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Middlestown vs Orchard Croft
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?
Middlestown and Orchard Croft 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 | MiddlestownWF4 4PA | Orchard CroftWF4 5BY |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 83.0likely range 74.1 to 88.089 survey answers | 70.0likely range 60.3 to 78.2104 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 86.6%likely range 74.0% to 93.6%, 89 answers | 64.8%likely range 51.1% to 76.4%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.5%likely range 70.7% to 77.7% | 81.9%likely range 78.1% to 85.2%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.7%likely range 82.6% to 91.4%, 3,286 appointments | 93.0%likely range 89.7% to 95.3%, 4,882 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 61.3%likely range 55.7% to 66.5%, 6,506 calls | 70.7%likely range 63.8% to 76.8%, 3,846 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 76.7%likely range 62.2% to 86.8%, 82 answers | 40.3%likely range 27.9% to 54.1%, 102 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.3%likely range 83.6% to 98.2%, 87 answers | 82.6%likely range 69.9% to 90.6%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.6%likely range 15.1% to 39.8%, 86 answers | 21.4%likely range 12.5% to 34.3%, 106 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 95.0%likely range 84.4% to 98.5%, 85 answers | 77.6%likely range 64.0% to 87.0%, 98 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 84.8%likely range 71.6% to 92.5%, 85 answers | 53.4%likely range 40.1% to 66.3%, 105 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.5%likely range 66.4% to 89.6%, 82 answers | 59.6%likely range 45.0% to 72.7%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.6%likely range 83.7% to 98.4%, 84 answers | 78.4%likely range 64.8% to 87.7%, 97 answers |
| Care and concern | 95.3%likely range 84.8% to 98.7%, 85 answers | 83.1%likely range 70.2% to 91.2%, 98 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.4%likely range 89.4% to 99.8%, 85 answers | 92.2%likely range 80.9% to 97.0%, 95 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.3%likely range 88.9% to 99.8%, 81 answers | 85.7%likely range 72.9% to 93.0%, 95 answers |
| Needs met | 97.6%likely range 88.1% to 99.6%, 85 answers | 89.0%likely range 77.0% to 95.1%, 97 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.8%likely range 88.3% to 98.6%, 71 patients | 79.6%likely range 67.1% to 88.2%, 54 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 96.0%likely range 90.2% to 98.4%, 100 patients | 88.9%likely range 78.8% to 94.5%, 63 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 84.0%likely range 75.6% to 89.9%, 100 patients | 91.3%likely range 83.0% to 95.7%, 80 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 77.9%likely range 75.7% to 80.0%, 1,455 patients | 75.8%likely range 73.6% to 77.9%, 1,495 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.9%likely range 76.4% to 81.3%, 1,062 patients | 79.0%likely range 76.5% to 81.3%, 1,107 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,904August 2026 | 10,428August 2026 |
| Primary care network | West Wakefield PCN | West Wakefield PCN |
| Phone | 01924 237100 | 01924 271016 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.7% good or very good60 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,466 in August 2026Same day 42.7%; face to face 47.6% | 7,686 in August 2026Same day 57.6%; face to face 31.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.99England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.3 qualified permanent15.2 including trainees and locums1,867 patients per permanent GP | 5.0 qualified permanent12.3 including trainees and locums2,072 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.