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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.

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Woodlands Medical Practice and Brierley Park Medical Group 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.

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MeasureWoodlands Medical PracticeNG17 1JW×Brierley Park Medical GroupNG17 2NF×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade80.6likely range 73.0 to 85.7124 survey answers75.2likely range 62.1 to 84.6114 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good82.5%likely range 71.8% to 89.7%, 124 answers71.8%likely range 53.1% to 85.1%, 114 answers
Access (mean of the two below)75.9%likely range 72.1% to 79.2%83.1%likely range 80.4% to 85.4%Clearly higher
Appointments within two weeks of booking78.2%likely range 72.4% to 83.1%, 3,457 appointments93.9%likely range 91.5% to 95.6%, 8,121 appointmentsClearly higher
Calls answered by the practice73.5%likely range 68.5% to 77.9%, 7,073 calls72.2%likely range 67.3% to 76.6%, 7,439 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone69.8%likely range 58.0% to 79.4%, 121 answers43.2%likely range 26.2% to 61.8%, 108 answers
Reception and admin team92.2%likely range 83.3% to 96.5%, 122 answers77.1%likely range 58.7% to 88.9%, 113 answers
Having a preferred professional39.8%likely range 29.0% to 51.6%, 124 answers10.1%likely range 3.3% to 26.8%, 112 answers
Seeing your preferred professional29.1%likely range 14.2% to 50.4%, 40 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step80.0%likely range 68.9% to 87.8%, 121 answers84.8%likely range 66.8% to 93.9%, 109 answers
Contacting the practice76.3%likely range 65.0% to 84.9%, 123 answers64.3%likely range 45.4% to 79.5%, 111 answers
Wait for an appointment80.8%likely range 69.4% to 88.6%, 114 answers66.4%likely range 47.2% to 81.4%, 107 answers
Being listened to83.9%likely range 73.2% to 90.8%, 119 answers81.4%likely range 63.2% to 91.8%, 112 answers
Care and concern84.5%likely range 73.7% to 91.3%, 116 answers81.0%likely range 62.7% to 91.6%, 111 answers
Confidence and trust91.9%likely range 82.8% to 96.4%, 119 answers87.3%likely range 70.1% to 95.3%, 113 answers
Involvement in decisions98.6%likely range 91.7% to 99.8%, 112 answers89.9%likely range 73.0% to 96.7%, 110 answers
Needs met93.3%likely range 84.6% to 97.3%, 119 answers89.9%likely range 73.2% to 96.6%, 113 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months93.6%likely range 86.8% to 97.0%, 94 patients92.2%likely range 87.1% to 95.4%, 167 patients
Children at 18 months86.3%likely range 78.9% to 91.4%, 117 patients89.4%likely range 83.7% to 93.3%, 161 patients
Children at 5 years93.6%likely range 87.4% to 96.9%, 110 patients79.6%likely range 73.4% to 84.6%, 196 patients
Women aged 25 to 4982.9%likely range 81.2% to 84.5%, 1,935 patients72.3%likely range 70.6% to 73.9%, 2,950 patients
Women aged 50 to 6484.1%likely range 81.9% to 86.0%, 1,185 patients75.7%likely range 73.6% to 77.7%, 1,652 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients11,764August 202618,944August 2026
Primary care networkAshfield North PCNAshfield North PCN
Phone01623 52874801623 550254
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)100.0% good or very good9 answers, June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)5,233 in August 2026Same day 37.6%; face to face 77.8%12,689 in August 2026Same day 54.8%; face to face 53.7%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.93England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)6.3 qualified permanent11.2 including trainees and locums1,875 patients per permanent GP7.8 qualified permanent15.9 including trainees and locums2,433 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)OutstandingGood

“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.

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