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Fulwood Green Medical Ctr vs The Ash Surgery
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?
Fulwood Green Medical Ctr and The Ash Surgery 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 | Fulwood Green Medical CtrL17 5AR | The Ash SurgeryL17 0BY |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.4likely range 69.9 to 81.4121 survey answers | 85.3likely range 79.5 to 89.2113 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 | 79.2%likely range 70.6% to 85.8%, 121 answers | 85.8%likely range 77.8% to 91.2%, 113 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 69.6%likely range 61.6% to 75.9% | 84.0%likely range 79.5% to 87.5%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 79.1%likely range 71.1% to 85.4%, 1,875 appointments | 94.2%likely range 90.4% to 96.5%, 3,568 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 73.7%likely range 65.6% to 80.4%, 2,797 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 72.1%likely range 62.6% to 80.0%, 113 answers | 63.8%likely range 53.8% to 72.7%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.0%likely range 78.1% to 91.4%, 118 answers | 82.0%likely range 73.4% to 88.3%, 109 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.3%likely range 28.7% to 46.8%, 120 answers | 32.6%likely range 24.3% to 42.1%, 112 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 44.0%likely range 29.2% to 59.8%, 43 answers | 46.7%likely range 29.7% to 64.5%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.8%likely range 81.0% to 93.6%, 112 answers | 86.6%likely range 78.4% to 91.9%, 107 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.2%likely range 67.3% to 83.3%, 119 answers | 79.2%likely range 70.3% to 85.9%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.1%likely range 56.1% to 74.8%, 108 answers | 92.9%likely range 85.7% to 96.6%, 100 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.1%likely range 87.8% to 97.3%, 115 answers | 90.7%likely range 83.5% to 95.0%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 93.0%likely range 86.3% to 96.6%, 114 answers | 91.7%likely range 84.7% to 95.7%, 109 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.4%likely range 92.2% to 99.2%, 116 answers | 94.1%likely range 87.8% to 97.3%, 111 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.7%likely range 91.1% to 98.8%, 113 answers | 95.5%likely range 89.4% to 98.2%, 106 answers |
| Needs met | 95.5%likely range 89.5% to 98.1%, 113 answers | 94.1%likely range 87.6% to 97.3%, 108 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.2%likely range 87.2% to 99.0%, 53 patients | 87.8%likely range 75.8% to 94.3%, 49 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.2%likely range 76.6% to 94.5%, 51 patients | 89.8%likely range 78.2% to 95.6%, 49 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.2%likely range 75.1% to 92.8%, 58 patients | 83.8%likely range 73.3% to 90.7%, 68 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.7%likely range 68.1% to 73.2%, 1,205 patients | 78.8%likely range 76.4% to 81.1%, 1,147 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.3%likely range 74.9% to 81.4%, 614 patients | 77.4%likely range 74.1% to 80.4%, 678 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,884August 2026 | 6,724August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Swagga PCN | Swagga PCN |
| Phone | 0151 7272440 | 0151 7271155 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.3% good or very good35 answers, June 2026 | 87.8% good or very good49 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,895 in August 2026Same day 56.7%; face to face 59.8% | 3,729 in August 2026Same day 70.5%; face to face 54.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.0 qualified permanent7.1 including trainees and locums1,140 patients per permanent GP | 4.8 qualified permanent6.6 including trainees and locums1,404 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Not Rated | 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.