Westmorland and Furness · Compare
Dalton Surgery vs Duddon Valley 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?
Dalton Surgery and Duddon Valley 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.
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| Measure | Dalton SurgeryLA15 8AB | Duddon Valley Medical PracticeLA16 7JP |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.9likely range 73.8 to 85.9115 survey answers | 81.3likely range 77.5 to 84.4115 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 | 81.7%likely range 72.2% to 88.5%, 115 answers | 84.6%likely range 79.9% to 88.3%, 115 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.0%likely range 70.3% to 84.2% | 73.6%likely range 66.8% to 79.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 88.5%likely range 79.8% to 93.7%, 1,273 appointments | 73.9%likely range 62.1% to 83.0%, 999 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 73.3%likely range 66.2% to 79.4%, 3,565 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 36.9%likely range 27.1% to 47.9%, 107 answers | 79.3%likely range 74.2% to 83.7%, 111 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.9%likely range 80.3% to 94.0%, 112 answers | 94.9%likely range 91.7% to 96.9%, 113 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.8%likely range 22.1% to 41.3%, 115 answers | 27.9%likely range 23.0% to 33.4%, 114 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 31.7%likely range 17.7% to 50.0%, 40 answers | 53.5%likely range 43.2% to 63.5%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.0%likely range 79.1% to 93.4%, 109 answers | 90.7%likely range 86.7% to 93.6%, 110 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 74.7%likely range 64.5% to 82.7%, 115 answers | 84.2%likely range 79.5% to 88.0%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 62.5%likely range 51.5% to 72.4%, 106 answers | 76.3%likely range 70.7% to 81.2%, 101 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.2%likely range 79.6% to 93.5%, 112 answers | 91.8%likely range 88.0% to 94.5%, 109 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.8%likely range 80.3% to 93.9%, 113 answers | 88.3%likely range 84.0% to 91.6%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.9%likely range 86.6% to 97.3%, 113 answers | 94.4%likely range 91.0% to 96.6%, 108 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.8%likely range 83.7% to 96.0%, 108 answers | 95.3%likely range 92.0% to 97.3%, 104 answers |
| Needs met | 91.7%likely range 83.9% to 95.9%, 113 answers | 94.6%likely range 91.3% to 96.7%, 109 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.0%likely range 85.6% to 96.8%, 86 patients | 92.3%likely range 79.7% to 97.3%, 39 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.9%likely range 85.4% to 96.7%, 85 patients | 92.3%likely range 79.7% to 97.3%, 39 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.3%likely range 86.2% to 97.8%, 70 patients | 97.5%likely range 87.1% to 99.6%, 40 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.7%likely range 74.3% to 78.9%, 1,283 patients | 80.6%likely range 77.3% to 83.6%, 599 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.3%likely range 72.3% to 78.1%, 842 patients | 85.3%likely range 81.9% to 88.1%, 502 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,690August 2026 | 5,019August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Mid Furness PCN | Mid Furness PCN |
| Phone | 01229 462591 | 01229 889247 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 97.7% good or very good303 answers, June 2026 | 100.0% good or very good76 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,486 in August 2026Same day 20.9%; face to face 70.7% | 1,628 in August 2026Same day 35.0%; face to face 69.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.0 qualified permanent7.0 including trainees and locums2,198 patients per permanent GP | 2.7 qualified permanent2.7 including trainees and locums1,877 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.