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Stable Fold Surgery vs Unsworth Group 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?
Stable Fold Surgery and Unsworth Group 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 | Stable Fold SurgeryBL5 3SF | Unsworth Group PracticeBL5 3UB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.9likely range 69.9 to 83.9100 survey answers | 73.8likely range 44.3 to 89.977 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 | 77.1%likely range 66.0% to 85.4%, 100 answers | 70.5%likely range 28.4% to 93.5%, 77 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.6%likely range 73.4% to 84.2% | 81.3%likely range 78.5% to 83.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.0%likely range 69.8% to 87.4%, 1,196 appointments | 97.2%likely range 95.3% to 98.4%, 7,170 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 79.0%likely range 72.2% to 84.6%, 3,449 callsClearly higher | 65.3%likely range 60.0% to 70.2%, 6,808 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 44.7%likely range 33.2% to 56.8%, 92 answers | 21.4%likely range 3.6% to 66.5%, 74 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.4%likely range 78.5% to 94.1%, 96 answers | 72.3%likely range 29.2% to 94.3%, 75 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.7%likely range 23.6% to 45.5%, 98 answers | 30.8%likely range 7.0% to 72.5%, 77 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.5%likely range 72.7% to 90.6%, 93 answers | 84.8%likely range 37.6% to 98.1%, 71 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.3%likely range 54.4% to 76.4%, 97 answers | 62.4%likely range 22.9% to 90.3%, 76 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 69.2%likely range 56.8% to 79.3%, 88 answers | 54.5%likely range 17.1% to 87.4%, 69 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.4%likely range 77.1% to 93.4%, 92 answers | 87.0%likely range 39.6% to 98.5%, 72 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.1%likely range 80.5% to 95.2%, 95 answers | 91.7%likely range 44.6% to 99.3%, 75 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.5%likely range 90.4% to 99.4%, 93 answers | 97.7%likely range 49.7% to 99.9%, 73 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.8%likely range 86.2% to 98.2%, 89 answers | 92.0%likely range 42.3% to 99.4%, 67 answers |
| Needs met | 96.4%likely range 88.6% to 98.9%, 93 answers | 90.1%likely range 42.6% to 99.1%, 73 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.1%likely range 79.3% to 96.5%, 45 patients | 93.3%likely range 88.5% to 96.2%, 165 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.0%likely range 79.8% to 94.3%, 73 patients | 92.2%likely range 87.3% to 95.3%, 179 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.9%likely range 77.9% to 93.7%, 66 patients | 89.1%likely range 84.0% to 92.7%, 201 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.7%likely range 69.0% to 74.2%, 1,127 patients | 76.8%likely range 75.3% to 78.3%, 3,111 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.9%likely range 75.6% to 81.9%, 649 patients | 78.8%likely range 76.9% to 80.6%, 1,920 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,137August 2026 | 20,265August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Westhoughton Network PCN | Westhoughton Network PCN |
| Phone | 01942 813678 | 01942 812525 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 84.2% good or very good57 answers, June 2026 | 81.8% good or very good693 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,286 in August 2026Same day 61.2%; face to face 47.0% | 10,747 in August 2026Same day 56.3%; face to face 46.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.65England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.7 qualified permanent2.7 including trainees and locums2,650 patients per permanent GP | 8.8 qualified permanent20.6 including trainees and locums2,299 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.