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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.

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Hope Farm Medical Centre and Whitby Health Partnership 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.

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MeasureHope Farm Medical CentreCH66 2WW×Whitby Health PartnershipCH65 6TG×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade87.7likely range 75.4 to 93.1111 survey answers70.8likely range 51.9 to 84.0105 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good88.1%likely range 70.6% to 95.8%, 111 answers67.2%likely range 40.3% to 86.1%, 105 answers
Access (mean of the two below)86.5%likely range 83.4% to 88.9%Clearly higher78.9%likely range 75.3% to 82.1%
Appointments within two weeks of booking88.8%likely range 84.3% to 92.1%, 3,867 appointments81.2%likely range 76.6% to 85.1%, 4,980 appointments
Calls answered by the practice84.2%likely range 79.9% to 87.7%, 6,970 calls76.5%likely range 70.9% to 81.4%, 5,181 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone65.1%likely range 45.4% to 80.7%, 105 answers52.3%likely range 27.2% to 76.3%, 99 answers
Reception and admin team94.4%likely range 78.1% to 98.8%, 106 answers84.7%likely range 57.4% to 95.8%, 104 answers
Having a preferred professional38.0%likely range 22.0% to 57.0%, 111 answers30.9%likely range 12.8% to 57.7%, 107 answers
Seeing your preferred professional63.4%likely range 35.1% to 84.8%, 48 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step88.5%likely range 70.4% to 96.2%, 104 answers74.3%likely range 46.5% to 90.6%, 102 answers
Contacting the practice78.5%likely range 59.3% to 90.2%, 107 answers71.0%likely range 44.1% to 88.4%, 107 answers
Wait for an appointment75.2%likely range 54.7% to 88.4%, 97 answers71.6%likely range 42.3% to 89.7%, 90 answers
Being listened to86.1%likely range 67.8% to 94.8%, 107 answers84.3%likely range 55.9% to 95.8%, 97 answers
Care and concern88.4%likely range 70.4% to 96.0%, 106 answers79.8%likely range 51.4% to 93.7%, 98 answers
Confidence and trust94.2%likely range 77.8% to 98.7%, 105 answers88.6%likely range 61.1% to 97.5%, 99 answers
Involvement in decisions97.4%likely range 81.5% to 99.7%, 99 answers91.1%likely range 63.6% to 98.4%, 97 answers
Needs met93.2%likely range 76.2% to 98.3%, 103 answers95.4%likely range 69.9% to 99.5%, 102 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months90.5%likely range 84.9% to 94.2%, 158 patients88.8%likely range 81.8% to 93.3%, 116 patients
Children at 18 months92.4%likely range 87.1% to 95.6%, 157 patients91.5%likely range 85.8% to 95.1%, 142 patients
Children at 5 years89.7%likely range 83.6% to 93.6%, 145 patients94.2%likely range 89.4% to 96.9%, 156 patients
Women aged 25 to 4973.8%likely range 72.1% to 75.4%, 2,601 patients72.6%likely range 70.8% to 74.3%, 2,481 patients
Women aged 50 to 6473.1%likely range 70.8% to 75.4%, 1,425 patients74.7%likely range 72.4% to 76.9%, 1,460 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients15,202August 202615,920August 2026
Primary care networkOne Ellesmere Port PCNOne Ellesmere Port PCN
Phone0151 35737770151 3556144
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)97.7% good or very good43 answers, June 202686.0% good or very good570 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)6,367 in August 2026Same day 31.0%; face to face 77.6%6,661 in August 2026Same day 41.1%; face to face 50.2%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.92England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)8.5 qualified permanent10.0 including trainees and locums1,787 patients per permanent GP8.0 qualified permanent8.9 including trainees and locums1,983 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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