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Stockton Heath Med.centre vs Stretton 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?
Stockton Heath Med.centre and Stretton 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 | Stockton Heath Med.centreWA4 6HJ | Stretton Medical CentreWA4 4NE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 73.195% interval 60.4 to 81.8132 survey answers | 66.995% interval 58.4 to 74.5117 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 73.9%95% interval 55.9% to 86.3%, 132 answers | 62.1%95% interval 50.0% to 72.8%, 117 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 70.9%95% interval 67.5% to 74.1% | 78.0%95% interval 73.9% to 81.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.6%95% interval 87.4% to 93.0%, 6,392 appointments | 96.0%95% interval 91.9% to 98.1%, 2,614 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 51.2%95% interval 45.2% to 57.1%, 5,636 calls | 59.8%95% interval 52.8% to 66.4%, 4,092 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 29.0%95% interval 15.4% to 47.8%, 122 answers | 42.8%95% interval 31.4% to 55.0%, 113 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 80.9%95% interval 63.0% to 91.4%, 126 answers | 69.9%95% interval 57.8% to 79.7%, 115 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 19.9%95% interval 9.3% to 37.6%, 130 answers | 25.4%95% interval 16.5% to 37.1%, 118 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.3%95% interval 70.2% to 95.3%, 124 answers | 81.8%95% interval 70.4% to 89.4%, 111 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 67.1%95% interval 48.9% to 81.3%, 130 answers | 60.0%95% interval 47.9% to 71.0%, 116 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.7%95% interval 59.1% to 89.4%, 121 answers | 81.2%95% interval 69.3% to 89.2%, 104 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.8%95% interval 68.8% to 94.3%, 129 answers | 76.0%95% interval 64.0% to 84.9%, 110 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.8%95% interval 68.9% to 94.3%, 129 answers | 76.8%95% interval 65.0% to 85.5%, 112 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.2%95% interval 71.5% to 95.7%, 127 answers | 85.7%95% interval 75.0% to 92.3%, 112 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.9%95% interval 80.0% to 98.9%, 124 answers | 82.3%95% interval 70.5% to 90.1%, 102 answers |
| Needs met | 88.2%95% interval 71.7% to 95.7%, 129 answers | 82.0%95% interval 70.8% to 89.5%, 113 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.3%95% interval 83.4% to 94.5%, 113 patients | 93.0%95% interval 86.3% to 96.6%, 100 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.5%95% interval 82.5% to 93.9%, 114 patients | 92.7%95% interval 84.9% to 96.6%, 82 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.3%95% interval 85.2% to 95.1%, 127 patients | 88.3%95% interval 81.0% to 93.0%, 111 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.9%95% interval 75.2% to 78.6%, 2,392 patients | 68.3%95% interval 65.9% to 70.6%, 1,524 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.5%95% interval 77.5% to 81.3%, 1,704 patients | 78.8%95% interval 76.2% to 81.2%, 1,009 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 16,362August 2026 | 9,459August 2026 |
| Primary care network | South Warrington PCN | South Warrington PCN |
| Phone | 01925 604427 | 01925 599856 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 9,034 in August 2026Same day 72.0%; face to face 77.5% | 3,449 in August 2026Same day 33.4%; face to face 58.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.46England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.53England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 8.4 qualified permanent13.1 including trainees and locums1,950 patients per permanent GP | 1.7 qualified permanent1.7 including trainees and locums5,542 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.