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Compare GP practices side by side

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

Far Lane Medical Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Tramways and Middlewood Medical Centres’s: its likely range lies wholly above.

A page for this pair

MeasureFar Lane Medical CentreS6 4FA×Tramways and Middlewood Medical CentresS6 1TT×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade88.9likely range 83.0 to 92.0117 survey answersClearly higher75.8likely range 66.5 to 82.2109 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Clearly above the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good92.6%likely range 85.2% to 96.4%, 117 answers78.8%likely range 65.7% to 87.8%, 109 answers
Access (mean of the two below)80.2%likely range 70.9% to 85.3%68.6%likely range 63.5% to 73.0%
Appointments within two weeks of booking89.7%likely range 80.4% to 94.8%, 1,076 appointments78.1%likely range 73.0% to 82.5%, 4,429 appointments
Calls answered by the practiceNot in the grade: no phone dataNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone57.4%likely range 47.0% to 67.1%, 116 answers42.4%likely range 29.5% to 56.4%, 104 answers
Reception and admin team86.9%likely range 78.4% to 92.4%, 118 answers82.9%likely range 70.0% to 91.0%, 105 answers
Having a preferred professional26.9%likely range 18.8% to 36.8%, 118 answers24.3%likely range 14.6% to 37.7%, 109 answers
Seeing your preferred professional41.7%likely range 24.5% to 61.2%, 33 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step84.1%likely range 75.0% to 90.3%, 114 answers88.4%likely range 76.6% to 94.7%, 106 answers
Contacting the practice78.6%likely range 69.0% to 85.8%, 117 answers76.0%likely range 62.5% to 85.7%, 107 answers
Wait for an appointment74.9%likely range 64.4% to 83.1%, 105 answers62.8%likely range 48.2% to 75.4%, 98 answers
Being listened to91.5%likely range 83.8% to 95.7%, 116 answers87.0%likely range 74.9% to 93.8%, 106 answers
Care and concern87.2%likely range 78.6% to 92.7%, 113 answers89.8%likely range 78.3% to 95.6%, 106 answers
Confidence and trust99.5%likely range 95.0% to 100.0%, 115 answers98.1%likely range 89.5% to 99.7%, 105 answers
Involvement in decisions99.1%likely range 94.1% to 99.9%, 110 answers96.9%likely range 87.3% to 99.3%, 100 answers
Needs met97.0%likely range 91.0% to 99.0%, 116 answers97.0%likely range 87.8% to 99.3%, 105 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months96.4%likely range 87.7% to 99.0%, 55 patients98.7%likely range 93.1% to 99.8%, 78 patients
Children at 18 months95.4%likely range 87.3% to 98.4%, 65 patients91.7%likely range 84.9% to 95.6%, 108 patients
Children at 5 years93.9%likely range 86.5% to 97.4%, 82 patients90.3%likely range 82.6% to 94.8%, 93 patients
Women aged 25 to 4975.5%likely range 73.0% to 77.8%, 1,214 patients76.1%likely range 74.1% to 77.9%, 1,976 patients
Women aged 50 to 6476.0%likely range 72.6% to 79.1%, 670 patients78.9%likely range 76.3% to 81.3%, 1,015 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients7,405August 202610,931August 2026
Primary care networkHillsborough PCNHillsborough PCN
Phone0114 23477010114 2345338
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)94.4% good or very good267 answers, June 202696.7% good or very good304 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)3,473 in August 2026Same day 30.0%; face to face 96.0%10,834 in August 2026Same day 39.9%; face to face 92.8%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.65England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)4.7 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums1,582 patients per permanent GP5.2 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums2,095 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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