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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 Medical Centre - Zulu Road’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Sherwood Rise Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
| Measure | The Medical Centre - Zulu RoadNG7 7DS× | Sherwood Rise Medical CentreNG7 7AD× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 87.3likely range 84.2 to 89.5111 survey answersClearly higher | 77.9likely range 71.1 to 83.396 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 88.2%likely range 85.3% to 90.6%, 111 answersClearly higher | 73.7%likely range 64.2% to 81.4%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 85.1%likely range 77.2% to 89.7% | 87.5%likely range 83.3% to 90.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.8%likely range 74.8% to 94.6%, 657 appointments | 97.0%likely range 91.4% to 99.0%, 1,482 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 82.3%likely range 73.5% to 88.6%, 2,030 calls | 78.0%likely range 71.7% to 83.2%, 4,159 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 82.4%likely range 78.9% to 85.4%, 101 answers | 65.7%likely range 55.4% to 74.6%, 89 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.4%likely range 88.8% to 93.5%, 107 answers | 84.3%likely range 75.6% to 90.3%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.8%likely range 31.1% to 38.8%, 111 answers | 47.7%likely range 38.0% to 57.5%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 46.1%likely range 38.4% to 54.0%, 31 answers | 46.2%likely range 31.7% to 61.5%, 40 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.3%likely range 82.0% to 88.0%, 99 answers | 78.5%likely range 69.2% to 85.6%, 93 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 86.9%likely range 83.8% to 89.4%, 106 answers | 76.5%likely range 67.2% to 83.9%, 95 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 83.1%likely range 79.5% to 86.2%, 91 answers | 63.6%likely range 53.0% to 73.0%, 84 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.8%likely range 86.9% to 92.1%, 102 answers | 79.7%likely range 70.6% to 86.6%, 94 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.7%likely range 89.1% to 93.8%, 101 answers | 79.6%likely range 70.5% to 86.4%, 95 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.6%likely range 93.5% to 97.1%, 99 answers | 90.4%likely range 82.7% to 94.9%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.2%likely range 88.4% to 93.3%, 98 answers | 84.3%likely range 75.4% to 90.4%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 89.8%likely range 86.9% to 92.2%, 98 answers | 88.8%likely range 80.7% to 93.7%, 90 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.5%likely range 80.1% to 97.4%, 40 patients | 80.8%likely range 72.0% to 87.4%, 99 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 75.6%likely range 60.7% to 86.2%, 41 patients | 75.7%likely range 67.1% to 82.6%, 115 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 54.8%likely range 39.9% to 68.8%, 42 patients | 57.3%likely range 47.6% to 66.4%, 103 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 56.0%likely range 52.3% to 59.7%, 680 patients | 60.5%likely range 58.1% to 62.9%, 1,593 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.0%likely range 65.5% to 77.7%, 207 patients | 78.3%likely range 74.2% to 81.9%, 447 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 3,489August 2026 | 7,929August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bestwood and Sherwood PCN | Bestwood and Sherwood PCN |
| Phone | 0115 9792255 | 0115 9622522 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 64.7% good or very good17 answers, June 2026 | 92.1% good or very good89 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,405 in August 2026Same day 43.1%; face to face 93.0% | 2,035 in August 2026Same day 25.0%; face to face 84.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.53England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.0 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums1,745 patients per permanent GP | 2.4 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums3,360 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.