Halton · Compare
Castlefields Health Centre vs Weaver Vale 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?
Castlefields Health Centre and Weaver Vale 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 | Castlefields Health CentreWA7 2ST | Weaver Vale PracticeWA7 2UT |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.1likely range 61.9 to 87.3103 survey answers | 72.2likely range 61.8 to 80.6110 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 | 82.8%likely range 58.4% to 94.3%, 103 answers | 67.3%likely range 52.7% to 79.3%, 110 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 70.3%likely range 63.2% to 75.9% | 83.4%likely range 77.9% to 86.6%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 79.8%likely range 72.7% to 85.4%, 2,335 appointments | 92.9%likely range 87.4% to 96.1%, 2,105 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 68.5%likely range 43.2% to 86.1%, 97 answers | 48.2%likely range 33.9% to 62.8%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 93.2%likely range 70.5% to 98.7%, 102 answers | 81.1%likely range 67.3% to 90.0%, 109 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 20.5%likely range 7.5% to 45.1%, 103 answers | 25.2%likely range 14.8% to 39.5%, 111 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 18.0%likely range 5.5% to 45.4%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.8%likely range 62.1% to 96.4%, 97 answers | 83.9%likely range 70.0% to 92.1%, 104 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.9%likely range 58.4% to 94.4%, 102 answers | 74.7%likely range 60.3% to 85.2%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 73.3%likely range 46.6% to 89.6%, 89 answers | 70.5%likely range 54.9% to 82.5%, 97 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.7%likely range 60.1% to 95.3%, 100 answers | 89.2%likely range 76.6% to 95.4%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.2%likely range 61.9% to 96.0%, 101 answers | 78.7%likely range 64.4% to 88.3%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.6%likely range 73.5% to 99.4%, 100 answers | 91.3%likely range 79.1% to 96.7%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 86.1%likely range 60.7% to 96.1%, 94 answers | 83.2%likely range 69.1% to 91.7%, 102 answers |
| Needs met | 89.8%likely range 65.7% to 97.6%, 98 answers | 86.1%likely range 72.8% to 93.5%, 106 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.7%likely range 87.9% to 95.7%, 178 patients | 83.1%likely range 72.2% to 90.3%, 65 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.6%likely range 81.4% to 91.9%, 153 patients | 94.5%likely range 85.1% to 98.1%, 55 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.1%likely range 79.1% to 89.7%, 175 patients | 90.1%likely range 82.3% to 94.7%, 91 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.8%likely range 69.0% to 72.5%, 2,631 patients | 66.9%likely range 64.3% to 69.4%, 1,325 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.0%likely range 70.6% to 75.4%, 1,305 patients | 71.4%likely range 68.3% to 74.4%, 833 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 15,552August 2026 | 8,621August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Runcorn PCN | Runcorn PCN |
| Phone | 01928 566671 | 01928 711911 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.7% good or very good481 answers, June 2026 | 87.1% good or very good194 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,394 in August 2026Same day 31.7%; face to face 65.7% | 3,367 in August 2026Same day 37.2%; face to face 50.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 8.5 qualified permanent13.6 including trainees and locums1,837 patients per permanent GP | 5.5 qualified permanent6.1 including trainees and locums1,577 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.
The full pages
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.