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Compare GP practices side by side
Pick two to four practices. Each column shows the Practice Grade with its likely range and the number of answers, the other survey questions, and facts from NHS England. We point a practice out as higher only when the survey can show it. Otherwise we say they cannot be told apart.
Comparison
Abbey Road Surgery and Atkinson Health 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.
| Measure | Abbey Road SurgeryLA14 2LB× | Atkinson Health CentreLA14 2LB× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 87.8likely range 83.9 to 90.7126 survey answers | 84.3likely range 79.3 to 88.0110 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 87.9%likely range 82.7% to 91.8%, 126 answers | 86.0%likely range 79.2% to 90.9%, 110 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.5%likely range 82.8% to 90.5% | 80.3%likely range 75.2% to 84.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.5%likely range 86.2% to 97.0%, 1,315 appointments | 88.1%likely range 80.5% to 93.0%, 1,583 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 81.5%likely range 75.6% to 86.2%, 4,295 calls | 72.4%likely range 65.5% to 78.4%, 3,802 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 89.2%likely range 84.0% to 92.8%, 123 answers | 73.1%likely range 64.7% to 80.1%, 102 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.8%likely range 92.0% to 97.8%, 125 answers | 94.3%likely range 88.9% to 97.1%, 107 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.2%likely range 28.8% to 42.1%, 123 answers | 35.8%likely range 28.2% to 44.3%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 47.9%likely range 36.2% to 59.8%, 43 answers | 43.8%likely range 28.7% to 60.2%, 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.2%likely range 79.6% to 89.5%, 125 answers | 88.1%likely range 81.3% to 92.6%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 87.2%likely range 81.8% to 91.2%, 125 answers | 76.9%likely range 69.1% to 83.2%, 110 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 82.0%likely range 76.0% to 86.8%, 122 answers | 64.8%likely range 55.9% to 72.7%, 99 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.2%likely range 84.1% to 92.9%, 123 answers | 90.1%likely range 83.6% to 94.2%, 104 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.4%likely range 83.1% to 92.2%, 123 answers | 93.8%likely range 88.1% to 96.8%, 103 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.9%likely range 92.1% to 97.9%, 123 answers | 97.5%likely range 93.1% to 99.1%, 103 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.5%likely range 91.6% to 97.7%, 119 answers | 97.5%likely range 92.9% to 99.2%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 94.4%likely range 90.2% to 96.8%, 125 answers | 93.6%likely range 87.9% to 96.7%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.0%likely range 79.9% to 95.3%, 60 patients | 81.4%likely range 70.8% to 88.8%, 70 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 98.1%likely range 90.1% to 99.7%, 53 patients | 83.3%likely range 69.4% to 91.7%, 42 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.9%likely range 78.8% to 94.5%, 63 patients | 96.8%likely range 89.1% to 99.1%, 63 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.3%likely range 69.4% to 75.1%, 915 patients | 66.1%likely range 63.2% to 68.9%, 1,047 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.2%likely range 73.9% to 80.1%, 701 patients | 68.6%likely range 64.6% to 72.2%, 566 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,721August 2026 | 6,570August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Barrow Together PCN | Barrow Together PCN |
| Phone | 01229 821599 | 01229 822205 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.9% good or very good363 answers, June 2026 | 95.0% good or very good303 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,920 in August 2026Same day 27.7%; face to face 71.6% | 2,966 in August 2026Same day 45.4%; face to face 92.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.89England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.01England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.2 qualified permanent6.2 including trainees and locums1,303 patients per permanent GP | 2.9 qualified permanent3.7 including trainees and locums2,281 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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The Practice Grade is the same figure as on each practice’s page, with its margin of error. Two practices whose margins overlap cannot be told apart, however far apart the two numbers look. That is why a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
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.