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Vine Medical Centre and The Groves Hinchley Wood 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.
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, so a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
| Measure | Vine Medical CentreKT8 9LJ× | The Groves Hinchley WoodKT10 0SP× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 84.7likely range 79.8 to 88.0110 survey answers | 83.7likely range 80.3 to 86.4126 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: clearly above the England average | Patients: clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 88.6%likely range 82.4% to 92.8%, 110 answers | 83.1%likely range 78.9% to 86.5%, 126 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.4%likely range 68.2% to 80.6% | 84.9%likely range 79.0% to 89.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.9%likely range 77.7% to 90.1%, 1,976 appointments | 94.2%likely range 87.2% to 97.5%, 1,318 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 75.5%likely range 66.0% to 83.0%, 2,009 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 71.2%likely range 63.0% to 78.3%, 101 answers | 72.4%likely range 67.4% to 76.8%, 116 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.3%likely range 83.0% to 93.4%, 107 answers | 91.1%likely range 87.8% to 93.6%, 124 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 32.7%likely range 25.6% to 40.8%, 110 answers | 32.7%likely range 28.2% to 37.6%, 126 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 66.0%likely range 50.4% to 78.8%, 32 answers | 27.6%likely range 20.0% to 36.8%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.2%likely range 84.3% to 94.1%, 110 answers | 90.1%likely range 86.6% to 92.7%, 124 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 85.5%likely range 78.9% to 90.4%, 110 answers | 75.2%likely range 70.6% to 79.3%, 126 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 88.5%likely range 81.9% to 92.9%, 102 answers | 77.2%likely range 72.6% to 81.3%, 118 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.6%likely range 89.6% to 97.3%, 108 answers | 90.3%likely range 86.8% to 92.9%, 121 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.0%likely range 88.8% to 96.9%, 108 answers | 88.4%likely range 84.7% to 91.3%, 123 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.0%likely range 94.2% to 99.4%, 108 answers | 96.1%likely range 93.6% to 97.7%, 122 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.9%likely range 95.3% to 99.7%, 104 answers | 99.3%likely range 97.7% to 99.8%, 111 answers |
| Needs met | 99.1%likely range 95.7% to 99.8%, 105 answers | 90.9%likely range 87.5% to 93.5%, 121 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.6%likely range 87.9% to 97.7%, 92 patients | 96.2%likely range 81.1% to 99.3%, 26 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.9%likely range 87.3% to 97.2%, 98 patients | 96.9%likely range 84.3% to 99.4%, 32 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.8%likely range 89.2% to 97.6%, 116 patients | 94.5%likely range 85.1% to 98.1%, 55 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.5%likely range 66.2% to 70.8%, 1,519 patients | 74.4%likely range 71.4% to 77.1%, 898 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.4%likely range 75.6% to 81.0%, 884 patients | 79.5%likely range 76.2% to 82.5%, 630 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,048August 2026 | 6,106August 2026 |
| Primary care network | East Elmbridge PCN | East Elmbridge PCN |
| Phone | 02089 791505 | 020 83356600 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.7% good or very good184 answers, June 2026 | 94.2% good or very good259 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,457 in August 2026Same day 67.5%; face to face 40.3% | 2,724 in August 2026Same day 40.4%; face to face 49.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.3 qualified permanent6.9 including trainees and locums2,130 patients per permanent GP | 3.2 qualified permanent4.1 including trainees and locums1,885 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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.
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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