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Watling Street Surgery vs Danebridge 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?
Watling Street Surgery and Danebridge Medical Centre 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.
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| Measure | Watling Street SurgeryCW9 5EX | Danebridge Medical CentreCW9 5HR |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.8likely range 74.8 to 85.5118 survey answers | 74.2likely range 47.3 to 89.0104 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 | 78.3%likely range 70.0% to 84.8%, 118 answers | 71.4%likely range 33.1% to 92.6%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.6%likely range 80.6% to 90.5% | 80.4%likely range 77.5% to 82.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.1%likely range 75.1% to 90.2%, 1,374 appointments | 83.3%likely range 79.5% to 86.6%, 6,455 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 89.0%likely range 81.0% to 93.9%, 1,917 calls | 77.3%likely range 73.0% to 81.1%, 8,654 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 49.7%likely range 40.5% to 59.0%, 109 answers | 32.3%likely range 8.5% to 71.1%, 94 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.6%likely range 79.0% to 91.7%, 112 answers | 83.5%likely range 42.9% to 97.2%, 102 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.4%likely range 27.3% to 44.4%, 118 answers | 22.8%likely range 5.0% to 62.4%, 103 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 26.5%likely range 15.1% to 42.2%, 40 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.5%likely range 77.8% to 90.9%, 112 answers | 81.0%likely range 40.2% to 96.5%, 99 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.4%likely range 59.4% to 76.2%, 116 answers | 65.0%likely range 28.2% to 89.7%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.8%likely range 67.8% to 83.9%, 104 answers | 75.6%likely range 35.2% to 94.6%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.5%likely range 81.4% to 93.2%, 114 answers | 84.2%likely range 43.1% to 97.4%, 100 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.7%likely range 81.6% to 93.3%, 115 answers | 85.1%likely range 43.7% to 97.7%, 99 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.6%likely range 86.2% to 96.1%, 113 answers | 91.8%likely range 50.5% to 99.2%, 101 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 88.6%likely range 81.5% to 93.2%, 114 answers | 92.7%likely range 49.7% to 99.4%, 93 answers |
| Needs met | 92.2%likely range 85.7% to 95.9%, 112 answers | 91.2%likely range 49.1% to 99.1%, 97 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.4%likely range 81.9% to 98.5%, 36 patients | 95.3%likely range 91.0% to 97.6%, 170 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.9%likely range 76.5% to 95.2%, 45 patients | 92.6%likely range 87.9% to 95.5%, 188 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.5%likely range 82.5% to 97.8%, 46 patients | 93.1%likely range 88.3% to 96.0%, 174 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.3%likely range 61.1% to 67.3%, 913 patients | 72.7%likely range 71.2% to 74.1%, 3,471 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.0%likely range 67.6% to 74.2%, 717 patients | 75.4%likely range 73.7% to 77.1%, 2,442 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,730August 2026 | 23,992August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Northwich PCN | Northwich PCN |
| Phone | 01606 42452 | 01606 544544 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 91.3% good or very good400 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,598 in August 2026Same day 57.8%; face to face 78.5% | 11,559 in August 2026Same day 49.4%; face to face 50.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.56England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.4 qualified permanent7.2 including trainees and locums1,539 patients per permanent GP | 10.4 qualified permanent13.6 including trainees and locums2,309 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.