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Sorrel Bank Medical Practice vs The Height General Practice
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?
Sorrel Bank Medical Practice and The Height General Practice 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 | Sorrel Bank Medical PracticeM6 7HL | The Height General PracticeM6 7NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.3likely range 72.9 to 85.3115 survey answers | 78.3likely range 73.7 to 82.2128 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 | 83.0%likely range 72.7% to 90.0%, 115 answers | 76.3%likely range 70.1% to 81.6%, 128 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 73.7%likely range 68.3% to 78.1% | 82.8%likely range 77.6% to 86.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 74.6%likely range 66.0% to 81.6%, 1,796 appointments | 95.8%likely range 89.7% to 98.3%, 1,470 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 72.7%likely range 66.4% to 78.1%, 4,594 calls | 69.6%likely range 61.2% to 76.9%, 2,710 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 56.3%likely range 44.6% to 67.3%, 111 answers | 66.0%likely range 59.0% to 72.3%, 118 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 80.6%likely range 70.1% to 88.1%, 115 answers | 88.9%likely range 83.8% to 92.5%, 124 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 52.0%likely range 40.6% to 63.2%, 115 answers | 38.4%likely range 32.0% to 45.1%, 128 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 28.5%likely range 15.7% to 46.1%, 51 answers | 52.0%likely range 41.3% to 62.6%, 51 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.1%likely range 71.3% to 89.4%, 109 answers | 87.9%likely range 82.6% to 91.8%, 121 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 72.4%likely range 61.1% to 81.4%, 115 answers | 74.4%likely range 68.0% to 79.9%, 125 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 61.4%likely range 49.5% to 72.1%, 108 answers | 75.3%likely range 68.6% to 80.9%, 114 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.2%likely range 84.9% to 97.1%, 114 answers | 81.5%likely range 75.6% to 86.3%, 125 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.5%likely range 86.6% to 97.9%, 114 answers | 80.9%likely range 75.0% to 85.7%, 126 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.7%likely range 91.0% to 99.4%, 112 answers | 90.0%likely range 85.2% to 93.4%, 126 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.4%likely range 82.5% to 96.0%, 112 answers | 92.9%likely range 88.3% to 95.8%, 113 answers |
| Needs met | 92.0%likely range 83.4% to 96.3%, 115 answers | 88.9%likely range 83.8% to 92.6%, 123 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 74.5%likely range 61.1% to 84.5%, 51 patients | 87.0%likely range 77.7% to 92.8%, 77 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 65.8%likely range 54.3% to 75.6%, 73 patients | 77.4%likely range 68.9% to 84.1%, 115 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 70.8%likely range 58.8% to 80.4%, 65 patients | 81.7%likely range 72.7% to 88.3%, 93 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.0%likely range 63.4% to 68.4%, 1,363 patients | 64.2%likely range 61.7% to 66.5%, 1,546 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.9%likely range 71.7% to 77.9%, 730 patients | 71.6%likely range 66.9% to 75.9%, 377 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,176August 2026 | 6,840August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Salford South East PCN | Salford South East PCN |
| Phone | 0161 7361616 | 0161 7365282 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 75.5% good or very good49 answers, June 2026 | 95.8% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,935 in August 2026Same day 32.6%; face to face 77.5% | 2,807 in August 2026Same day 37.3%; face to face 69.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.00England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.0 qualified permanent11.8 including trainees and locums2,029 patients per permanent GP | 0.9 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Outstanding |
“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.