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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
Milton Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Waterbeach and Cottenham Surgeries’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
| Measure | Waterbeach and Cottenham SurgeriesCB25 9LQ× | Milton SurgeryCB24 6BL× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 58.4likely range 52.3 to 64.3108 survey answers | 75.1likely range 71.7 to 77.9134 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 52.8%likely range 44.3% to 61.1%, 108 answers | 76.0%likely range 72.9% to 78.8%, 134 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.2%likely range 67.1% to 74.8% | 73.0%likely range 64.0% to 79.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 78.8%likely range 73.0% to 83.6%, 3,436 appointments | 82.5%likely range 73.5% to 88.9%, 1,401 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 63.4%likely range 57.8% to 68.8%, 6,076 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 45.2%likely range 36.6% to 54.1%, 100 answers | 68.2%likely range 64.9% to 71.4%, 132 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 82.5%likely range 74.9% to 88.2%, 101 answers | 91.8%likely range 89.7% to 93.5%, 133 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 20.9%likely range 14.8% to 28.7%, 107 answers | 34.1%likely range 30.9% to 37.4%, 134 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 61.3%likely range 55.4% to 66.8%, 48 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.3%likely range 72.2% to 86.5%, 97 answers | 86.9%likely range 84.4% to 89.1%, 132 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 49.0%likely range 40.3% to 57.7%, 102 answers | 72.2%likely range 69.0% to 75.2%, 133 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 48.7%likely range 39.6% to 57.9%, 91 answers | 84.8%likely range 82.1% to 87.1%, 130 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.0%likely range 76.5% to 89.4%, 102 answers | 91.0%likely range 88.8% to 92.8%, 131 answers |
| Care and concern | 77.0%likely range 68.8% to 83.5%, 101 answers | 86.8%likely range 84.3% to 89.0%, 131 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.7%likely range 83.1% to 93.9%, 102 answers | 91.6%likely range 89.5% to 93.3%, 131 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.6%likely range 82.7% to 94.0%, 95 answers | 94.7%likely range 92.8% to 96.1%, 121 answers |
| Needs met | 85.5%likely range 78.2% to 90.7%, 101 answers | 87.0%likely range 84.5% to 89.2%, 130 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 97.0%likely range 91.5% to 99.0%, 100 patients | 94.1%likely range 80.9% to 98.4%, 34 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.7%likely range 88.7% to 96.5%, 158 patients | 94.4%likely range 81.9% to 98.5%, 36 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.2%likely range 82.0% to 93.7%, 111 patients | 90.5%likely range 77.9% to 96.2%, 42 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.1%likely range 64.9% to 69.2%, 1,849 patients | 80.5%likely range 77.7% to 83.0%, 847 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.2%likely range 74.1% to 80.1%, 755 patients | 86.3%likely range 83.0% to 89.0%, 504 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,675August 2026 | 4,997August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Cambridge North Villages PCN | Cambridge North Villages PCN |
| Phone | 01223 860387 | 01223 420511 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 98.1% good or very good156 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,768 in August 2026Same day 45.1%; face to face 56.3% | 1,645 in August 2026Same day 41.0%; face to face 77.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent4.2 including trainees and locums2,311 patients per permanent GP | 3.3 qualified permanent4.4 including trainees and locums1,499 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.