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Castleford Medical Practice and Riverside 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.
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, so a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
| Measure | Castleford Medical PracticeWF10 1DP× | Riverside Medical CentreWF10 1PH× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.3likely range 72.9 to 82.6114 survey answers | 73.1likely range 64.1 to 79.9111 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 79.1%likely range 71.6% to 85.0%, 114 answers | 75.5%likely range 62.9% to 84.9%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 76.3%likely range 72.6% to 79.5% | 67.4%likely range 60.5% to 73.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 85.4%likely range 81.1% to 88.9%, 4,744 appointments | 76.9%likely range 70.0% to 82.5%, 2,649 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.0%likely range 61.0% to 72.5%, 5,289 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 63.0%likely range 54.5% to 70.8%, 107 answers | 41.6%likely range 29.3% to 55.0%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.9%likely range 83.7% to 94.0%, 110 answers | 69.9%likely range 56.7% to 80.5%, 108 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 24.3%likely range 18.0% to 32.1%, 113 answers | 30.6%likely range 20.0% to 43.7%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.2%likely range 77.1% to 89.4%, 110 answers | 76.3%likely range 63.1% to 85.8%, 103 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.0%likely range 69.2% to 83.3%, 111 answers | 66.0%likely range 52.9% to 77.0%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 85.6%likely range 78.3% to 90.8%, 100 answers | 72.5%likely range 58.4% to 83.2%, 94 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.3%likely range 77.2% to 89.5%, 109 answers | 89.0%likely range 78.1% to 94.8%, 110 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.7%likely range 77.6% to 89.8%, 109 answers | 88.6%likely range 77.7% to 94.6%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.8%likely range 88.3% to 96.8%, 109 answers | 96.4%likely range 87.7% to 99.0%, 107 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.1%likely range 87.4% to 96.3%, 106 answers | 91.2%likely range 80.6% to 96.3%, 106 answers |
| Needs met | 92.1%likely range 86.2% to 95.6%, 109 answers | 91.8%likely range 81.5% to 96.6%, 109 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.0%likely range 88.1% to 97.0%, 116 patients | 94.4%likely range 88.4% to 97.4%, 108 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 95.5%likely range 89.9% to 98.1%, 111 patients | 90.6%likely range 83.1% to 95.0%, 96 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.4%likely range 82.0% to 94.0%, 104 patients | 92.0%likely range 85.6% to 95.8%, 113 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.7%likely range 69.5% to 73.8%, 1,712 patients | 73.0%likely range 70.9% to 74.9%, 1,856 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.7%likely range 72.2% to 78.8%, 641 patients | 73.7%likely range 71.1% to 76.2%, 1,133 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,503August 2026 | 11,560August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Five Towns PCN | Wakefield North PCN |
| Phone | 01977 465777 | 01977 554831 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.5% good or very good281 answers, June 2026 | 80.6% good or very good103 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,847 in August 2026Same day 46.4%; face to face 92.9% | 4,949 in August 2026Same day 40.3%; face to face 84.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.79England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.5 qualified permanent3.1 including trainees and locums3,366 patients per permanent GP | 5.5 qualified permanent8.2 including trainees and locums2,093 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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.
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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