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Highfield Surgery vs Stonyhill 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?
Highfield Surgery and Stonyhill 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Highfield SurgeryFY4 1TJ | Stonyhill Medical PracticeFY4 1TJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.3likely range 64.6 to 84.3114 survey answers | 75.8likely range 66.2 to 82.0108 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 | 75.7%likely range 59.1% to 87.1%, 114 answers | 81.0%likely range 67.4% to 89.7%, 108 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.4%likely range 74.2% to 80.2%Clearly higher | 63.4%likely range 59.7% to 67.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.9%likely range 80.6% to 88.4%, 4,962 appointmentsClearly higher | 71.6%likely range 66.2% to 76.6%, 4,384 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.9%likely range 65.1% to 74.2%, 8,181 callsClearly higher | 55.1%likely range 50.0% to 60.2%, 7,649 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 71.3%likely range 54.0% to 84.1%, 108 answers | 65.2%likely range 50.5% to 77.5%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.7%likely range 68.6% to 93.3%, 109 answers | 93.6%likely range 82.5% to 97.8%, 106 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 36.4%likely range 22.3% to 53.3%, 114 answers | 33.8%likely range 21.8% to 48.3%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 39.9%likely range 18.4% to 66.1%, 44 answers | 59.6%likely range 35.5% to 79.9%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.1%likely range 67.8% to 93.0%, 108 answers | 86.2%likely range 72.9% to 93.6%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 74.6%likely range 57.7% to 86.3%, 112 answers | 73.0%likely range 58.5% to 83.8%, 104 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 60.3%likely range 42.9% to 75.5%, 105 answers | 71.2%likely range 56.2% to 82.6%, 99 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.3%likely range 73.0% to 95.4%, 111 answers | 87.5%likely range 74.9% to 94.2%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.2%likely range 73.0% to 95.4%, 112 answers | 87.4%likely range 74.7% to 94.2%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.5%likely range 79.6% to 98.1%, 110 answers | 92.5%likely range 80.9% to 97.2%, 105 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.4%likely range 76.2% to 97.3%, 103 answers | 95.4%likely range 84.5% to 98.7%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 85.7%likely range 70.0% to 93.9%, 112 answers | 95.0%likely range 84.3% to 98.5%, 105 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.5%likely range 78.7% to 91.8%, 104 patients | 89.8%likely range 81.7% to 94.5%, 88 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 81.4%likely range 73.3% to 87.5%, 113 patients | 84.3%likely range 76.0% to 90.1%, 102 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.1%likely range 78.8% to 91.1%, 122 patients | 85.8%likely range 78.0% to 91.2%, 106 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 63.8%likely range 61.6% to 65.8%, 1,984 patients | 71.9%likely range 69.7% to 74.0%, 1,737 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 69.0%likely range 66.4% to 71.4%, 1,331 patients | 74.5%likely range 71.8% to 77.0%, 1,109 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,304August 2026 | 11,977August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Blackpool South PCN | Blackpool South PCN |
| Phone | 01253 953950 | 01253 956655 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.2% good or very good189 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,652 in August 2026Same day 45.1%; face to face 59.7% | 5,873 in August 2026Same day 35.8%; face to face 51.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.9 qualified permanent9.9 including trainees and locums1,919 patients per permanent GP | 5.8 qualified permanent9.7 including trainees and locums2,051 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.