care networkWest-Hill Health PCNWest-Hill Health PCN
Phone020 89692058020 77272326
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)93.8% good or very good64 answers, June 2026100.0% good or very good35 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)3,781 in August 2026Same day 34.2%; face to face 90.0%2,020 in August 2026Same day 31.9%; face to face 65.6%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.44England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.29England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)2.5 qualified permanent2.8 including trainees and locums2,162 patients per permanent GP1.3 qualified permanent1.3 including trainees and locums3,185 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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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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