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Woodlands Medical Practice and King's Medical Centre 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.

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, so a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.

MeasureWoodlands Medical PracticeNG17 1JW×King's Medical CentreNG17 1AT×
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 67.6 to 81.4111 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Patients: cannot be told apart from the England averagePatients: cannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good82.5%likely range 71.8% to 89.7%, 124 answers71.2%likely range 60.5% to 80.0%, 111 answers
Access (mean of the two below)75.9%likely range 72.1% to 79.2%84.3%likely range 79.8% to 87.6%Clearly higher
Appointments within two weeks of booking78.2%likely range 72.4% to 83.1%, 3,457 appointments85.5%likely range 78.2% to 90.7%, 1,885 appointments
Calls answered by the practice73.5%likely range 68.5% to 77.9%, 7,073 calls82.9%likely range 77.9% to 87.0%, 5,393 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone69.8%likely range 58.0% to 79.4%, 121 answers63.2%likely range 51.9% to 73.1%, 106 answers
Reception and admin team92.2%likely range 83.3% to 96.5%, 122 answers82.1%likely range 72.2% to 89.0%, 109 answers
Having a preferred professional39.8%likely range 29.0% to 51.6%, 124 answers26.9%likely range 18.4% to 37.5%, 111 answers
Seeing your preferred professional29.1%likely range 14.2% to 50.4%, 40 answers36.2%likely range 19.3% to 57.3%, 31 answers
Knowing the next step80.0%likely range 68.9% to 87.8%, 121 answers85.3%likely range 75.7% to 91.5%, 106 answers
Contacting the practice76.3%likely range 65.0% to 84.9%, 123 answers71.0%likely range 60.2% to 79.9%, 109 answers
Wait for an appointment80.8%likely range 69.4% to 88.6%, 114 answers68.0%likely range 56.4% to 77.8%, 97 answers
Being listened to83.9%likely range 73.2% to 90.8%, 119 answers80.1%likely range 69.8% to 87.5%, 107 answers
Care and concern84.5%likely range 73.7% to 91.3%, 116 answers74.7%likely range 64.0% to 83.0%, 108 answers
Confidence and trust91.9%likely range 82.8% to 96.4%, 119 answers87.9%likely range 78.7% to 93.4%, 106 answers
Involvement in decisions98.6%likely range 91.7% to 99.8%, 112 answers88.4%likely range 78.9% to 93.9%, 99 answers
Needs met93.3%likely range 84.6% to 97.3%, 119 answers80.4%likely range 70.1% to 87.8%, 104 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 patients90.4%likely range 83.5% to 94.5%, 114 patients
Children at 18 months86.3%likely range 78.9% to 91.4%, 117 patients58.1%likely range 50.8% to 65.1%, 179 patients
Children at 5 years93.6%likely range 87.4% to 96.9%, 110 patients73.6%likely range 65.3% to 80.5%, 125 patients
Women aged 25 to 4982.9%likely range 81.2% to 84.5%, 1,935 patients71.9%likely range 69.7% to 74.0%, 1,659 patients
Women aged 50 to 6484.1%likely range 81.9% to 86.0%, 1,185 patients74.6%likely range 71.2% to 77.7%, 677 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients11,764August 20269,454August 2026
Primary care networkAshfield North PCNAshfield North PCN
Phone01623 52874801623 551015
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)100.0% good or very good9 answers, June 202696.8% good or very good312 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)5,233 in August 2026Same day 37.6%; face to face 77.8%4,117 in August 2026Same day 35.3%; face to face 87.9%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.93England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.92England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)6.3 qualified permanent11.2 including trainees and locums1,875 patients per permanent GP3.3 qualified permanent4.4 including trainees and locums2,859 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)OutstandingGood

“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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.

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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