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Far Lane Medical Centre vs Tramways and Middlewood Medical Centres
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?
Far Lane Medical Centre’s Practice score is clearly higher than Tramways and Middlewood Medical Centres’s: its 95% interval lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Far Lane Medical CentreS6 4FA | Tramways and Middlewood Medical CentresS6 1TT |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 88.995% interval 83.0 to 92.0117 survey answersClearly higher | 75.895% interval 66.5 to 82.2109 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 92.6%95% interval 85.2% to 96.4%, 117 answers | 78.8%95% interval 65.7% to 87.8%, 109 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.2%95% interval 70.9% to 85.3% | 68.6%95% interval 63.5% to 73.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 89.7%95% interval 80.4% to 94.8%, 1,076 appointments | 78.1%95% interval 73.0% to 82.5%, 4,429 appointments |
| 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 rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 57.4%95% interval 47.0% to 67.1%, 116 answers | 42.4%95% interval 29.5% to 56.4%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.9%95% interval 78.4% to 92.4%, 118 answers | 82.9%95% interval 70.0% to 91.0%, 105 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.9%95% interval 18.8% to 36.8%, 118 answers | 24.3%95% interval 14.6% to 37.7%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 41.7%95% interval 24.5% to 61.2%, 33 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.1%95% interval 75.0% to 90.3%, 114 answers | 88.4%95% interval 76.6% to 94.7%, 106 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 78.6%95% interval 69.0% to 85.8%, 117 answers | 76.0%95% interval 62.5% to 85.7%, 107 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 74.9%95% interval 64.4% to 83.1%, 105 answers | 62.8%95% interval 48.2% to 75.4%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.5%95% interval 83.8% to 95.7%, 116 answers | 87.0%95% interval 74.9% to 93.8%, 106 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.2%95% interval 78.6% to 92.7%, 113 answers | 89.8%95% interval 78.3% to 95.6%, 106 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 99.5%95% interval 95.0% to 100.0%, 115 answers | 98.1%95% interval 89.5% to 99.7%, 105 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 99.1%95% interval 94.1% to 99.9%, 110 answers | 96.9%95% interval 87.3% to 99.3%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 97.0%95% interval 91.0% to 99.0%, 116 answers | 97.0%95% interval 87.8% to 99.3%, 105 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.4%95% interval 87.7% to 99.0%, 55 patients | 98.7%95% interval 93.1% to 99.8%, 78 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 95.4%95% interval 87.3% to 98.4%, 65 patients | 91.7%95% interval 84.9% to 95.6%, 108 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.9%95% interval 86.5% to 97.4%, 82 patients | 90.3%95% interval 82.6% to 94.8%, 93 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.5%95% interval 73.0% to 77.8%, 1,214 patients | 76.1%95% interval 74.1% to 77.9%, 1,976 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.0%95% interval 72.6% to 79.1%, 670 patients | 78.9%95% interval 76.3% to 81.3%, 1,015 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,405August 2026 | 10,931August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Hillsborough PCN | Hillsborough PCN |
| Phone | 0114 2347701 | 0114 2345338 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.4% good or very good267 answers, June 2026 | 96.7% good or very good304 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,473 in August 2026Same day 30.0%; face to face 96.0% | 10,834 in August 2026Same day 39.9%; face to face 92.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.65England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.7 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums1,582 patients per permanent GP | 5.2 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums2,095 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.