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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.
Comparison
Blackford House Medical Centre and Unsworth 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.
| Measure | Blackford House Medical CentreBL9 8QA× | Unsworth Medical CentreBL9 8JR× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.7likely range 68.8 to 82.4106 survey answers | 84.3likely range 79.3 to 88.1120 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 | 79.0%likely range 67.9% to 87.0%, 106 answers | 83.5%likely range 76.5% to 88.7%, 120 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.2%likely range 66.5% to 75.0% | 86.1%likely range 82.1% to 89.0%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.5%likely range 73.8% to 87.3%, 1,915 appointments | 89.5%likely range 83.8% to 93.4%, 2,434 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 60.8%likely range 55.5% to 65.7%, 7,289 calls | 82.6%likely range 77.1% to 87.0%, 4,718 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 60.2%likely range 48.3% to 71.0%, 106 answers | 81.8%likely range 74.6% to 87.3%, 118 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.9%likely range 76.8% to 93.0%, 104 answers | 85.3%likely range 78.5% to 90.2%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 56.1%likely range 44.2% to 67.3%, 105 answers | 30.8%likely range 23.8% to 38.9%, 117 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 51.4%likely range 35.6% to 67.0%, 56 answers | 24.6%likely range 13.4% to 40.7%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.4%likely range 77.2% to 93.4%, 102 answers | 88.8%likely range 82.5% to 93.0%, 118 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 73.4%likely range 61.7% to 82.5%, 104 answers | 79.3%likely range 71.8% to 85.2%, 117 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.7%likely range 59.6% to 81.3%, 99 answers | 82.0%likely range 74.4% to 87.7%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.7%likely range 86.5% to 98.1%, 103 answers | 89.6%likely range 83.4% to 93.6%, 118 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.9%likely range 81.5% to 95.8%, 102 answers | 89.7%likely range 83.6% to 93.8%, 117 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.4%likely range 83.3% to 96.7%, 101 answers | 97.3%likely range 93.0% to 99.0%, 115 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.2%likely range 80.4% to 95.4%, 99 answers | 96.8%likely range 92.2% to 98.7%, 109 answers |
| Needs met | 90.0%likely range 80.4% to 95.2%, 103 answers | 90.6%likely range 84.6% to 94.5%, 116 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 91.5%likely range 81.6% to 96.3%, 59 patients | 85.5%likely range 75.3% to 91.9%, 69 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 82.1%likely range 71.3% to 89.4%, 67 patients | 92.6%likely range 83.9% to 96.8%, 68 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.7%likely range 83.0% to 96.1%, 72 patients | 94.1%likely range 85.8% to 97.7%, 68 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 79.6%likely range 77.1% to 81.9%, 1,079 patients | 68.5%likely range 65.7% to 71.1%, 1,145 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 82.7%likely range 79.7% to 85.3%, 688 patients | 73.6%likely range 70.2% to 76.8%, 671 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,488August 2026 | 7,471August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Whitefield District & Community PCN | Whitefield District & Community PCN |
| Phone | 0161 7666622 | 0161 7664092 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 100.0% good or very good23 answers, June 2026 | 98.0% good or very good49 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,389 in August 2026Same day 50.3%; face to face 71.4% | 3,099 in August 2026Same day 58.0%; face to face 45.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.1 qualified permanent4.8 including trainees and locums3,510 patients per permanent GP | 4.6 qualified permanent8.0 including trainees and locums1,619 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.