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Kearsley Medical Centre vs Fig Tree 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?
Kearsley Medical Centre and Fig Tree 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 | Kearsley Medical CentreBL4 8EP | Fig Tree Medical PracticeBL4 9AH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.8likely range 70.9 to 89.0123 survey answers | 76.4likely range 71.3 to 80.5100 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 | 78.3%likely range 62.7% to 88.6%, 123 answers | 72.2%likely range 65.6% to 78.0%, 100 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.9%likely range 88.4% to 90.3% | 86.0%likely range 78.9% to 88.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 99.4%likely range 97.9% to 99.8%, 5,446 appointments | 95.5%likely range 88.4% to 98.4%, 1,184 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 grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 51.1%likely range 35.0% to 67.0%, 113 answers | 76.0%likely range 69.5% to 81.5%, 97 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.3%likely range 71.0% to 94.2%, 113 answers | 91.2%likely range 86.3% to 94.4%, 98 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 27.7%likely range 15.9% to 43.7%, 124 answers | 48.3%likely range 41.5% to 55.3%, 99 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 31.2%likely range 11.9% to 60.3%, 38 answers | 69.8%likely range 59.8% to 78.3%, 47 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.8%likely range 73.0% to 95.0%, 117 answers | 78.2%likely range 71.9% to 83.5%, 97 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.7%likely range 61.9% to 88.2%, 121 answers | 78.0%likely range 71.7% to 83.2%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 81.5%likely range 65.4% to 91.2%, 112 answers | 80.6%likely range 74.3% to 85.6%, 94 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.5%likely range 74.1% to 95.3%, 120 answers | 85.3%likely range 79.7% to 89.6%, 99 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.1%likely range 71.2% to 93.9%, 119 answers | 83.7%likely range 77.8% to 88.2%, 98 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.7%likely range 79.3% to 97.7%, 118 answers | 90.1%likely range 85.0% to 93.6%, 95 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.8%likely range 75.9% to 96.8%, 107 answers | 91.4%likely range 86.6% to 94.6%, 95 answers |
| Needs met | 90.6%likely range 76.6% to 96.6%, 117 answers | 92.8%likely range 88.1% to 95.7%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.5%likely range 74.0% to 87.3%, 130 patients | 88.1%likely range 77.5% to 94.1%, 59 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.3%likely range 84.7% to 95.2%, 115 patients | 83.7%likely range 71.0% to 91.5%, 49 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.8%likely range 77.1% to 88.8%, 154 patients | 82.5%likely range 70.6% to 90.2%, 57 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 65.8%likely range 63.7% to 67.7%, 2,164 patients | 72.3%likely range 69.1% to 75.2%, 830 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 67.2%likely range 64.5% to 69.7%, 1,231 patients | 76.9%likely range 72.6% to 80.6%, 424 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,104August 2026 | 4,987August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Farnworth & Kearsley PCN | Farnworth & Kearsley PCN |
| Phone | 01204 462200 | 01204 795170 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.3% good or very good359 answers, June 2026 | 91.8% good or very good49 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 8,438 in August 2026Same day 53.7%; face to face 55.6% | 2,054 in August 2026Same day 27.8%; face to face 59.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 11.5 qualified permanent17.9 including trainees and locums1,141 patients per permanent GP | 3.3 qualified permanent3.8 including trainees and locums1,533 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.