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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
Weymouth Bay Medical Practice and The Bridges Medical Ctr. 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 | Weymouth Bay Medical PracticeDT4 7BY× | The Bridges Medical Ctr.DT4 7DW× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.2likely range 69.4 to 87.5133 survey answers | 86.8likely range 78.2 to 90.0126 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 89.4%likely range 71.2% to 96.7%, 133 answers | 93.7%likely range 81.4% to 98.0%, 126 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.2%likely range 60.4% to 69.4% | 70.7%likely range 67.3% to 73.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 74.7%likely range 69.9% to 78.9%, 5,380 appointmentsClearly higher | 62.4%likely range 57.0% to 67.5%, 4,950 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 78.9%likely range 74.7% to 82.6%, 8,527 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 70.6%likely range 49.5% to 85.4%, 122 answers | 84.7%likely range 70.0% to 92.9%, 122 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.2%likely range 73.0% to 97.5%, 129 answers | 96.4%likely range 85.1% to 99.2%, 124 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 57.6%likely range 38.1% to 75.0%, 134 answers | 41.8%likely range 27.7% to 57.4%, 126 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 81.9%likely range 55.8% to 94.2%, 79 answers | 66.8%likely range 42.6% to 84.4%, 54 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 95.7%likely range 78.6% to 99.3%, 125 answers | 94.6%likely range 82.2% to 98.5%, 119 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 90.4%likely range 72.2% to 97.1%, 131 answers | 85.9%likely range 71.5% to 93.7%, 123 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 69.2%likely range 48.0% to 84.6%, 120 answers | 68.7%likely range 52.3% to 81.5%, 116 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.6%likely range 75.9% to 98.5%, 127 answers | 94.0%likely range 81.6% to 98.2%, 123 answers |
| Care and concern | 96.1%likely range 79.4% to 99.4%, 127 answers | 91.0%likely range 77.7% to 96.7%, 123 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.5%likely range 83.0% to 99.9%, 128 answers | 96.9%likely range 85.7% to 99.4%, 122 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.5%likely range 81.0% to 99.7%, 122 answers | 96.4%likely range 84.3% to 99.2%, 114 answers |
| Needs met | 95.8%likely range 78.9% to 99.3%, 126 answers | 93.9%likely range 81.2% to 98.2%, 119 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.4%likely range 92.4% to 98.4%, 168 patients | 91.8%likely range 85.6% to 95.5%, 122 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 95.1%likely range 90.6% to 97.5%, 163 patients | 90.8%likely range 84.2% to 94.8%, 119 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.8%likely range 89.2% to 96.5%, 176 patients | 94.3%likely range 88.7% to 97.2%, 123 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.0%likely range 67.5% to 70.5%, 3,521 patients | 67.9%likely range 66.0% to 69.7%, 2,514 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.1%likely range 73.4% to 76.7%, 2,643 patients | 71.7%likely range 69.4% to 73.8%, 1,545 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 26,857August 2026 | 17,130August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Weymouth & Portland PCN | Weymouth & Portland PCN |
| Phone | 01305 774466 | 01305 774411 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.8% good or very good756 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 11,691 in August 2026Same day 31.9%; face to face 89.3% | 7,844 in August 2026Same day 35.5%; face to face 66.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 12.1 qualified permanent18.0 including trainees and locums2,228 patients per permanent GP | 11.7 qualified permanent14.5 including trainees and locums1,460 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Outstanding | 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.