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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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Beechwood Medical Centre and Caritas Group 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.

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MeasureBeechwood Medical CentreHX2 8AL×Caritas Group PracticeHX3 6EL×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade75.1likely range 67.2 to 81.3103 survey answers73.7likely range 64.9 to 81.090 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good74.7%likely range 63.5% to 83.4%, 103 answers67.4%likely range 54.9% to 77.8%, 90 answers
Access (mean of the two below)76.0%likely range 71.6% to 79.5%88.2%likely range 84.4% to 90.9%Clearly higher
Appointments within two weeks of booking79.5%likely range 72.1% to 85.3%, 2,151 appointments95.8%likely range 91.7% to 98.0%, 2,612 appointmentsClearly higher
Calls answered by the practice72.4%likely range 67.9% to 76.4%, 8,679 calls80.4%likely range 74.2% to 85.4%, 3,975 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone74.1%likely range 62.6% to 83.0%, 100 answers57.6%likely range 44.7% to 69.5%, 85 answers
Reception and admin team82.8%likely range 72.3% to 89.9%, 102 answers71.2%likely range 58.6% to 81.2%, 87 answers
Having a preferred professional32.7%likely range 22.9% to 44.4%, 102 answers18.4%likely range 10.6% to 29.9%, 90 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step90.2%likely range 80.7% to 95.3%, 97 answers91.5%likely range 81.3% to 96.4%, 84 answers
Contacting the practice76.9%likely range 65.8% to 85.2%, 103 answers71.2%likely range 58.7% to 81.2%, 88 answers
Wait for an appointment63.1%likely range 50.7% to 74.1%, 91 answers69.8%likely range 55.8% to 80.9%, 72 answers
Being listened to87.2%likely range 77.4% to 93.2%, 102 answers85.6%likely range 74.2% to 92.5%, 84 answers
Care and concern80.5%likely range 69.6% to 88.1%, 101 answers87.0%likely range 75.8% to 93.4%, 84 answers
Confidence and trust90.9%likely range 81.7% to 95.7%, 99 answers89.5%likely range 78.8% to 95.1%, 83 answers
Involvement in decisions85.3%likely range 74.9% to 91.8%, 99 answers83.3%likely range 71.2% to 91.0%, 80 answers
Needs met90.1%likely range 80.8% to 95.1%, 101 answers83.4%likely range 71.8% to 90.9%, 85 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months88.2%likely range 81.7% to 92.6%, 136 patients86.8%likely range 75.2% to 93.5%, 53 patients
Children at 18 months82.8%likely range 74.2% to 89.0%, 99 patients55.9%likely range 44.1% to 67.1%, 68 patients
Children at 5 years80.4%likely range 73.2% to 86.1%, 143 patients62.5%likely range 52.1% to 71.9%, 88 patients
Women aged 25 to 4970.8%likely range 68.8% to 72.8%, 1,981 patients67.2%likely range 64.6% to 69.7%, 1,319 patients
Women aged 50 to 6469.1%likely range 65.9% to 72.1%, 851 patients68.6%likely range 64.8% to 72.1%, 630 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients10,802August 20267,700August 2026
Primary care networkNorth Halifax PCNNorth Halifax PCN
Phone01422 30597001422 557711
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)82.6% good or very good23 answers, June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,264 in August 2026Same day 46.5%; face to face 71.5%4,606 in August 2026Same day 48.3%; face to face 46.6%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)1.02England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.6 qualified permanent3.6 including trainees and locums3,001 patients per permanent GP1.7 qualified permanent2.0 including trainees and locums4,620 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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