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Beech Hill Medical Practice vs Aspull Surgery
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?
Beech Hill Medical Practice and Aspull 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Beech Hill Medical PracticeWN6 7PD | Aspull SurgeryWN2 1XH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.6likely range 72.6 to 86.2132 survey answers | 82.6likely range 77.8 to 86.2115 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 | 80.2%likely range 68.9% to 88.1%, 132 answers | 83.7%likely range 77.3% to 88.5%, 115 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.5%likely range 77.7% to 84.5% | 80.0%likely range 74.1% to 84.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 82.4%likely range 77.1% to 86.7%, 3,669 appointments | 80.1%likely range 70.5% to 87.2%, 1,304 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.4%likely range 75.1% to 84.8%, 5,345 calls | 79.7%likely range 73.0% to 85.1%, 3,505 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 59.7%likely range 47.0% to 71.2%, 123 answers | 74.0%likely range 66.7% to 80.1%, 111 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.9%likely range 75.3% to 92.4%, 131 answers | 88.9%likely range 83.1% to 92.8%, 112 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.6%likely range 20.7% to 42.7%, 132 answers | 37.2%likely range 30.1% to 44.8%, 113 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 17.8%likely range 6.5% to 40.4%, 39 answers | 45.2%likely range 33.1% to 57.8%, 42 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.3%likely range 74.6% to 92.0%, 129 answers | 84.7%likely range 78.3% to 89.4%, 111 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 75.4%likely range 63.6% to 84.4%, 131 answers | 79.1%likely range 72.3% to 84.6%, 114 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.7%likely range 63.4% to 84.9%, 121 answers | 74.5%likely range 67.2% to 80.6%, 110 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.7%likely range 79.8% to 95.0%, 130 answers | 91.3%likely range 85.9% to 94.7%, 113 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.4%likely range 81.8% to 96.2%, 128 answers | 91.1%likely range 85.7% to 94.6%, 112 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.5%likely range 85.8% to 98.0%, 129 answers | 97.2%likely range 93.4% to 98.8%, 113 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.8%likely range 84.7% to 97.6%, 125 answers | 91.4%likely range 85.9% to 94.8%, 109 answers |
| Needs met | 88.4%likely range 78.3% to 94.2%, 129 answers | 96.3%likely range 92.1% to 98.3%, 112 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.0%likely range 84.3% to 96.0%, 87 patients | 95.0%likely range 86.3% to 98.3%, 60 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.7%likely range 78.7% to 93.2%, 81 patients | 95.2%likely range 86.9% to 98.4%, 63 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.4%likely range 78.5% to 91.7%, 103 patients | 90.3%likely range 80.5% to 95.5%, 62 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.9%likely range 71.7% to 75.9%, 1,687 patients | 79.2%likely range 76.5% to 81.7%, 914 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.7%likely range 74.1% to 79.2%, 1,044 patients | 79.1%likely range 75.7% to 82.2%, 589 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,309August 2026 | 6,222August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Wigan PCN | North Wigan PCN |
| Phone | 01942 807807 | 01942 367999 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.0% good or very good384 answers, June 2026 | 98.0% good or very good50 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,042 in August 2026Same day 37.9%; face to face 61.1% | 2,326 in August 2026Same day 40.3%; face to face 73.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.99England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.6 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums3,159 patients per permanent GP | 2.0 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums3,111 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | 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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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.