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The Dunstan Partnership vs The Alastair Ross Medical 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?
The Dunstan Partnership and The Alastair Ross Medical 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 | The Dunstan PartnershipBL2 6NT | The Alastair Ross Medical PracticeBL2 6NT |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.2likely range 73.7 to 87.7115 survey answers | 69.8likely range 58.6 to 78.882 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 | 82.9%likely range 70.9% to 90.6%, 115 answers | 67.0%likely range 51.2% to 79.7%, 82 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.3%likely range 75.9% to 83.9% | 76.3%likely range 69.0% to 81.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.8%likely range 86.5% to 95.1%, 2,445 appointments | 85.6%likely range 72.5% to 93.0%, 686 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 68.7%likely range 61.7% to 75.0%, 3,874 calls | 66.8%likely range 60.6% to 72.6%, 4,917 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 51.6%likely range 38.5% to 64.5%, 111 answers | 34.8%likely range 21.5% to 51.0%, 79 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.7%likely range 81.4% to 96.5%, 115 answers | 78.9%likely range 63.4% to 88.9%, 80 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.1%likely range 23.8% to 48.4%, 114 answers | 45.5%likely range 30.9% to 60.9%, 83 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 22.3%likely range 8.9% to 45.8%, 38 answers | 60.4%likely range 37.2% to 79.8%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.2%likely range 66.6% to 87.9%, 113 answers | 75.7%likely range 57.9% to 87.6%, 64 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 75.8%likely range 63.1% to 85.2%, 116 answers | 58.8%likely range 42.6% to 73.3%, 77 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.8%likely range 61.9% to 85.9%, 98 answers | 64.6%likely range 47.8% to 78.5%, 73 answers |
| Being listened to | 92.8%likely range 82.5% to 97.2%, 110 answers | 81.0%likely range 65.7% to 90.5%, 79 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.9%likely range 78.8% to 95.5%, 110 answers | 80.8%likely range 65.6% to 90.3%, 80 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.3%likely range 84.5% to 98.1%, 110 answers | 89.7%likely range 75.7% to 96.0%, 78 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.4%likely range 81.9% to 97.0%, 108 answers | 91.2%likely range 77.1% to 97.0%, 73 answers |
| Needs met | 90.3%likely range 79.3% to 95.8%, 109 answers | 85.5%likely range 70.4% to 93.6%, 76 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.2%likely range 80.7% to 94.2%, 83 patients | 86.2%likely range 77.4% to 91.9%, 87 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.0%likely range 75.6% to 91.2%, 80 patients | 85.7%likely range 77.4% to 91.3%, 98 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.9%likely range 84.1% to 96.0%, 86 patients | 84.9%likely range 76.3% to 90.8%, 93 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.5%likely range 69.2% to 73.6%, 1,595 patients | 63.7%likely range 61.1% to 66.2%, 1,356 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.6%likely range 75.7% to 81.2%, 850 patients | 69.5%likely range 65.7% to 73.1%, 600 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,046August 2026 | 7,562August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Breightmet & Little Lever PCN | Breightmet & Little Lever PCN |
| Phone | 01204 463777 | 01204 463800 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.1% good or very good283 answers, June 2026 | 98.0% good or very good50 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,558 in August 2026Same day 41.4%; face to face 56.3% | 2,727 in August 2026Same day 40.5%; face to face 81.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.5 qualified permanent5.8 including trainees and locums2,210 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent3.6 including trainees and locums2,101 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.