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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
Wivenhoe Surgery and Rowhedge Surgery 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 | Wivenhoe SurgeryCO7 9BA× | Rowhedge SurgeryCO5 7HP× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 67.2likely range 60.5 to 72.9129 survey answers | 68.5likely range 46.7 to 83.596 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 73.3%likely range 64.1% to 80.9%, 129 answers | 66.2%likely range 35.2% to 87.6%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 52.9%likely range 46.1% to 59.2% | 73.7%likely range 68.5% to 77.9%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 62.4%likely range 55.6% to 68.7%, 3,133 appointments | 83.2%likely range 78.0% to 87.4%, 3,709 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 56.2%likely range 46.1% to 65.9%, 116 answers | 62.5%likely range 31.5% to 85.8%, 91 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.5%likely range 78.5% to 91.9%, 125 answers | 69.4%likely range 37.4% to 89.6%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 27.1%likely range 19.5% to 36.4%, 129 answers | 31.7%likely range 11.1% to 63.2%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 31.0%likely range 18.1% to 47.7%, 44 answers | 44.0%likely range 9.5% to 85.5%, 31 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.2%likely range 69.0% to 85.3%, 120 answers | 88.0%likely range 54.9% to 97.8%, 92 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.4%likely range 58.8% to 76.7%, 124 answers | 67.2%likely range 35.9% to 88.2%, 95 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.5%likely range 61.6% to 79.7%, 115 answers | 69.5%likely range 36.8% to 89.9%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.2%likely range 79.2% to 92.4%, 124 answers | 80.9%likely range 48.1% to 95.1%, 94 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.1%likely range 74.4% to 89.2%, 121 answers | 81.6%likely range 48.5% to 95.5%, 92 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.7%likely range 92.4% to 99.3%, 120 answers | 95.8%likely range 64.2% to 99.7%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.7%likely range 85.7% to 96.5%, 118 answers | 83.9%likely range 49.8% to 96.5%, 87 answers |
| Needs met | 96.5%likely range 90.8% to 98.7%, 123 answers | 87.3%likely range 54.8% to 97.5%, 95 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.9%likely range 79.6% to 94.3%, 72 patients | 88.9%likely range 74.7% to 95.6%, 36 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.2%likely range 79.0% to 95.7%, 51 patients | 87.0%likely range 74.3% to 93.9%, 46 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.4%likely range 77.4% to 91.0%, 103 patients | 91.5%likely range 80.1% to 96.6%, 47 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.5%likely range 70.1% to 74.8%, 1,386 patients | 38.8%likely range 36.5% to 41.2%, 1,694 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.4%likely range 75.6% to 81.0%, 875 patients | 84.9%likely range 81.4% to 87.9%, 465 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,051August 2026 | 13,906August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Abbey Field PCN | Abbey Field PCN |
| Phone | 01206 824447 | 01206 728585 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.0% good or very good50 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,192 in August 2026Same day 26.3%; face to face 95.1% | 4,239 in August 2026Same day 57.1%; face to face 69.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.49England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums2,167 patients per permanent GP | 6.5 qualified permanent8.6 including trainees and locums2,142 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | – | – |
“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.