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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.

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Adelaide Street Surgery and St Pauls 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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MeasureAdelaide Street SurgeryFY1 3JG×St Pauls Medical CentreFY1 2HH×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade67.1likely range 51.5 to 80.198 survey answers56.2likely range 44.9 to 66.997 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageNo label
Patients who describe the practice as good60.9%likely range 38.6% to 79.4%, 98 answers54.8%likely range 39.0% to 69.8%, 97 answers
Access (mean of the two below)81.5%likely range 78.2% to 84.1%Clearly higher59.4%likely range 51.2% to 66.6%
Appointments within two weeks of booking91.1%likely range 86.7% to 94.1%, 3,600 appointmentsClearly higher68.9%likely range 60.7% to 76.1%, 2,080 appointments
Calls answered by the practice71.8%likely range 67.0% to 76.1%, 7,730 callsNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone33.9%likely range 16.6% to 57.1%, 94 answers48.1%likely range 32.5% to 64.1%, 93 answers
Reception and admin team75.5%likely range 52.4% to 89.6%, 96 answers69.0%likely range 52.7% to 81.6%, 97 answers
Having a preferred professional31.3%likely range 14.9% to 54.2%, 97 answers36.1%likely range 22.4% to 52.4%, 96 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers19.7%likely range 5.9% to 48.9%, 32 answers
Knowing the next step78.8%likely range 55.4% to 91.7%, 93 answers74.0%likely range 57.1% to 85.9%, 88 answers
Contacting the practice60.0%likely range 37.6% to 78.9%, 96 answers48.5%likely range 32.9% to 64.5%, 93 answers
Wait for an appointment66.2%likely range 42.1% to 84.1%, 86 answers53.5%likely range 37.0% to 69.3%, 88 answers
Being listened to69.8%likely range 46.5% to 86.0%, 94 answers79.1%likely range 63.0% to 89.4%, 93 answers
Care and concern73.0%likely range 49.5% to 88.2%, 93 answers72.8%likely range 56.3% to 84.8%, 93 answers
Confidence and trust91.3%likely range 69.2% to 98.0%, 90 answers79.5%likely range 63.5% to 89.6%, 94 answers
Involvement in decisions67.9%likely range 44.3% to 84.9%, 91 answers86.8%likely range 71.6% to 94.5%, 91 answers
Needs met74.8%likely range 50.8% to 89.6%, 89 answers85.7%likely range 70.5% to 93.7%, 93 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months88.9%likely range 82.9% to 92.9%, 153 patients85.5%likely range 75.9% to 91.7%, 76 patients
Children at 18 months87.0%likely range 80.8% to 91.4%, 154 patients92.9%likely range 84.3% to 96.9%, 70 patients
Children at 5 years80.7%likely range 74.1% to 86.0%, 166 patients88.2%likely range 80.6% to 93.1%, 102 patients
Women aged 25 to 4952.0%likely range 50.0% to 54.0%, 2,427 patients51.8%likely range 49.3% to 54.2%, 1,591 patients
Women aged 50 to 6457.7%likely range 54.8% to 60.5%, 1,177 patients62.3%likely range 59.2% to 65.3%, 962 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients14,642August 202610,844August 2026
Primary care networkBlackpool Central West PCNBlackpool Central West PCN
Phone01253 62072501253 623896
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)81.4% good or very good446 answers, June 202686.6% good or very good554 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)5,521 in August 2026Same day 25.4%; face to face 64.5%3,996 in August 2026Same day 28.5%; face to face 70.7%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.0 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums4,902 patients per permanent GP6.4 qualified permanent10.0 including trainees and locums1,701 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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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How to read it

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.

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