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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
Walton Medical Centre and Ranworth Partnership Surgery (Caradoc) 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.
| Measure | Walton Medical CentreCO14 8PA× | Ranworth Partnership Surgery (Caradoc)CO13 9JT× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.3likely range 64.3 to 78.7108 survey answers | 83.9likely range 78.4 to 87.8126 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 70.6%likely range 59.5% to 79.6%, 108 answers | 84.1%likely range 76.4% to 89.6%, 126 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 76.0%likely range 69.9% to 80.6% | 83.2%likely range 79.4% to 86.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 85.5%likely range 79.4% to 90.1%, 2,519 appointments | 97.0%likely range 92.0% to 98.9%, 1,744 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 69.3%likely range 63.5% to 74.6%, 5,478 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 44.0%likely range 33.1% to 55.5%, 102 answers | 49.7%likely range 40.4% to 59.0%, 116 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.1%likely range 74.4% to 90.6%, 109 answers | 90.1%likely range 83.3% to 94.3%, 125 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 36.9%likely range 26.9% to 48.2%, 107 answers | 31.1%likely range 23.3% to 40.1%, 123 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 40.9%likely range 24.8% to 59.2%, 41 answers | 24.5%likely range 12.4% to 42.5%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.3%likely range 68.5% to 87.1%, 101 answers | 83.8%likely range 75.9% to 89.5%, 120 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.9%likely range 58.7% to 79.2%, 105 answers | 71.5%likely range 62.7% to 78.9%, 125 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 78.5%likely range 67.3% to 86.6%, 97 answers | 86.1%likely range 78.0% to 91.6%, 109 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.9%likely range 74.0% to 90.5%, 107 answers | 87.2%likely range 79.6% to 92.3%, 116 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.7%likely range 70.4% to 88.1%, 107 answers | 81.9%likely range 73.6% to 88.0%, 118 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.6%likely range 89.9% to 98.9%, 108 answers | 90.5%likely range 83.5% to 94.7%, 117 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.7%likely range 85.7% to 97.4%, 105 answers | 88.9%likely range 81.5% to 93.6%, 114 answers |
| Needs met | 89.6%likely range 80.7% to 94.7%, 107 answers | 90.0%likely range 82.9% to 94.4%, 117 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.1%likely range 70.2% to 90.0%, 56 patients | 96.0%likely range 86.5% to 98.9%, 50 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.0%likely range 69.9% to 91.1%, 47 patients | 92.0%likely range 81.2% to 96.8%, 50 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.9%likely range 72.4% to 89.9%, 70 patients | 94.0%likely range 85.6% to 97.7%, 67 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 61.9%likely range 58.7% to 65.0%, 898 patients | 68.5%likely range 65.3% to 71.6%, 842 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.6%likely range 67.3% to 73.6%, 798 patients | 77.3%likely range 74.4% to 79.9%, 884 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,293August 2026 | 8,995August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Tendring PCN | Tendring PCN |
| Phone | 01255 674373 | 01255 850101 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 1 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,598 in August 2026Same day 38.5%; face to face 75.2% | 4,713 in August 2026Same day 45.7%; face to face 73.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.12England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums3,126 patients per permanent GP | 4.1 qualified permanent4.1 including trainees and locums2,181 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | – | 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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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.