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Longton Health Centre vs Beeches 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?
Longton Health Centre and Beeches 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 | Longton Health CentrePR4 5HA | Beeches Medical CentrePR4 5AB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 83.6likely range 75.3 to 88.7107 survey answers | 78.7likely range 75.1 to 81.296 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 | 84.6%likely range 72.9% to 91.8%, 107 answers | 74.1%likely range 70.8% to 77.1%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.0%likely range 76.7% to 84.4% | 89.3%likely range 79.9% to 93.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.2%likely range 78.1% to 88.8%, 2,733 appointments | 94.1%likely range 79.0% to 98.6%, 425 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 77.7%likely range 71.8% to 82.7%, 4,598 calls | 84.3%likely range 73.1% to 91.4%, 1,244 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 76.1%likely range 62.9% to 85.7%, 99 answers | 87.3%likely range 84.6% to 89.5%, 91 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.2%likely range 79.5% to 95.7%, 104 answers | 93.0%likely range 90.9% to 94.7%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.9%likely range 17.0% to 39.7%, 107 answers | 33.3%likely range 30.0% to 36.8%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 93.6%likely range 83.8% to 97.6%, 105 answers | 94.0%likely range 92.0% to 95.5%, 91 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.5%likely range 69.3% to 89.6%, 105 answers | 88.8%likely range 86.3% to 90.9%, 94 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.4%likely range 64.2% to 86.7%, 98 answers | 93.7%likely range 91.6% to 95.3%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.8%likely range 84.1% to 97.8%, 104 answers | 80.1%likely range 77.1% to 82.9%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 96.2%likely range 87.3% to 99.0%, 103 answers | 78.4%likely range 75.3% to 81.3%, 93 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.5%likely range 90.9% to 99.8%, 104 answers | 92.7%likely range 90.6% to 94.4%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.4%likely range 90.5% to 99.8%, 101 answers | 91.8%likely range 89.5% to 93.6%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 98.0%likely range 89.9% to 99.6%, 103 answers | 98.9%likely range 97.9% to 99.5%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 97.1%likely range 89.9% to 99.2%, 68 patients | 91.7%likely range 64.6% to 98.5%, 12 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 95.5%likely range 87.6% to 98.5%, 67 patients | 90.0%likely range 69.9% to 97.2%, 20 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.2%likely range 84.0% to 96.4%, 77 patients | 90.0%likely range 69.9% to 97.2%, 20 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 79.0%likely range 76.6% to 81.1%, 1,288 patients | 75.7%likely range 70.1% to 80.5%, 263 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 83.2%likely range 80.9% to 85.3%, 1,085 patients | 74.1%likely range 67.7% to 79.7%, 205 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,257August 2026 | 2,003August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Preston & South Ribble PCN | Preston & South Ribble PCN |
| Phone | 01772 214500 | 01772 214620 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.6% good or very good456 answers, June 2026 | 95.0% good or very good40 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,279 in August 2026Same day 37.7%; face to face 59.0% | 737 in August 2026Same day 24.4%; face to face 77.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.98England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.52England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.6 qualified permanent8.3 including trainees and locums1,557 patients per permanent GP | 1.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums |
| 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.