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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.

Comparison

The Ridgeway Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Woodsetton Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.

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MeasureThe Ridgeway SurgeryDY3 3UH×Woodsetton Medical CentreDY3 1AF×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade94.7likely range 81.2 to 97.091 survey answersClearly higher70.9likely range 62.8 to 77.798 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Clearly above the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good96.4%likely range 77.2% to 99.5%, 91 answers67.7%likely range 56.4% to 77.3%, 98 answers
Access (mean of the two below)90.6%likely range 88.0% to 92.5%Clearly higher78.2%likely range 73.0% to 81.9%
Appointments within two weeks of booking98.0%likely range 95.5% to 99.2%, 3,896 appointments94.9%likely range 87.6% to 98.0%, 1,198 appointments
Calls answered by the practice83.0%likely range 78.6% to 86.6%, 7,051 callsClearly higher61.4%likely range 54.0% to 68.2%, 3,695 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone85.7%likely range 62.9% to 95.5%, 86 answers56.9%likely range 45.3% to 67.9%, 93 answers
Reception and admin team100.0%likely range 82.2% to 100.0%, 88 answers77.7%likely range 66.7% to 85.8%, 95 answers
Having a preferred professional30.3%likely range 14.1% to 53.4%, 89 answers43.0%likely range 32.2% to 54.5%, 96 answers
Seeing your preferred professional69.7%likely range 31.5% to 92.0%, 30 answers15.8%likely range 6.9% to 31.9%, 44 answers
Knowing the next step94.5%likely range 73.6% to 99.1%, 85 answers80.6%likely range 69.6% to 88.3%, 90 answers
Contacting the practice92.0%likely range 70.6% to 98.2%, 87 answers70.7%likely range 59.4% to 80.0%, 96 answers
Wait for an appointment95.1%likely range 74.1% to 99.3%, 83 answers76.3%likely range 64.7% to 85.1%, 86 answers
Being listened to99.5%likely range 81.0% to 100.0%, 86 answers82.5%likely range 72.1% to 89.6%, 95 answers
Care and concern100.0%likely range 81.4% to 100.0%, 84 answers81.2%likely range 70.6% to 88.6%, 94 answers
Confidence and trust100.0%likely range 81.8% to 100.0%, 86 answers87.3%likely range 77.6% to 93.2%, 95 answers
Involvement in decisions98.9%likely range 78.8% to 100.0%, 79 answers90.1%likely range 80.7% to 95.2%, 90 answers
Needs met99.0%likely range 80.4% to 100.0%, 87 answers89.4%likely range 80.2% to 94.6%, 95 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months96.3%likely range 89.5% to 98.7%, 80 patients90.5%likely range 80.7% to 95.6%, 63 patients
Children at 18 months91.8%likely range 84.7% to 95.8%, 98 patients85.1%likely range 74.7% to 91.7%, 67 patients
Children at 5 years91.5%likely range 85.1% to 95.3%, 118 patients80.8%likely range 70.7% to 88.0%, 78 patients
Women aged 25 to 4973.8%likely range 71.8% to 75.8%, 1,793 patients72.9%likely range 70.2% to 75.5%, 1,112 patients
Women aged 50 to 6479.7%likely range 77.2% to 81.9%, 1,165 patients76.0%likely range 72.6% to 79.2%, 643 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients12,120August 20267,185August 2026
Primary care networkSedgley, Coseley & Gornal PCNSedgley, Coseley & Gornal PCN
Phone01902 88650001902 883346
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)96.8% good or very good277 answers, June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)5,053 in August 2026Same day 55.9%; face to face 70.9%2,464 in August 2026Same day 46.1%; face to face 70.7%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.97England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)4.4 qualified permanent8.7 including trainees and locums2,764 patients per permanent GP3.0 qualified permanent5.2 including trainees and locums2,363 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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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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