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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
Ilex View Medical Practice and Fairmore Medical Practice 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 | Ilex View Medical PracticeBB4 7PL× | Fairmore Medical PracticeBB4 7PL× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.6likely range 72.1 to 86.3104 survey answers | 73.3likely range 62.8 to 79.1114 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 | 82.3%likely range 70.3% to 90.2%, 104 answers | 74.0%likely range 67.3% to 79.7%, 114 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 76.6%likely range 72.4% to 80.2% | 71.6%likely range 40.1% to 85.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 77.7%likely range 71.1% to 83.2%, 2,761 appointments | 81.1%likely range 49.6% to 94.9%, 148 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.4%likely range 70.1% to 80.0%, 5,969 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 65.1%likely range 51.9% to 76.4%, 103 answers | 54.1%likely range 46.7% to 61.3%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.5%likely range 77.3% to 94.5%, 102 answers | 76.1%likely range 69.3% to 81.8%, 107 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 48.7%likely range 36.1% to 61.6%, 104 answers | 30.2%likely range 24.1% to 37.1%, 114 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 30.5%likely range 14.5% to 53.0%, 37 answers | 31.6%likely range 21.5% to 43.7%, 40 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 92.7%likely range 82.3% to 97.2%, 98 answers | 74.9%likely range 68.1% to 80.7%, 108 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.9%likely range 70.7% to 90.7%, 101 answers | 67.4%likely range 60.4% to 73.8%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.4%likely range 61.9% to 85.3%, 94 answers | 66.6%likely range 59.1% to 73.3%, 102 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.6%likely range 75.1% to 93.2%, 103 answers | 79.8%likely range 73.5% to 85.0%, 112 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.5%likely range 75.0% to 93.2%, 102 answers | 75.9%likely range 69.2% to 81.5%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.5%likely range 76.1% to 93.9%, 101 answers | 83.2%likely range 77.2% to 87.9%, 112 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.3%likely range 81.6% to 97.0%, 95 answers | 78.4%likely range 71.4% to 84.0%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 89.4%likely range 78.3% to 95.1%, 101 answers | 80.1%likely range 73.6% to 85.3%, 107 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.6%likely range 87.3% to 96.9%, 109 patients | 64.7%likely range 52.8% to 75.0%, 68 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 75.4%likely range 67.7% to 81.7%, 142 patients | 69.1%likely range 58.4% to 78.1%, 81 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.2%likely range 75.9% to 88.6%, 131 patients | 61.3%likely range 51.1% to 70.6%, 93 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 69.7%likely range 67.5% to 71.7%, 1,817 patients | 57.3%likely range 54.5% to 60.1%, 1,186 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.4%likely range 70.2% to 76.3%, 807 patients | 68.8%likely range 64.1% to 73.2%, 401 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,103August 2026 | 6,137August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Rossendale West PCN | Rossendale West PCN |
| Phone | 01706 253550 | 01706 253530 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.9% good or very good351 answers, June 2026 | 83.6% good or very good61 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,649 in August 2026Same day 39.1%; face to face 67.8% | 1,480 in August 2026Same day 34.5%; face to face 72.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.5 qualified permanent3.5 including trainees and locums4,118 patients per permanent GP | 1.7 qualified permanent1.7 including trainees and locums3,557 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | 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.