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Beech Hill Medical Practice vs Standish Medical Practice
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 Standish Medical Practice 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 | Standish Medical PracticeWN6 0HD |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 63.7likely range 49.9 to 75.4101 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 | 80.2%likely range 68.9% to 88.1%, 132 answers | 60.7%likely range 41.1% to 77.3%, 101 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.5%likely range 77.7% to 84.5%Clearly higher | 70.6%likely range 65.5% to 75.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 82.4%likely range 77.1% to 86.7%, 3,669 appointments | 72.2%likely range 64.0% to 79.2%, 2,004 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.4%likely range 75.1% to 84.8%, 5,345 callsClearly higher | 68.8%likely range 63.0% to 74.1%, 5,504 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 | 52.5%likely range 33.0% to 71.2%, 94 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.9%likely range 75.3% to 92.4%, 131 answers | 75.1%likely range 54.6% to 88.3%, 95 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.6%likely range 20.7% to 42.7%, 132 answers | 17.1%likely range 7.0% to 36.3%, 101 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 17.8%likely range 6.5% to 40.4%, 39 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.3%likely range 74.6% to 92.0%, 129 answers | 79.3%likely range 59.4% to 91.0%, 97 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 75.4%likely range 63.6% to 84.4%, 131 answers | 59.1%likely range 39.6% to 76.1%, 101 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.7%likely range 63.4% to 84.9%, 121 answers | 50.4%likely range 30.7% to 69.9%, 89 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.7%likely range 79.8% to 95.0%, 130 answers | 86.0%likely range 66.8% to 94.9%, 97 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.4%likely range 81.8% to 96.2%, 128 answers | 87.3%likely range 68.3% to 95.7%, 96 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.5%likely range 85.8% to 98.0%, 129 answers | 93.1%likely range 75.4% to 98.4%, 95 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.8%likely range 84.7% to 97.6%, 125 answers | 89.3%likely range 70.1% to 96.8%, 91 answers |
| Needs met | 88.4%likely range 78.3% to 94.2%, 129 answers | 82.4%likely range 62.6% to 92.9%, 96 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 | 93.5%likely range 88.1% to 96.5%, 138 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.7%likely range 78.7% to 93.2%, 81 patients | 94.7%likely range 89.4% to 97.4%, 131 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.4%likely range 78.5% to 91.7%, 103 patients | 93.4%likely range 87.6% to 96.6%, 122 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.9%likely range 71.7% to 75.9%, 1,687 patients | 71.9%likely range 69.9% to 73.8%, 2,054 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.7%likely range 74.1% to 79.2%, 1,044 patients | 77.4%likely range 75.0% to 79.6%, 1,238 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,309August 2026 | 12,960August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Wigan PCN | North Wigan PCN |
| Phone | 01942 807807 | 01257 421909 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.0% good or very good384 answers, June 2026 | 79.2% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,042 in August 2026Same day 37.9%; face to face 61.1% | 2,590 in August 2026Same day 37.6%; face to face 70.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.99England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.68England 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 | 6.9 qualified permanent9.3 including trainees and locums1,869 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“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.
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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.