Blackburn with Darwen · Compare
Darwen Healthcare vs Spring-Fenisco Healthlink
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?
Darwen Healthcare and Spring-Fenisco Healthlink 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 | Darwen HealthcareBB3 1PY | Spring-Fenisco HealthlinkBB3 1BZ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 83.4likely range 73.4 to 88.2124 survey answers | 82.5likely range 79.1 to 85.2114 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 | 89.1%likely range 74.8% to 95.8%, 124 answers | 87.0%likely range 83.5% to 89.9%, 114 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 70.1%likely range 66.7% to 73.0% | 71.8%likely range 64.2% to 77.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.2%likely range 77.8% to 87.5%, 3,540 appointments | 75.2%likely range 62.2% to 84.9%, 811 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 56.8%likely range 52.7% to 60.8%, 12,013 calls | 68.3%likely range 60.6% to 75.1%, 3,229 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 81.6%likely range 65.3% to 91.3%, 116 answers | 87.5%likely range 83.8% to 90.4%, 106 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.7%likely range 78.0% to 97.2%, 124 answers | 95.1%likely range 92.7% to 96.8%, 114 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 32.9%likely range 19.7% to 49.5%, 123 answers | 48.4%likely range 43.6% to 53.2%, 113 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.5%likely range 25.7% to 73.5%, 47 answers | 71.4%likely range 63.7% to 78.0%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.7%likely range 74.9% to 96.2%, 116 answers | 90.5%likely range 87.3% to 93.0%, 111 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 86.1%likely range 70.9% to 94.0%, 121 answers | 88.8%likely range 85.4% to 91.5%, 113 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 84.5%likely range 68.4% to 93.2%, 113 answers | 84.0%likely range 79.8% to 87.5%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.3%likely range 73.5% to 95.4%, 120 answers | 91.0%likely range 87.7% to 93.4%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.3%likely range 74.6% to 95.9%, 119 answers | 90.5%likely range 87.2% to 93.0%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.7%likely range 83.1% to 99.0%, 119 answers | 95.5%likely range 93.0% to 97.1%, 109 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.0%likely range 76.6% to 96.9%, 116 answers | 93.6%likely range 90.7% to 95.7%, 103 answers |
| Needs met | 91.4%likely range 77.4% to 97.0%, 121 answers | 91.8%likely range 88.7% to 94.1%, 109 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.5%likely range 83.1% to 93.6%, 133 patients | 89.5%likely range 75.9% to 95.8%, 38 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.2%likely range 83.2% to 93.2%, 148 patients | 88.1%likely range 75.0% to 94.8%, 42 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 95.6%likely range 90.8% to 98.0%, 137 patients | 78.4%likely range 62.8% to 88.6%, 37 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.9%likely range 74.2% to 77.6%, 2,539 patients | 75.9%likely range 72.5% to 79.1%, 644 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.0%likely range 75.7% to 80.2%, 1,296 patients | 82.4%likely range 78.3% to 85.8%, 392 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 14,817August 2026 | 4,218August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Darwen PCN | Darwen PCN |
| Phone | 01254 964640 | 01254 282870 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.0% good or very good50 answers, June 2026 | 93.9% good or very good49 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,176 in August 2026Same day 45.9%; face to face 61.7% | 1,444 in August 2026Same day 58.3%; face to face 42.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 7.4 qualified permanent14.0 including trainees and locums2,010 patients per permanent GP | 5.7 qualified permanent6.8 including trainees and locums739 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Outstanding | 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.