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Little Lever Health Centre 1 vs Spring View Medical Centre
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?
Little Lever Health Centre 1 and Spring View Medical Centre 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 | Little Lever Health Centre 1BL3 1HH | Spring View Medical CentreBL3 1HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 85.3likely range 80.1 to 89.094 survey answers | 82.1likely range 76.1 to 86.7100 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 | 84.7%likely range 77.7% to 89.8%, 94 answers | 78.4%likely range 70.1% to 84.9%, 100 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.5%likely range 81.3% to 90.1% | 90.6%likely range 86.0% to 93.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 92.8%likely range 86.5% to 96.3%, 1,760 appointments | 98.6%likely range 92.4% to 99.8%, 1,076 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.1%likely range 71.9% to 86.4%, 2,413 calls | 82.4%likely range 75.6% to 87.7%, 3,175 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 59.6%likely range 50.8% to 67.8%, 87 answers | 54.4%likely range 45.3% to 63.2%, 99 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.0%likely range 83.6% to 94.1%, 90 answers | 88.2%likely range 81.0% to 92.9%, 97 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.4%likely range 27.9% to 43.7%, 95 answers | 35.6%likely range 27.6% to 44.6%, 102 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.8%likely range 37.0% to 62.7%, 39 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.4%likely range 76.9% to 89.8%, 85 answers | 85.7%likely range 78.0% to 91.1%, 94 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 79.3%likely range 71.7% to 85.3%, 94 answers | 71.2%likely range 62.3% to 78.8%, 97 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 64.5%likely range 55.8% to 72.2%, 89 answers | 74.5%likely range 64.9% to 82.2%, 82 answers |
| Being listened to | 90.4%likely range 84.2% to 94.4%, 92 answers | 89.7%likely range 82.7% to 94.1%, 96 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.5%likely range 85.5% to 95.1%, 92 answers | 79.0%likely range 70.5% to 85.6%, 95 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.5%likely range 89.2% to 97.3%, 91 answers | 93.5%likely range 87.2% to 96.8%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.9%likely range 87.1% to 96.2%, 88 answers | 90.6%likely range 83.6% to 94.8%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 96.7%likely range 92.1% to 98.7%, 91 answers | 93.1%likely range 86.8% to 96.5%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.3%likely range 70.0% to 88.9%, 64 patients | 91.4%likely range 81.4% to 96.3%, 58 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.1%likely range 71.5% to 90.5%, 59 patients | 95.2%likely range 84.2% to 98.7%, 42 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.3%likely range 76.6% to 92.4%, 73 patients | 90.0%likely range 78.6% to 95.7%, 50 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 54.4%likely range 50.9% to 57.8%, 804 patients | 76.8%likely range 73.8% to 79.5%, 845 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.3%likely range 68.1% to 78.0%, 300 patients | 76.2%likely range 72.1% to 79.8%, 478 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,774August 2026 | 5,316August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Breightmet & Little Lever PCN | Breightmet & Little Lever PCN |
| Phone | 01204 462640 | 01204 578128 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.8% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 | 86.4% good or very good44 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,928 in August 2026Same day 23.9%; face to face 78.4% | 1,985 in August 2026Same day 32.3%; face to face 70.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.0 qualified permanent1.6 including trainees and locums4,774 patients per permanent GP | 0.6 qualified permanent1.8 including trainees and locums |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | – | 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.