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Woodley Village Surgery vs Alvanley Family 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?
Woodley Village Surgery and Alvanley Family 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 | Woodley Village SurgerySK6 1ND | Alvanley Family PracticeSK6 1ND |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.8likely range 75.6 to 82.9104 survey answers | 82.1likely range 76.2 to 86.695 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 | 79.5%likely range 75.7% to 82.8%, 104 answers | 81.5%likely range 73.3% to 87.6%, 95 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.3%likely range 69.4% to 87.0% | 83.5%likely range 77.8% to 87.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.3%likely range 63.5% to 91.6%, 428 appointments | 87.7%likely range 79.7% to 92.8%, 1,507 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 79.1%likely range 66.5% to 87.9%, 1,126 calls | 79.2%likely range 71.1% to 85.5%, 2,507 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 92.9%likely range 90.3% to 94.9%, 100 answers | 71.7%likely range 62.4% to 79.5%, 89 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 96.5%likely range 94.5% to 97.8%, 103 answers | 87.7%likely range 80.0% to 92.7%, 90 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.3%likely range 26.3% to 34.5%, 103 answers | 26.7%likely range 19.3% to 35.5%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 93.6%likely range 88.2% to 96.6%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.9%likely range 86.8% to 92.3%, 101 answers | 86.0%likely range 78.1% to 91.4%, 90 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.0%likely range 77.3% to 84.2%, 104 answers | 74.1%likely range 65.1% to 81.4%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 73.8%likely range 69.5% to 77.7%, 94 answers | 69.7%likely range 60.1% to 77.9%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.5%likely range 78.9% to 85.7%, 101 answers | 90.2%likely range 83.2% to 94.5%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.4%likely range 77.7% to 84.7%, 102 answers | 92.5%likely range 86.0% to 96.1%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.5%likely range 85.3% to 91.1%, 101 answers | 98.1%likely range 93.5% to 99.4%, 95 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.6%likely range 86.2% to 92.2%, 86 answers | 96.9%likely range 91.7% to 98.9%, 91 answers |
| Needs met | 85.1%likely range 81.7% to 88.0%, 103 answers | 98.4%likely range 93.9% to 99.6%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.0%likely range 75.0% to 97.8%, 25 patients | 80.0%likely range 66.2% to 89.1%, 45 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 97.0%likely range 84.7% to 99.5%, 33 patients | 76.5%likely range 63.2% to 86.0%, 51 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.9%likely range 77.4% to 98.0%, 28 patients | 85.9%likely range 75.4% to 92.4%, 64 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.6%likely range 71.6% to 79.2%, 484 patients | 73.7%likely range 70.7% to 76.4%, 908 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.0%likely range 71.2% to 81.9%, 235 patients | 75.4%likely range 71.3% to 79.1%, 468 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 3,031August 2026 | 5,339August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Tame Valley PCN | Tame Valley PCN |
| Phone | 0161 4269494 | 01619 835757 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.3% good or very good26 answers, June 2026 | 93.7% good or very good63 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 703 in August 2026Same day 14.9%; face to face 63.9% | 2,666 in August 2026Same day 37.8%; face to face 58.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.42England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.92England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums3,031 patients per permanent GP | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums2,055 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.