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Poplar House Surgery vs Ansdell 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?
Poplar House Surgery and Ansdell 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 | Poplar House SurgeryFY8 2EP | Ansdell Medical CentreFY8 4GW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 68.8likely range 63.0 to 74.2118 survey answers | 74.7likely range 64.6 to 82.0111 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 63.3%likely range 55.2% to 70.8%, 118 answers | 75.5%likely range 61.2% to 85.8%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.5%likely range 76.9% to 85.0%Clearly higher | 72.6%likely range 68.2% to 76.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.3%likely range 89.1% to 97.1%, 2,140 appointmentsClearly higher | 74.8%likely range 68.1% to 80.5%, 2,830 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 68.6%likely range 61.1% to 75.2%, 3,406 calls | 70.2%likely range 64.5% to 75.4%, 5,566 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 42.8%likely range 34.5% to 51.6%, 104 answers | 45.6%likely range 31.1% to 60.9%, 99 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 76.5%likely range 68.6% to 82.9%, 109 answers | 89.8%likely range 77.3% to 95.8%, 108 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.1%likely range 22.3% to 37.0%, 118 answers | 16.5%likely range 8.3% to 30.2%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.1%likely range 71.1% to 85.3%, 103 answers | 83.0%likely range 69.0% to 91.5%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 58.5%likely range 50.1% to 66.4%, 113 answers | 73.1%likely range 58.2% to 84.2%, 105 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 82.8%likely range 75.1% to 88.5%, 101 answers | 72.0%likely range 55.8% to 84.0%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.8%likely range 76.8% to 89.0%, 114 answers | 84.7%likely range 70.8% to 92.6%, 104 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.3%likely range 71.8% to 85.2%, 115 answers | 83.6%likely range 69.8% to 91.8%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.9%likely range 83.7% to 93.9%, 114 answers | 95.7%likely range 84.7% to 98.9%, 104 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.9%likely range 81.3% to 92.4%, 111 answers | 90.9%likely range 77.7% to 96.6%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 91.9%likely range 86.1% to 95.4%, 114 answers | 93.9%likely range 82.3% to 98.0%, 106 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 85.0%likely range 70.9% to 92.9%, 40 patients | 97.1%likely range 89.9% to 99.2%, 68 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.2%likely range 69.6% to 92.6%, 38 patients | 86.6%likely range 76.4% to 92.8%, 67 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.2%likely range 73.3% to 94.4%, 39 patients | 93.0%likely range 85.6% to 96.8%, 86 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.0%likely range 63.6% to 70.2%, 776 patients | 68.9%likely range 66.5% to 71.2%, 1,486 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.5%likely range 73.2% to 79.5%, 702 patients | 77.1%likely range 74.8% to 79.3%, 1,342 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,668August 2026 | 12,794August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Lytham St Annes PCN | Lytham St Annes PCN |
| Phone | 01253 722121 | 01253 657300 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 76.2% good or very good550 answers, June 2026 | 74.0% good or very good434 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,397 in August 2026Same day 35.5%; face to face 76.9% | 6,822 in August 2026Same day 31.7%; face to face 87.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.2 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums2,084 patients per permanent GP | 6.4 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums2,005 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.