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Northgate Surgery vs Ash Grove
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?
Northgate Surgery and Ash Grove 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 | Northgate SurgeryWF8 1NF | Ash GroveWF11 0JA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.6likely range 64.7 to 82.1124 survey answers | 75.4likely range 64.5 to 83.4103 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 | 72.7%likely range 58.7% to 83.4%, 124 answers | 73.0%likely range 57.5% to 84.4%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.7%likely range 75.6% to 81.4% | 80.7%likely range 77.5% to 83.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.9%likely range 81.0% to 88.1%, 5,875 appointments | 92.8%likely range 89.0% to 95.4%, 3,860 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 72.5%likely range 67.6% to 76.9%, 7,306 calls | 68.5%likely range 63.2% to 73.4%, 6,650 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 55.4%likely range 41.2% to 68.9%, 120 answers | 38.7%likely range 24.8% to 54.7%, 99 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.7%likely range 80.0% to 96.8%, 118 answers | 83.9%likely range 69.0% to 92.4%, 99 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 23.3%likely range 13.6% to 37.1%, 125 answers | 40.9%likely range 26.9% to 56.6%, 102 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 23.8%likely range 8.1% to 52.8%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.4%likely range 70.2% to 91.5%, 120 answers | 82.1%likely range 66.9% to 91.2%, 98 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.2%likely range 62.2% to 86.2%, 121 answers | 70.7%likely range 55.1% to 82.6%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.4%likely range 60.8% to 85.9%, 113 answers | 62.3%likely range 45.4% to 76.7%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.2%likely range 79.5% to 96.5%, 120 answers | 87.8%likely range 73.8% to 94.9%, 100 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.4%likely range 77.3% to 95.4%, 121 answers | 87.7%likely range 73.8% to 94.8%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.6%likely range 81.2% to 97.3%, 119 answers | 92.9%likely range 80.3% to 97.7%, 101 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.6%likely range 79.6% to 96.8%, 115 answers | 88.1%likely range 74.2% to 95.0%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 90.3%likely range 78.4% to 96.0%, 121 answers | 90.1%likely range 76.7% to 96.1%, 102 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.5%likely range 86.2% to 94.8%, 164 patients | 92.4%likely range 86.2% to 96.0%, 119 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.6%likely range 88.2% to 95.5%, 204 patients | 88.8%likely range 82.4% to 93.1%, 134 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.4%likely range 83.9% to 93.2%, 170 patients | 92.0%likely range 86.2% to 95.5%, 137 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.9%likely range 72.3% to 75.4%, 2,981 patients | 67.7%likely range 65.6% to 69.7%, 2,044 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.6%likely range 75.3% to 79.7%, 1,369 patients | 72.1%likely range 69.3% to 74.8%, 1,029 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 16,437August 2026 | 12,772August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Pontefract and Knottingley PCN | Pontefract and Knottingley PCN |
| Phone | 01977 703635 | 01977 673141 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.9% good or very good296 answers, June 2026 | 86.4% good or very good258 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 12,538 in August 2026Same day 62.2%; face to face 42.0% | 7,735 in August 2026Same day 41.7%; face to face 93.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 15.9 qualified permanent23.4 including trainees and locums1,032 patients per permanent GP | 4.1 qualified permanent6.2 including trainees and locums3,133 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.