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Ashcroft Surgery vs 3w Health
Two GP practices in the same primary care network, a short way apart. Side by side, with the margin of error on every figure.
Can the survey tell them apart?
Ashcroft Surgery and 3w Health cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Ashcroft SurgeryLU7 0NE | 3w HealthLU7 0NE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 86.095% interval 83.2 to 88.2111 survey answers | 78.595% interval 66.6 to 85.4111 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 89.3%95% interval 86.5% to 91.6%, 111 answers | 82.4%95% interval 65.4% to 92.1%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.2%95% interval 71.4% to 83.1% | 69.3%95% interval 65.5% to 72.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.5%95% interval 72.9% to 90.5%, 1,027 appointments | 84.7%95% interval 79.3% to 88.8%, 3,387 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 72.7%95% interval 64.2% to 79.7%, 2,582 callsClearly higher | 53.9%95% interval 48.6% to 59.0%, 7,380 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 77.8%95% interval 74.1% to 81.1%, 105 answers | 44.6%95% interval 28.2% to 62.3%, 106 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 97.6%95% interval 96.0% to 98.6%, 109 answers | 94.5%95% interval 79.7% to 98.7%, 104 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.6%95% interval 22.2% to 29.3%, 111 answers | 14.5%95% interval 5.9% to 31.1%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 92.0%95% interval 89.5% to 94.0%, 108 answers | 88.1%95% interval 71.0% to 95.7%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 83.9%95% interval 80.6% to 86.7%, 110 answers | 74.8%95% interval 57.0% to 87.0%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 83.2%95% interval 79.7% to 86.1%, 101 answers | 75.3%95% interval 56.0% to 88.0%, 94 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.7%95% interval 86.9% to 91.9%, 108 answers | 90.0%95% interval 73.7% to 96.6%, 104 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.4%95% interval 85.4% to 90.8%, 108 answers | 88.6%95% interval 72.2% to 95.9%, 106 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.6%95% interval 92.3% to 96.2%, 107 answers | 96.4%95% interval 82.5% to 99.3%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.2%95% interval 91.9% to 95.9%, 102 answers | 89.2%95% interval 72.1% to 96.3%, 98 answers |
| Needs met | 93.2%95% interval 90.8% to 95.0%, 107 answers | 93.7%95% interval 78.9% to 98.3%, 108 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 98.0%95% interval 89.3% to 99.6%, 49 patients | 87.2%95% interval 80.8% to 91.6%, 148 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 97.2%95% interval 85.8% to 99.5%, 36 patients | 90.9%95% interval 85.1% to 94.6%, 143 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 100.0%95% interval 90.1% to 100.0%, 35 patients | 87.1%95% interval 81.5% to 91.2%, 186 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 79.6%95% interval 76.4% to 82.4%, 705 patients | 69.8%95% interval 68.1% to 71.5%, 2,771 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 82.0%95% interval 78.5% to 85.0%, 528 patients | 74.0%95% interval 72.1% to 75.8%, 2,163 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,853August 2026 | 19,781August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Bucks PCN | North Bucks PCN |
| Phone | 01296 688201 | 01296 711150 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.6% good or very good325 answers, June 2026 | 89.1% good or very good815 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,739 in August 2026Same day 59.8%; face to face 77.0% | 8,290 in August 2026Same day 28.4%; face to face 65.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.8 qualified permanent2.8 including trainees and locums1,742 patients per permanent GP | 9.6 qualified permanent11.3 including trainees and locums2,052 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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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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.