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Briercliffe Surgery vs Thursby 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?
Briercliffe Surgery and Thursby 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 | Briercliffe SurgeryBB10 2EZ | Thursby SurgeryBB10 3BF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.4likely range 64.4 to 82.092 survey answers | 72.8likely range 62.8 to 80.892 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 72.5%likely range 58.3% to 83.2%, 92 answers | 68.8%likely range 54.6% to 80.2%, 92 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.8%likely range 74.4% to 82.4% | 82.0%likely range 78.6% to 84.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 75.0%likely range 68.2% to 80.7%, 2,758 appointments | 94.2%likely range 91.5% to 96.0%, 6,571 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 82.5%likely range 77.0% to 86.9%, 4,745 callsClearly higher | 69.7%likely range 63.4% to 75.3%, 4,701 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.9%likely range 53.3% to 79.7%, 89 answers | 42.1%likely range 28.6% to 56.8%, 85 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.9%likely range 78.9% to 96.4%, 88 answers | 68.5%likely range 54.0% to 80.1%, 89 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 16.2%likely range 8.3% to 29.4%, 92 answers | 32.5%likely range 20.9% to 46.8%, 92 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.9%likely range 76.7% to 95.1%, 91 answers | 84.4%likely range 70.7% to 92.4%, 83 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 72.7%likely range 58.4% to 83.5%, 90 answers | 55.2%likely range 40.8% to 68.7%, 88 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 57.3%likely range 42.4% to 70.9%, 85 answers | 72.5%likely range 57.6% to 83.7%, 82 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.1%likely range 75.6% to 94.7%, 89 answers | 87.7%likely range 75.2% to 94.4%, 90 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.1%likely range 75.5% to 94.6%, 90 answers | 85.9%likely range 73.1% to 93.2%, 90 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.9%likely range 87.2% to 99.3%, 90 answers | 93.6%likely range 82.5% to 97.8%, 89 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.9%likely range 78.5% to 96.5%, 84 answers | 86.5%likely range 73.2% to 93.8%, 83 answers |
| Needs met | 89.9%likely range 77.9% to 95.8%, 90 answers | 92.6%likely range 81.4% to 97.3%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 84.5%likely range 75.3% to 90.7%, 84 patients | 87.2%likely range 78.5% to 92.7%, 86 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.2%likely range 78.0% to 92.9%, 78 patients | 86.3%likely range 78.0% to 91.8%, 95 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.2%likely range 79.7% to 93.5%, 85 patients | 78.5%likely range 69.8% to 85.2%, 107 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.3%likely range 70.8% to 75.6%, 1,309 patients | 65.8%likely range 63.2% to 68.3%, 1,356 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.3%likely range 73.0% to 79.3%, 695 patients | 76.8%likely range 73.4% to 79.9%, 651 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,305August 2026 | 8,525August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Burnley East PCN | Burnley East PCN |
| Phone | 01282 911411 | 01282 911430 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.3% good or very good80 answers, June 2026 | 83.9% good or very good168 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,951 in August 2026Same day 44.9%; face to face 76.5% | 7,690 in August 2026Same day 74.3%; face to face 46.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.2 qualified permanent2.2 including trainees and locums3,708 patients per permanent GP | 1.5 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums5,709 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.