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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
Castlefields and Wolverhampton Road 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 | CastlefieldsST16 1BS× | Wolverhampton Road SurgeryST17 4BS× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.4likely range 67.0 to 81.7123 survey answers | 76.1likely range 65.0 to 83.6103 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 | 75.4%likely range 63.7% to 84.2%, 123 answers | 77.2%likely range 61.7% to 87.7%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.2%likely range 69.4% to 79.6% | 73.3%likely range 66.4% to 78.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.7%likely range 78.9% to 89.1%, 2,941 appointments | 82.8%likely range 75.9% to 88.0%, 2,280 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 62.4%likely range 49.8% to 73.5%, 114 answers | 38.0%likely range 23.9% to 54.6%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 83.0%likely range 71.8% to 90.3%, 118 answers | 84.9%likely range 70.2% to 93.0%, 102 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.5%likely range 19.8% to 41.5%, 122 answers | 25.5%likely range 14.3% to 41.1%, 103 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 15.4%likely range 4.7% to 40.4%, 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.0%likely range 72.9% to 91.1%, 116 answers | 82.7%likely range 66.5% to 92.0%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.3%likely range 54.1% to 76.7%, 120 answers | 64.6%likely range 48.3% to 78.1%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 68.8%likely range 55.9% to 79.3%, 108 answers | 67.8%likely range 51.0% to 81.0%, 93 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.5%likely range 81.9% to 96.2%, 118 answers | 81.2%likely range 66.0% to 90.5%, 102 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.8%likely range 81.0% to 95.8%, 117 answers | 84.7%likely range 69.9% to 93.0%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.8%likely range 86.3% to 98.1%, 118 answers | 87.3%likely range 73.1% to 94.6%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.4%likely range 86.5% to 98.5%, 109 answers | 82.0%likely range 66.0% to 91.5%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 92.2%likely range 82.8% to 96.7%, 118 answers | 86.2%likely range 71.6% to 93.9%, 100 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.2%likely range 81.7% to 92.6%, 136 patients | 93.7%likely range 86.9% to 97.1%, 95 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.4%likely range 83.2% to 93.4%, 141 patients | 89.8%likely range 81.7% to 94.5%, 88 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.8%likely range 78.7% to 90.8%, 127 patients | 91.3%likely range 83.0% to 95.7%, 80 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.6%likely range 71.7% to 75.4%, 2,179 patients | 68.0%likely range 65.6% to 70.2%, 1,529 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.0%likely range 73.2% to 78.6%, 959 patients | 70.5%likely range 67.3% to 73.6%, 825 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,847August 2026 | 9,665August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Stafford Town PCN | Stafford Town PCN |
| Phone | 01785 223012 | 01785 258161 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 84.2% good or very good209 answers, June 2026 | 97.2% good or very good36 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,458 in August 2026Same day 54.6%; face to face 74.8% | 3,642 in August 2026Same day 37.1%; face to face 79.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.2 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums3,672 patients per permanent GP | 4.6 qualified permanent7.1 including trainees and locums2,113 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.