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Causeway Medical Centre vs Dallam Lane Medical Centre
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?
Causeway Medical Centre and Dallam Lane Medical Centre 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 | Causeway Medical CentreWA4 6QA | Dallam Lane Medical CentreWA2 7NG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.6likely range 69.5 to 88.193 survey answers | 74.9likely range 68.1 to 80.296 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 | 77.3%likely range 61.4% to 87.9%, 93 answers | 76.5%likely range 68.1% to 83.2%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.3%likely range 84.6% to 91.0%Clearly higher | 71.0%likely range 59.5% to 79.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.0%likely range 94.6% to 99.3%, 2,558 appointmentsClearly higher | 80.5%likely range 69.0% to 88.5%, 949 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 78.4%likely range 71.9% to 83.8%, 3,843 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 70.9%likely range 54.2% to 83.4%, 88 answers | 78.9%likely range 70.6% to 85.4%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 80.6%likely range 64.7% to 90.4%, 89 answers | 95.4%likely range 89.9% to 98.0%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 39.1%likely range 25.0% to 55.3%, 93 answers | 30.3%likely range 22.8% to 39.1%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 50.2%likely range 27.1% to 73.2%, 38 answers | 59.9%likely range 44.3% to 73.7%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.9%likely range 64.0% to 89.9%, 90 answers | 93.8%likely range 87.8% to 97.0%, 92 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 74.2%likely range 57.9% to 85.8%, 90 answers | 88.8%likely range 81.8% to 93.4%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 73.9%likely range 56.0% to 86.2%, 77 answers | 89.1%likely range 81.6% to 93.8%, 82 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.3%likely range 74.8% to 95.9%, 88 answers | 83.6%likely range 75.6% to 89.4%, 88 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.1%likely range 67.6% to 92.0%, 90 answers | 74.7%likely range 65.8% to 82.0%, 88 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.0%likely range 82.3% to 98.7%, 89 answers | 88.8%likely range 81.5% to 93.4%, 88 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.7%likely range 80.1% to 98.2%, 85 answers | 89.3%likely range 81.9% to 94.0%, 83 answers |
| Needs met | 87.5%likely range 72.8% to 94.8%, 90 answers | 87.9%likely range 80.4% to 92.8%, 87 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.9%likely range 84.1% to 96.0%, 86 patients | 91.9%likely range 83.4% to 96.2%, 74 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.7%likely range 82.0% to 95.4%, 75 patients | 85.7%likely range 75.7% to 92.1%, 70 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.9%likely range 84.1% to 96.0%, 86 patients | 77.8%likely range 61.9% to 88.3%, 36 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.0%likely range 66.7% to 71.2%, 1,640 patients | 63.9%likely range 61.0% to 66.7%, 1,078 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 69.7%likely range 66.2% to 73.0%, 703 patients | 73.3%likely range 68.4% to 77.7%, 348 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,089August 2026 | 5,067August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Central & West Warrington PCN | Central & West Warrington PCN |
| Phone | 01925 630282 | 01925 572334 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.2% good or very good26 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,688 in August 2026Same day 44.4%; face to face 91.6% | 2,253 in August 2026Same day 35.3%; face to face 40.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent4.3 including trainees and locums2,652 patients per permanent GP | 1.9 qualified permanent1.9 including trainees and locums2,639 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.