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Padgate Medical Centre vs Birchwood 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?
Padgate Medical Centre and Birchwood Medical Centre cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Padgate Medical CentreWA2 0RX | Birchwood Medical CentreWA3 7PJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 81.195% interval 70.3 to 88.490 survey answers | 72.895% interval 62.2 to 80.8113 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 | 77.8%95% interval 62.4% to 88.1%, 90 answers | 72.1%95% interval 57.0% to 83.4%, 113 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.7%95% interval 84.5% to 91.6%Clearly higher | 74.4%95% interval 70.1% to 78.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.5%95% interval 86.5% to 94.8%, 2,719 appointmentsClearly higher | 81.3%95% interval 75.5% to 86.1%, 3,155 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 85.7%95% interval 78.9% to 90.6%, 2,834 callsClearly higher | 67.3%95% interval 61.1% to 73.0%, 4,859 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 66.8%95% interval 50.1% to 80.1%, 82 answers | 38.9%95% interval 25.6% to 54.0%, 114 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.2%95% interval 72.8% to 94.6%, 87 answers | 78.6%95% interval 63.9% to 88.4%, 112 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 12.8%95% interval 5.5% to 26.9%, 90 answers | 34.2%95% interval 21.7% to 49.4%, 114 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 32.6%95% interval 13.6% to 59.8%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.2%95% interval 75.0% to 95.8%, 85 answers | 76.3%95% interval 61.3% to 86.7%, 111 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 83.5%95% interval 68.6% to 92.1%, 88 answers | 61.1%95% interval 46.0% to 74.4%, 114 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 64.9%95% interval 47.8% to 78.9%, 78 answers | 56.8%95% interval 41.2% to 71.3%, 104 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.4%95% interval 81.9% to 98.4%, 86 answers | 87.4%95% interval 73.8% to 94.4%, 110 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.6%95% interval 82.1% to 98.5%, 86 answers | 80.7%95% interval 66.1% to 90.0%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.8%95% interval 82.3% to 98.6%, 85 answers | 91.5%95% interval 78.8% to 96.9%, 109 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.6%95% interval 82.9% to 99.0%, 80 answers | 86.5%95% interval 71.6% to 94.2%, 97 answers |
| Needs met | 92.4%95% interval 79.2% to 97.5%, 86 answers | 92.1%95% interval 79.8% to 97.2%, 111 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.1%95% interval 79.2% to 97.3%, 38 patients | 88.1%95% interval 78.2% to 93.8%, 67 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 94.1%95% interval 84.1% to 98.0%, 51 patients | 90.2%95% interval 81.9% to 95.0%, 82 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.5%95% interval 76.4% to 93.8%, 56 patients | 93.8%95% interval 85.0% to 97.5%, 64 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.5%95% interval 71.8% to 77.0%, 1,066 patients | 70.5%95% interval 68.3% to 72.7%, 1,629 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.2%95% interval 68.6% to 75.5%, 647 patients | 75.2%95% interval 72.4% to 77.8%, 1,000 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,887August 2026 | 10,461August 2026 |
| Primary care network | East Warrington PCN | East Warrington PCN |
| Phone | 01925 815333 | 01925 823502 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 88.0% good or very good50 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,036 in August 2026Same day 61.3%; face to face 51.5% | 5,182 in August 2026Same day 48.3%; face to face 59.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.57England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums2,026 patients per permanent GP | 6.2 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums1,683 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.