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Stafford Health and Wellbeing vs Holmcroft
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?
Stafford Health and Wellbeing and Holmcroft 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 | Stafford Health and WellbeingST16 3EB | HolmcroftST16 1JG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 66.7likely range 55.8 to 75.9123 survey answers | 63.3likely range 53.4 to 72.5104 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 63.7%likely range 48.3% to 76.8%, 123 answers | 55.1%likely range 41.2% to 68.2%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 73.5%likely range 69.0% to 77.3% | 82.2%likely range 76.0% to 85.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.0%likely range 78.5% to 86.8%, 4,735 appointments | 91.7%likely range 85.5% to 95.3%, 1,917 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 28.5%likely range 16.6% to 44.4%, 114 answers | 26.6%likely range 15.7% to 41.2%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 76.1%likely range 60.7% to 86.7%, 119 answers | 65.0%likely range 50.7% to 77.1%, 100 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.5%likely range 17.6% to 45.1%, 120 answers | 27.1%likely range 16.7% to 41.0%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 30.6%likely range 12.5% to 57.6%, 41 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.2%likely range 62.4% to 88.6%, 110 answers | 75.1%likely range 60.4% to 85.6%, 92 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 56.9%likely range 41.5% to 71.0%, 121 answers | 49.6%likely range 36.0% to 63.2%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.2%likely range 48.0% to 79.2%, 99 answers | 62.7%likely range 47.0% to 76.2%, 83 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.2%likely range 77.8% to 96.8%, 114 answers | 70.2%likely range 55.9% to 81.3%, 100 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.8%likely range 74.9% to 95.5%, 114 answers | 71.3%likely range 57.1% to 82.2%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.1%likely range 84.4% to 99.1%, 112 answers | 76.3%likely range 62.2% to 86.3%, 97 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.6%likely range 80.7% to 98.1%, 110 answers | 78.7%likely range 64.5% to 88.2%, 94 answers |
| Needs met | 92.6%likely range 79.6% to 97.6%, 112 answers | 82.0%likely range 68.6% to 90.5%, 99 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.9%likely range 83.5% to 94.0%, 129 patients | 82.8%likely range 71.8% to 90.1%, 64 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.1%likely range 81.2% to 91.3%, 170 patients | 85.5%likely range 75.3% to 91.9%, 69 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.5%likely range 76.2% to 87.4%, 177 patients | 80.0%likely range 70.6% to 87.0%, 90 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 62.5%likely range 60.6% to 64.4%, 2,457 patients | 62.2%likely range 59.6% to 64.8%, 1,332 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 67.9%likely range 64.9% to 70.7%, 1,018 patients | 68.4%likely range 65.0% to 71.7%, 754 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 13,087August 2026 | 8,779August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Stafford Town PCN | Stafford Town PCN |
| Phone | 01785 258249 | 01785 242172 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 86.1% good or very good476 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,951 in August 2026Same day 53.9%; face to face 54.8% | 3,541 in August 2026Same day 61.4%; face to face 46.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.89England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.2 qualified permanent7.8 including trainees and locums2,129 patients per permanent GP | 3.2 qualified permanent5.1 including trainees and locums2,723 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.