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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
Strensham Road Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Weather Oak Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
| Measure | Weather Oak Medical CentreB11 4RA× | Strensham Road SurgeryB12 9RR× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.5likely range 69.8 to 76.993 survey answers | 82.4likely range 77.4 to 86.488 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 | 70.8%likely range 66.0% to 75.3%, 93 answers | 78.1%likely range 71.2% to 83.7%, 88 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.5%likely range 74.4% to 83.7% | 92.2%likely range 88.0% to 94.9%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 100.0%likely range 95.2% to 100.0%, 1,169 appointments | 100.0%likely range 96.3% to 100.0%, 1,531 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 58.8%likely range 49.8% to 67.3%, 2,452 calls | 84.2%likely range 76.8% to 89.6%, 2,614 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 65.9%likely range 60.7% to 70.7%, 87 answers | 81.0%likely range 74.3% to 86.3%, 86 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.9%likely range 85.2% to 91.8%, 89 answers | 83.6%likely range 77.2% to 88.5%, 87 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 52.4%likely range 47.3% to 57.4%, 93 answers | 65.7%likely range 58.2% to 72.5%, 88 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 43.8%likely range 36.5% to 51.4%, 44 answers | 47.7%likely range 38.7% to 56.9%, 60 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 76.1%likely range 71.2% to 80.3%, 84 answers | 82.2%likely range 75.5% to 87.3%, 85 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 67.8%likely range 62.7% to 72.6%, 86 answers | 81.4%likely range 74.8% to 86.6%, 87 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 69.0%likely range 63.8% to 73.9%, 81 answers | 85.3%likely range 78.6% to 90.2%, 76 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.3%likely range 75.7% to 84.3%, 83 answers | 89.3%likely range 83.7% to 93.1%, 87 answers |
| Care and concern | 78.9%likely range 74.1% to 83.0%, 83 answers | 86.4%likely range 80.2% to 90.8%, 85 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.1%likely range 87.5% to 93.7%, 83 answers | 91.9%likely range 86.7% to 95.2%, 85 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.2%likely range 87.6% to 93.9%, 79 answers | 88.4%likely range 82.4% to 92.5%, 83 answers |
| Needs met | 87.4%likely range 83.2% to 90.6%, 80 answers | 88.1%likely range 82.2% to 92.2%, 86 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.7%likely range 72.6% to 89.6%, 75 patients | 79.5%likely range 69.2% to 87.0%, 78 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 78.6%likely range 66.2% to 87.3%, 56 patients | 78.3%likely range 68.3% to 85.8%, 83 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 81.8%likely range 69.7% to 89.8%, 55 patients | 90.5%likely range 82.3% to 95.1%, 84 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 58.5%likely range 54.9% to 62.1%, 721 patients | 72.2%likely range 69.3% to 74.9%, 1,007 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.8%likely range 68.5% to 80.2%, 210 patients | 91.4%likely range 87.5% to 94.2%, 269 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,259August 2026 | 5,625August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Smartcare Central PCN | Smartcare Central PCN |
| Phone | 0121 7720352 | 0845 0730396 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 87.5% good or very good40 answers, June 2026 | 93.5% good or very good92 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,617 in August 2026Same day 34.9%; face to face 73.0% | 2,146 in August 2026Same day 63.2%; face to face 60.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.71England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.4 qualified permanent2.3 including trainees and locums2,931 patients per permanent GP | 2.2 qualified permanent2.2 including trainees and locums2,511 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.