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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
Braithwaite Rd Surgery and Lowton & Platt Bridge Surgery 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 | Braithwaite Rd SurgeryWA3 2HY× | Lowton & Platt Bridge SurgeryWA3 2AQ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.1likely range 76.0 to 85.3113 survey answers | 82.2likely range 76.1 to 86.797 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 | 75.9%likely range 68.8% to 81.8%, 113 answers | 81.0%likely range 72.5% to 87.3%, 97 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 93.2%likely range 88.8% to 95.7%Clearly higher | 84.9%likely range 80.1% to 88.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.7%likely range 92.7% to 99.3%, 1,580 appointments | 96.6%likely range 90.6% to 98.8%, 1,421 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 88.7%likely range 81.4% to 93.3%, 2,301 callsClearly higher | 73.1%likely range 65.7% to 79.3%, 3,374 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 58.9%likely range 51.1% to 66.3%, 109 answers | 72.0%likely range 62.6% to 79.9%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 83.0%likely range 76.4% to 88.0%, 111 answers | 89.8%likely range 82.4% to 94.3%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 49.7%likely range 42.1% to 57.2%, 113 answers | 45.1%likely range 36.0% to 54.5%, 97 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 59.7%likely range 48.2% to 70.3%, 51 answers | 32.4%likely range 20.0% to 47.9%, 38 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.7%likely range 78.3% to 89.5%, 108 answers | 84.1%likely range 75.5% to 90.0%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.6%likely range 61.1% to 75.3%, 111 answers | 78.2%likely range 69.1% to 85.1%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 82.5%likely range 75.6% to 87.7%, 104 answers | 64.4%likely range 54.5% to 73.3%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.4%likely range 79.1% to 90.0%, 112 answers | 93.4%likely range 86.9% to 96.8%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.4%likely range 80.3% to 90.9%, 111 answers | 93.4%likely range 86.8% to 96.8%, 92 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.1%likely range 81.1% to 91.5%, 111 answers | 94.7%likely range 88.5% to 97.7%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 88.5%likely range 82.4% to 92.7%, 104 answers | 92.8%likely range 86.0% to 96.4%, 91 answers |
| Needs met | 89.6%likely range 83.9% to 93.5%, 110 answers | 97.7%likely range 92.6% to 99.3%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.9%likely range 80.4% to 98.3%, 33 patients | 91.5%likely range 81.6% to 96.3%, 59 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.5%likely range 80.1% to 96.6%, 47 patients | 94.0%likely range 85.6% to 97.7%, 67 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.2%likely range 84.4% to 98.0%, 52 patients | 84.8%likely range 74.3% to 91.6%, 66 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 80.6%likely range 77.6% to 83.3%, 752 patients | 75.2%likely range 72.3% to 77.8%, 951 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.3%likely range 77.5% to 84.6%, 466 patients | 76.3%likely range 72.4% to 79.8%, 498 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,081August 2026 | 5,698August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Liga Wigan PCN | Liga Wigan PCN |
| Phone | 01942 718221 | 01942 557743 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.8% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 | 92.0% good or very good50 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,071 in August 2026Same day 45.7%; face to face 56.3% | 2,378 in August 2026Same day 36.2%; face to face 64.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.94England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.2 qualified permanent1.2 including trainees and locums4,142 patients per permanent GP | 0.0 qualified permanent1.6 including trainees and locums |
| 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.