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The Surgery, Tyldesley vs Poplar Street Surgery
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 Surgery, Tyldesley and Poplar Street Surgery 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 Surgery, TyldesleyM29 8AL | Poplar Street SurgeryM29 8AX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.6likely range 74.8 to 83.5107 survey answers | 84.9likely range 78.9 to 88.9105 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 78.4%likely range 72.3% to 83.6%, 107 answers | 86.0%likely range 79.3% to 90.8%, 105 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.3%likely range 75.1% to 86.9% | 82.1%likely range 69.8% to 89.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 89.0%likely range 77.7% to 95.0%, 794 appointments | 75.8%likely range 52.5% to 89.9%, 269 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.5%likely range 66.7% to 82.5%, 2,315 calls | 88.2%likely range 80.9% to 92.9%, 2,368 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 75.2%likely range 68.7% to 80.7%, 105 answers | 77.3%likely range 69.5% to 83.5%, 102 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.3%likely range 85.5% to 93.7%, 108 answers | 96.4%likely range 91.9% to 98.5%, 104 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 38.3%likely range 31.8% to 45.2%, 106 answers | 25.5%likely range 19.0% to 33.3%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 67.8%likely range 56.2% to 77.6%, 39 answers | 67.1%likely range 52.3% to 79.2%, 34 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.3%likely range 82.0% to 91.2%, 106 answers | 88.7%likely range 82.1% to 93.1%, 96 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.8%likely range 71.6% to 83.0%, 107 answers | 83.3%likely range 76.1% to 88.6%, 101 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 67.7%likely range 60.6% to 74.1%, 97 answers | 68.3%likely range 59.9% to 75.7%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.2%likely range 80.7% to 90.4%, 103 answers | 91.7%likely range 85.8% to 95.3%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.3%likely range 76.3% to 87.1%, 102 answers | 91.1%likely range 85.0% to 94.8%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.7%likely range 89.3% to 96.4%, 100 answers | 95.5%likely range 90.5% to 97.9%, 99 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.3%likely range 86.5% to 94.6%, 102 answers | 89.1%likely range 82.5% to 93.3%, 98 answers |
| Needs met | 86.7%likely range 81.1% to 90.8%, 102 answers | 93.7%likely range 88.2% to 96.7%, 100 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.6%likely range 74.0% to 95.5%, 35 patients | 93.0%likely range 84.6% to 97.0%, 71 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.9%likely range 77.4% to 98.0%, 28 patients | 88.5%likely range 80.1% to 93.6%, 87 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.9%likely range 78.8% to 96.4%, 44 patients | 80.6%likely range 71.5% to 87.4%, 93 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.3%likely range 64.8% to 71.5%, 750 patients | 74.2%likely range 71.6% to 76.8%, 1,091 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.2%likely range 68.5% to 77.4%, 380 patients | 73.6%likely range 68.8% to 77.8%, 367 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,647August 2026 | 5,759August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Taba Wigan PCN | Taba Wigan PCN |
| Phone | 01942 807806 | 01942 481680 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.8% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 | 91.7% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,298 in August 2026Same day 47.5%; face to face 83.1% | 522 in August 2026Same day 0.0%; face to face 88.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.2 qualified permanent6.8 including trainees and locums2,100 patients per permanent GP | 1.3 qualified permanent1.3 including trainees and locums4,334 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.